Paul Robeson
Birthday
1898/04/08
Day of death
1976/01/23 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Paul LeRoy Bustill 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.
Acting
(1936) Show Boat
as Joe
(1942) Tales of Manhattan
as Luke
(1933) The Emperor Jones
as Brutus Jones
(1937) King Solomon's Mines
as Umbopa
(1942) Native Land
as Narrator
(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
(1935) Sanders of the River
as Bosambo
(1940) The Proud Valley
as David Goliath
(1979) Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Himself (archive footage)
(1937) Jericho
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
(1936) Song of Freedom
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
(1990) I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
as ---
(1938) Big Fella
as Joe
(1999) Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
(1954) Song of the Rivers
as Voice of Singer
(1998) Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
(1937) My Song Goes Forth
as Self
(1998) Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Himself (archive footage)
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(2017) Britain on Film: Black Britain
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
(2007) Fred Baker - filmmaker
as ---
(1994) Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
as Self (archive footage)
(1949) Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
as Himself
(2006) Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
as Self
(1975) Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1951) South Africa Uncensored
as Narrator
(1973) Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
(1985) Musical Comedy Tonight III
as ---
(2007) Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self (archival footage)
(1947) Easy to Get
as Self
(1977) The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
as Self
(2004) AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Joe