Actor
Paul Robeson
128 years · Princeton, New Jersey, USA · 36 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 36
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 · Self (archive footage)
On fuboTV
Britain on Film: Black Britain
2017 · Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007 · Actor
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
2004 · Joe
White Sings Robeson
2001 · Actor
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998 · Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998 · Himself (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
1994 · Self (archive footage)
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
1990 · Actor
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985 · Actor
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979 · Himself (archive footage)
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977 · Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
On Artiflix
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973 · Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Song of the Rivers
1954 · Voice of Singer, Writer
South Africa Uncensored
1951 · Narrator
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
1949 · Himself
Easy to Get
1947 · Self
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Luke
Native Land
1942 · Narrator