Paul Robeson
Acting1898Princeton, 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
Acting History
2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Britain on Film: Black Britain
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self (archival footage)
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
1998
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Himself (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
as Self (archive footage)
1991
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
1979
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Himself (archive footage)
1977
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1954
Song of the Rivers
as Voice of Singer
Song of the Rivers
Writer
1951
South Africa Uncensored
as Narrator
1949
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
as Himself
1947
Easy to Get
as Self
1942
Native Land
as Narrator
Tales of Manhattan
as Luke
1940
The Proud Valley
as David Goliath
1938
Big Fella
as Joe
1937
1936
Song of Freedom
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
Show Boat
as Joe
1935
Sanders of the River
as Bosambo
1933
Emperor Jones
as Brutus Jones
1932
Black and White
Music
1930
Borderline
as Pete Varond
1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Alexandre Dumas fils
1925
Body and Soul
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester