Acting
Paul Robeson
Acting · Born 1898-04-08 · Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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.
Credits · 27
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
FilmThe Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 · Self (archive footage)
FilmAFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004 · Joe
FilmPaul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Self
FilmScandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998 · Self (archive footage)
FilmThe Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
1991 · Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
FilmI’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
FilmPaul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979 · Himself (archive footage)
FilmBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
FilmContradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973 · Self/Cameo (archive footage)
FilmSong of the Rivers
1954 · Voice of Singer
FilmMining Review 2nd Year No. 11
1949 · Himself
FilmEasy to Get
1947 · Self
FilmTales of Manhattan
1942 · Luke
FilmNative Land
1942 · Narrator
FilmThe Proud Valley
1940 · David Goliath
FilmBig Fella
1938 · Joe
FilmJericho
1937 · Cpl. Jericho Jackson
FilmKing Solomon's Mines
1937 · Umbopa
FilmSong of Freedom
1936 · John 'Johnny' Zinga
FilmShow Boat
1936 · Joe
FilmSanders of the River
1935 · Bosambo
FilmEmperor Jones
1933 · Brutus Jones
FilmBlack and White
1932 · Music
FilmBorderline
1930 · Pete Varond
FilmCamille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926 · Alexandre Dumas fils
FilmBody and Soul
1925 · Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester