Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 08, 1898
Died
Jan 23, 1976
Place of Birth
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Credits
39 titles
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
Filmography
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Britain on Film: Black Britain
Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Fred Baker - filmmaker
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self (archival footage)
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Joe
White Sings Robeson
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
Himself (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
Self (archive footage)
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Himself (archive footage)
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Song of the Rivers
Voice of Singer
South Africa Uncensored
Narrator
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
Himself
Easy to Get
Self
Tales of Manhattan
Luke
Native Land
Narrator
The Proud Valley
David Goliath
Big Fella
Joe
Jericho
Cpl. Jericho Jackson
King Solomon's Mines
Umbopa
My Song Goes Forth
Self
Song of Freedom
John 'Johnny' Zinga
Show Boat
Joe
Sanders of the River
Bosambo
Emperor Jones
Brutus Jones
Black and White
Music
Borderline
Pete Varond
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Alexandre Dumas fils
Body and Soul
Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester