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Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Personal Info

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-05-03
Day of Death
2014-01-27 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA

Pete Seeger

Biography

Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.

Known For

Acting

The Arlo Guthrie Show
as Self
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
as Self
(2023)
Down By The Riverside
(2022)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
as Self
(2019)
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
as Himself (archive footage)
(2015)
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
(2014)
The Winding Stream
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Freedom Summer
as Self
(2013)
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
as Self
(2013)
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
(2012)
Palme
(2011)
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
as Self
(2011)
Give Me the Banjo
as Self
(2010)
Gasland
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
(2008)
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
(2007)
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
as Self
(2007)
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
(2006)
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
as Self
(2005)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self
(2004)
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
as Himself
(2003)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
(2002)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self
(2002)
Strange Fruit
as Self
(2001)
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
as Himself
(2000)
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
as Self
(2000)
The Internationale
as Self
(1999)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
(1997)
An Act of Conscience
as Self
(1996)
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
(1991)
Tribute to Harry Chapin
(1990)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
(1990)
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
(1989)
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
as Self
(1989)
Pete Seeger at Home
as Himself
(1988)
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
as Self
(1988)
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self
(1988)
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
(1984)
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
(1984)
Chords of Fame
as Himself
(1983)
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
as Self - Folksinger
(1982)
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
as Self
(1980)
Canto Libre - den fria sången
as Self
(1978)
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
(1977)
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
as Self
(1972)
Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
as Self
(1971)
The Foolish Frog
as Narrator (voice)
(1970)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
as Himself
(1969)
Alice's Restaurant
as Himself
(1967)
Festival
as Self
(1965)
The Creative Person: The Folksinger
as Self
(1962)
The Streets of Greenwood
(1962)
Wasn't That a Time
as Self
(1947)
To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self

Crew

(1971)
The Foolish Frog
Writer
(1966)
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
Director
(1964)
Singing Fishermen of Ghana
Cinematography, Director
(1962)
Lines: Horizontal
Music
(1961)
Cattle Ranch
Music
(1960)
Indian Summer
Musician
(1946)
The Fight for Maritime Unity
Music
(1945)
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Editor