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
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973)
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)
as Himself (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
as Luke
Show Boat (1936)
as Joe
Big Fella (1938)
as Joe
Easy to Get (1947)
as Self
Song of the Rivers (1954)
as Voice of Singer
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
as Umbopa
Britain on Film: Black Britain (2017)
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977)
as Self
Sanders of the River (1935)
as Bosambo
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
as Self
Borderline (1930)
as Pete Varond
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
as Alexandre Dumas fils
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 (1949)
as Himself
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson (1990)
Actor
My Song Goes Forth (1937)
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Joe
Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985)
Actor
Native Land (1942)
as Narrator
Fred Baker - filmmaker (2007)
Actor
Body and Soul (1925)
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States (2006)
as Self
The Proud Valley (1940)
as David Goliath
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)
Song of Freedom (1936)
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
Emperor Jones (1933)
as Brutus Jones
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007)
as Self (archival footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
White Sings Robeson (2001)
Actor
Jericho (1937)
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
South Africa Uncensored (1951)
as Narrator
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes (1991)
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)