Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

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 an…

Filmography

Hollywood Black

2024 · TV

as Self (archive footage)

Song of the Rivers

1954 · Movie

as Voice of Singer

Tales of Manhattan

1942 · Movie

as Luke

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Movie

as Self (archive footage)

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021 · Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1936 · Movie

as Joe

1938 · Movie

as Joe

King Solomon's Mines

1937 · Movie

as Umbopa

1930 · Movie

as Pete Varond

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

1926 · Movie

as Alexandre Dumas fils

Sanders of the River

1935 · Movie

as Bosambo

I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

1990 · Movie

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004 · Movie

as Joe

1933 · Movie

as Brutus Jones

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998 · Movie

as Self (archive footage)

The Proud Valley

1940 · Movie

as David Goliath

1942 · Movie

as Narrator

Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist

1994 · Movie

as Self (archive footage)

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975 · Movie

as Self (archive footage)

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

1973 · Movie

as Self/Cameo (archive footage)

Song of Freedom

1936 · Movie

as John 'Johnny' Zinga

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

1979 · Movie

as Himself (archive footage)

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999 · Movie

as Self

Musical Comedy Tonight III

1985 · Movie