Paul Robeson

Acting

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.

Filmography 38

Movies (37)

The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
Self (archive footage)
Britain on Film: Black Britain
2017
Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
Self (archival footage)
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
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
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
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)
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
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
The Proud Valley
1940
David Goliath
Big Fella
1938
Joe
Jericho
1937
Cpl. Jericho Jackson
King Solomon's Mines
1937
Umbopa
My Song Goes Forth
1937
Self