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Personal Info

Known Credits 54

Gender Male

Birthdate 1919-05-03 (106 Y.O)

Place Of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known For Peter Seeger

Pete Seeger

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 suppo ...

Known For

Down By The Riverside

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

ReMastered: The Lion's Share

Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

Pete and Toshi Get a Camera

Acting

2023 -- Down By The Riverside |

2022 -- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self (archive footage)

2019 -- ReMastered: The Lion's Share | Himself (archive footage)

2019 -- Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 | Self

2015 -- Pete and Toshi Get a Camera |

2014 -- The Winding Stream | Self (archive footage)

2014 -- Freedom Summer | Self

2013 -- Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain |

2013 -- Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation | Self

2011 -- Give Me the Banjo | Self

2011 -- Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune | Self

2010 -- Gasland | Self (archive footage)

2009 -- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Self

2008 -- Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan |

2007 -- Pete Seeger: The Power of Song | Self

2007 -- Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place |

2006 -- Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home | Self

2005 -- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | Self

2004 -- Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal | Himself

2003 -- Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 | Self

2002 -- Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self

2002 -- Strange Fruit | Self

2001 -- A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes | Himself

2000 -- The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack | Self

2000 -- The Internationale | Self

1999 -- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand | Self

1997 -- An Act of Conscience | Self

1996 -- Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story |

1990 -- Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! |

1990 -- I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson |

1989 -- Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center | Self

1989 -- Pete Seeger at Home | Himself

1988 -- Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Self

1988 -- BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie | Self

1988 -- Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning |

1984 -- Chords of Fame | Himself

1984 -- Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' | Self

1983 -- Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists | Self - Folksinger

1982 -- The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time | Self

1980 -- Canto Libre - den fria sången | Self

1978 -- Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert |

1977 -- Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration | Self

1972 -- Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone | Self

1971 -- The Foolish Frog | Narrator (voice)

1970 -- Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon | Himself

1969 -- Alice's Restaurant | Himself

1967 -- Festival | Self

1965 -- The Creative Person: The Folksinger | Self

1962 -- The Streets of Greenwood |

1962 -- Wasn't That a Time | Self

1947 -- To Hear Your Banjo Play | Self