Paul Robeson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-04-08
Day of Death
1976-01-23 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
(2007)
(2007)
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self (archival footage)
(2006)
(2004)
(2001)
(1999)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
(1998)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Himself (archive footage)
(1994)
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
(1990)
(1985)
(1979)
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Himself (archive footage)
(1977)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1973)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
(1954)
Song of the Rivers
as Voice of Singer
(1951)
South Africa Uncensored
as Narrator
(1949)
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
as Himself
(1947)
Easy to Get
as Self
(1942)
Tales of Manhattan
as Luke
(1942)
Native Land
as Narrator
(1940)
The Proud Valley
as David Goliath
(1938)
Big Fella
as Joe
(1937)
King Solomon's Mines
as Umbopa
(1937)
Jericho
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
(1937)
My Song Goes Forth
as Self
(1936)
Show Boat
as Joe
(1936)
Song of Freedom
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
(1935)
Sanders of the River
as Bosambo
(1933)
Emperor Jones
as Brutus Jones
(1930)
Borderline
as Pete Varond
(1926)
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Alexandre Dumas fils
(1925)
Body and Soul
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
Crew
(1954)
Song of the Rivers
Writer
(1932)
Black and White
Music