Paul Robeson
Acting
Born: 1898-04-08 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
Tales of Manhattan
Luke
Big Fella
Joe
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Joe
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Native Land
Narrator
Show Boat
Joe
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Song of the Rivers
Voice of Singer
King Solomon's Mines
Umbopa
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Sanders of the River
Bosambo
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self (archive footage)
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Alexandre Dumas fils
Borderline
Pete Varond
Jericho
Cpl. Jericho Jackson
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
Himself
Britain on Film: Black Britain
Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Song of Freedom
John 'Johnny' Zinga
Emperor Jones
Brutus Jones
The Proud Valley
David Goliath
Body and Soul
Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
Fred Baker - filmmaker
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Himself (archive footage)
South Africa Uncensored
Narrator
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Easy to Get
Self
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
Himself (archive footage)
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Self
White Sings Robeson
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
Self (archive footage)