Paul Robeson
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Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.
Known for
Credits
Song of the Rivers (1954)
as Voice of Singer
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
as Luke
Show Boat (1936)
as Joe
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Big Fella (1938)
as Joe
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
as Umbopa
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Joe
Sanders of the River (1935)
as Bosambo
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973)
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977)
as Self
The Proud Valley (1940)
as David Goliath
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson (1990)
Actor
Native Land (1942)
as Narrator
Borderline (1930)
as Pete Varond
Fred Baker - filmmaker (2007)
Actor
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
as Alexandre Dumas fils
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
as Self
Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985)
Actor
Easy to Get (1947)
as Self
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States (2006)
as Self
My Song Goes Forth (1937)
as Self
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)
as Himself (archive footage)
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007)
as Self (archival footage)
Jericho (1937)
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
Body and Soul (1925)
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
Emperor Jones (1933)
as Brutus Jones
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
South Africa Uncensored (1951)
as Narrator
Britain on Film: Black Britain (2017)
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Song of Freedom (1936)
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
White Sings Robeson (2001)
Actor
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 (1949)
as Himself
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am (1998)
as Himself (archive footage)
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes (1991)
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)