People
Paul Robeson
- Name: Paul Robeson
- Birthday: 1898-04-08
- Also known as: Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson
- Place of birth: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Popularity: 0.847
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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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Britain on Film: Black Britain as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11") | 2017-04-01 |
| Fred Baker - filmmaker | 2007-07-26 |
| Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self (archival footage) | 2007-01-31 |
| Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States as Self | 2006-03-14 |
| Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self | 1999-02-24 |
| Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
| Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am as Himself (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
| Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist as Self (archive footage) | 1994-01-01 |
| The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage) | 1991-02-01 |
| I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson | 1990-02-16 |
| Musical Comedy Tonight III | 1985-11-22 |
| Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist as Himself (archive footage) | 1979-10-29 |
| The Tallest Tree in Our Forest as Self | 1977-01-01 |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Self (archive footage) | 1975-04-19 |
| Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 as Self/Cameo (archive footage) | 1973-06-02 |
| Song of the Rivers as Voice of Singer | 1954-09-17 |
| South Africa Uncensored as Narrator | 1951-01-01 |
| Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 as Himself | 1949-07-01 |
| Easy to Get as Self | 1947-07-10 |
| Tales of Manhattan as Luke | 1942-08-05 |
| Native Land as Narrator | 1942-05-11 |
| The Proud Valley as David Goliath | 1940-04-06 |
| Big Fella as Joe | 1938-01-03 |
| Jericho as Cpl. Jericho Jackson | 1937-08-23 |
| King Solomon's Mines as Umbopa | 1937-06-17 |
| My Song Goes Forth as Self | 1937-01-01 |
| Song of Freedom as John 'Johnny' Zinga | 1936-08-16 |
| Show Boat as Joe | 1936-05-17 |
| Sanders of the River as Bosambo | 1935-05-10 |
| The Emperor Jones as Brutus Jones | 1933-09-29 |
| Borderline as Pete Varond | 1930-10-13 |
| Camille: The Fate of a Coquette as Alexandre Dumas fils | 1926-01-01 |
| Body and Soul as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester | 1925-11-09 |
