Paul Robeson
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Tales of Manhattan
Luke
1942
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Show Boat
Joe
1936
Film
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Song of the Rivers
Voice of Singer
1954
Film
Big Fella
Joe
1938
Film
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self (archive footage)
1998
Film
Borderline
Pete Varond
1930
Film
King Solomon's Mines
Umbopa
1937
Film
Song of Freedom
John 'Johnny' Zinga
1936
Film
Sanders of the River
Bosambo
1935
Film
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
Film
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Alexandre Dumas fils
1926
My Song Goes Forth
Self
1937
Film
Native Land
Narrator
1942
Film
Body and Soul
Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
1925
Film
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Film
Emperor Jones
Brutus Jones
1933
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Joe
2004
Film
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1973
Film
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
Self (archive footage)
1994
Film
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
Himself
1949
Film
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
Himself (archive footage)
1998
Film
Easy to Get
Self
1947
Film
South Africa Uncensored
Narrator
1951
Film
The Proud Valley
David Goliath
1940
Film
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Self
2006
Film
Jericho
Cpl. Jericho Jackson
1937
Film
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
1999
Film
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Self
1977
Film
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Himself (archive footage)
1979
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self (archival footage)
2007
Film
White Sings Robeson
2001
Film
Britain on Film: Black Britain
Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
2017
Film
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
1991
Film
Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007