Personal Info
Known Credits
35
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1898-04-08 (127 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Also Known For
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson
Paul Robeson
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. ...
Known For
Acting
2017 --
Britain on Film: Black Britain
| Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
2007 --
Fred Baker - filmmaker
|
2007 --
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
| Self (archival footage)
2006 --
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
| Self
2004 --
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
| Joe
1999 --
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
| Self
1998 --
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
| Himself (archive footage)
1998 --
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
| Self (archive footage)
1991 --
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
| Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
1990 --
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
|
1985 --
Musical Comedy Tonight III
|
1979 --
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
| Himself (archive footage)
1977 --
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
| Self
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1975 --
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
| Self (archive footage)
1973 --
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
| Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1954 --
Song of the Rivers
| Voice of Singer
1951 --
South Africa Uncensored
| Narrator
1949 --
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
| Himself
1947 --
Easy to Get
| Self
1942 --
Tales of Manhattan
| Luke
1942 --
Native Land
| Narrator
1940 --
The Proud Valley
| David Goliath
1938 --
Big Fella
| Joe
1937 --
Jericho
| Cpl. Jericho Jackson
1937 --
King Solomon's Mines
| Umbopa
1937 --
My Song Goes Forth
| Self
1936 --
Song of Freedom
| John 'Johnny' Zinga
1936 --
Show Boat
| Joe
1935 --
Sanders of the River
| Bosambo
1933 --
Emperor Jones
| Brutus Jones
1930 --
Borderline
| Pete Varond
1926 --
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
| Alexandre Dumas fils
1925 --
Body and Soul
| Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester