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Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Born: 1898-04-08 • Princeton, New Jersey, USA

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.

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