Pete Seeger
Acting • Born 1919-05-03 – Died 2014-01-27
Biography
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.
Filmography
70 credits
Alice's Restaurant
Movie • 1969
Himself
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Movie • 2007
Self
The Foolish Frog
Movie • 1971
Narrator (voice)
Freedom Summer
Movie • 2014
Self
Give Me the Banjo
Movie • 2011
Self
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
Movie • 1989
Self
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
Movie • 2001
Himself
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Movie • 2000
Self
An Act of Conscience
Movie • 1997
Self
Tribute to Harry Chapin
Movie • 1991
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
Movie • 1990
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
Movie • 2003
Self
Down By The Riverside
Movie • 2023
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
Movie • 2015
To Hear Your Banjo Play
Movie • 1947
Self
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
Movie • 2004
Himself
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Movie • 2005
Self
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
Movie • 2008
Strange Fruit
Movie • 2002
Self
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
Movie • 1996
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Movie • 2013
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
Movie • 2007
Gasland
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Movie
Self
Pete Seeger at Home
Movie • 1989
Himself
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
Movie • 1988
The Arlo Guthrie Show
Movie • 1987
Self
Festival
Movie • 1967
Self
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Movie • 1970
Himself
The Winding Stream
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Movie • 2006
Self
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Movie • 2002
Self
Chords of Fame
Movie • 1984
Himself
The Streets of Greenwood
Movie • 1962
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
Movie • 2019
Himself (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Movie • 1988
Self
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
Movie • 2019
Self
Canto Libre - den fria sången
Movie • 1980
Self
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Movie • 1984
Self
The Internationale
Movie • 2000
Self
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
Movie • 1977
Self
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Movie • 1982
Self
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
Movie • 1983
Self - Folksinger
Wasn't That a Time
Movie • 1962
Self
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
Movie • 2013
Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Movie • 1999
Self
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Movie • 2009
Self
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
Movie • 1978
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
The Creative Person: The Folksinger
Movie • 1965
Self
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Movie • 2011
Self
Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
Movie • 1972
Self
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
Movie • 1988
Self
Palme
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
Movie • 2007
Self
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
Movie • 2007
Self
THE MANY COLORED PAPER
Movie
Himself
The David Susskind Show
TV • 1959
Self
Tonight in Person
TV • 1963
Self
The Johnny Cash Show
TV • 1969
Self
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
TV • 1970
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
Rainbow Quest
TV • 1965
Self - Host
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
TV • 1977
Self (archive footage)
Reading Rainbow
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest