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