Acting
Paul Robeson
Also Known As: Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson
Birth Date
April 8, 1898
Death Date
January 23, 1976
(passed away at 77)
Place of Birth
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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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.
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Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024 • 4 episodes
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
2021
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Joe
2004
Tales of Manhattan
Luke
1942
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self (archive footage)
1998
Show Boat
Joe
1936
Native Land
Narrator
1942
Sanders of the River
Bosambo
1935
Big Fella
Joe
1938
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Self
2006
Song of the Rivers
Voice of Singer
1954
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1973
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1975
King Solomon's Mines
Umbopa
1937
Borderline
Pete Varond
1930
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
Emperor Jones
Brutus Jones
1933
Britain on Film: Black Britain
Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
2017