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Paul Robeson
Acting
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.
BODY OF WORK
Paul Robeson's Filmography
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
Britain on Film: Black Britain
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Fred Baker - filmmaker
No Poster
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self (archival footage)
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Joe
White Sings Robeson
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Himself (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Himself (archive footage)
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
as Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Song of the Rivers
as Voice of Singer
South Africa Uncensored
as Narrator
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
as Himself
Easy to Get
as Self
Tales of Manhattan
as Luke
Native Land
as Narrator
The Proud Valley
as David Goliath
Big Fella
as Joe
Jericho
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
King Solomon's Mines
as Umbopa
No Poster
My Song Goes Forth
as Self
Song of Freedom
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
Show Boat
as Joe
Sanders of the River
as Bosambo
Emperor Jones
as Brutus Jones
Borderline
as Pete Varond
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Alexandre Dumas fils
Body and Soul
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester