Pete Seeger
Birthday
1919/05/03
Day of death
2014/01/27 (94 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Peter 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 suppo...Read more
Acting
(1969) Alice's Restaurant
as Himself
(2007) Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
as Self
(1971) The Foolish Frog
as Narrator (voice)
(2014) Freedom Summer
as Self
(2011) Give Me the Banjo
as Self
(1989) Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
as himself
(2001) A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
as Himself
(2000) The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
as Self
(1997) An Act of Conscience
as Self
Tribute to Harry Chapin
as ---
(1990) I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
as ---
(2003) Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
(2023) Down By The Riverside
as ---
(2015) Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
as ---
(1947) To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self
(2004) Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
as Himself
(2005) No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self
(2008) Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
as ---
(2002) Strange Fruit
as Self
(1996) Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
as ---
(2013) Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
as Self
(2022) 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
as ---
(2010) Gasland
as Self (archive footage)
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
as Self
(1989) Pete Seeger at Home
as Himself
(1988) Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
as ---
The Arlo Guthrie Show
as Self
(1967) Festival
as Self
(1970) Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
as Himself
(2014) The Winding Stream
as Self (archive footage)
(2006) Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
as Self
(2002) Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self
(1984) Chords of Fame
as Himself
(1962) The Streets of Greenwood
as ---
(2019) ReMastered: The Lion's Share
as Himself (archive footage)
(1988) Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
as Self
(2019) Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
as Self
(1980) Canto Libre - den fria sången
as Self
(1984) Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
(2000) The Internationale
as Self
(1977) Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
as Self
(1982) The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
as Self
(1983) Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
as Self - Folksinger
(1962) Wasn't That a Time
as Self
(2013) Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
as ---
(1999) Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
(2009) We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
(1978) Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
as ---
(1990) Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as ---
(1965) The Creative Person: The Folksinger
as Self
(2011) Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
as Self
(1972) Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
as Self
(1959) The David Susskind Show
as Self
(1963) Tonight in Person
as Self
(1969) The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
(1970) The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
as ---
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(1965) Rainbow Quest
as Self - Host
(1977) All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
as Self (archive footage)
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest