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