Paul Robeson
Acting • Born 1898-04-08 – Died 1976-01-23
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
37 credits
Show Boat
Movie • 1936
Joe
Tales of Manhattan
Movie • 1942
Luke
Emperor Jones
Movie • 1933
Brutus Jones
King Solomon's Mines
Movie • 1937
Umbopa
Native Land
Movie • 1942
Narrator
Borderline
Movie • 1930
Pete Varond
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Movie • 1926
Alexandre Dumas fils
Sanders of the River
Movie • 1935
Bosambo
Body and Soul
Movie • 1925
Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
The Proud Valley
Movie • 1940
David Goliath
Jericho
Movie • 1937
Cpl. Jericho Jackson
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Movie • 1979
Himself (archive footage)
Song of Freedom
Movie • 1936
John 'Johnny' Zinga
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
Movie • 1990
Big Fella
Movie • 1938
Joe
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Movie • 1999
Self
Song of the Rivers
Movie • 1954
Voice of Singer
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
Movie • 1991
Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
My Song Goes Forth
Movie • 1937
Self
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
Movie • 1998
Himself (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Britain on Film: Black Britain
Movie • 2017
Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Fred Baker - filmmaker
Movie • 2007
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
Movie • 1949
Himself
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Movie • 2006
Self
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
South Africa Uncensored
Movie • 1951
Narrator
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Movie • 1973
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Movie • 1985
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Movie • 2007
Self (archival footage)
Easy to Get
Movie • 1947
Self
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Movie • 1977
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie • 2004
Joe
White Sings Robeson
Movie • 2001
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)