Harry Belafonte
Birthday
1927/03/01
Day of death
2023/04/25 (96 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
Biography
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), although he won the Oscar in a non-competitive category. He earned his career breakthrough with the album Calypso (1956), which was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best ...Read more
Acting
(1992) The Player
as Harry Belafonte
(2006) Bobby
as Nelson
(1959) The World, the Flesh and the Devil
as Ralph Burton
(1996) Kansas City
as Seldom Seen
(1995) White Man's Burden
as Thaddeus Thomas
(2018) Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
as Self - Singer
(1972) Buck and the Preacher
as Preacher
(1959) Odds Against Tomorrow
as Johnny Ingram
(2004) Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
as Self (archive footage)
(1990) The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Self
(1974) Uptown Saturday Night
as Geechie Dan Beauford
(1957) Island in the Sun
as David Boyeur
(2023) Sunday Best
as ---
(1960) Harry Belafonte in Concert
as Self
(1954) Carmen Jones
as Joe
(1985) The Muppet Revue
as Self
(2005) Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
as Self
(2012) Sing Your Song
as Self
(2013) Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
as Self
(2023) Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
(2011) Rise Like Lions
as Self
(2004) The Legendary Nat King Cole
as Self
(1953) Bright Road
as Mr. Williams - School Principal
(2011) Mama Africa
as Self (archive footage)
(2005) The Peace!
as Self
(2012) Hava Nagila: The Movie
as Self
(1997) Jazz '34
as Self - Narrator
(2013) Moms Mabley
as Self
(1994) Prêt-à-Porter
as Self
(1970) The Angel Levine
as Alexander Levine
(1997) Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
as Self
(2022) Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
(2022) Sidney
as Self
(2012) Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
(2022) Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
(2006) Mo & Me
as ---
(1999) Swing Vote
as Will Dunn
(1974) Free to Be… You and Me
as Self
(2011) The University of Sing Sing
as Self
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
(2022) 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self - Inductee (archive footage)
(1988) The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
as Self
(2004) Muppet Music Moments
as Self
(1989) The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
as Self
(2019) The Man Behind the White Guitar
as Self
(2024) Following Harry
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
(1970) King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(2011) The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
as Self (voice)
(2009) Anecdotes about Fidel
as ---
(2013) JFK: The Private President
as Self
(1966) The Strolling '20s
as Self
(2014) Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
as Self
(2004) TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
(2017) Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
(1981) Grambling's White Tiger
as Coach Eddie Robinson
(2018) Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
as Self
(2018) King in the Wilderness
as Self
(2002) Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self (uncredited)
(2004) The World of Nat King Cole
as Self
(1968) Petula
as Self
(2018) BlacKkKlansman
as Jerome Turner
(1993) The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
(2015) Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as Self
(1986) The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
(1994) The World of Jim Henson
as Self
(2006) Best Ever Muppet Moments
as Self
(1985) We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
as Self
(1972) Nationtime
as Self
(2014) Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
(2020) Dom Salvador & The Abolition
as Self
(2020) The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
as Self
(2017) The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) Selma
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2018) Mr. SOUL!
as Self
(2017) I Am Not Your Negro
as Self (archive footage)
(2017) JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
as Self
(1999) Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
(2021) The One and Only Dick Gregory
as Self
(1982) Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1977) The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
as Self
(2016) Året var 1966
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1983) Bei Bio
as Self
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1979) CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Vince
(2005) The Colbert Report
as Self - Guest
(1976) The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
(1967) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1970) The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
(1966) ABC Stage 67
as Self
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1967) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
(1981) Wetten, dass..?
as Self
(2004) Tanner on Tanner
as Self
(2006) When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
as Self
(2016) Jackie Robinson
as Self
(1971) V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Magic Man (voice)
(2018) Bobby Kennedy for President
as Self
(2020) TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
(1988) Flitterabend
as Self - Singer
(1996) The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
(1991) Musik liegt in der Luft
as Self - Singer
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1966) Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self - Laudatio
(1977) Auf los geht's los
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1998) PB&J Otter
as The Ice Moose (voice)
(1975) Numéro un
as Self
(2003) Menschen bei Maischberger
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1967) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self - Cameo
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1998) Sabine Christiansen
as Self
(1991) DAS!
as Self
(2004) Kulturplatz
as Self
(2002) Gero von Boehm begegnet...
as Self
(1995) Willemsens Woche
as Self
(1957) Aktuelle Schaubude
as Self
(1976) Club 2
as Self
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(2011) Hamburg Journal
as self
(1963) The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
(1955) Was bin ich?
as self
(1980) Heut' abend
as Self
(2013) Sternstunde Musik
as Self