Actor
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
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