Paul Robeson
Known for Acting
Born April 7, 1898
Died January 23, 1976
Place of Birth Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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.
Filmography
Show Boat
1936
as Joe
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Joe
King Solomon's Mines
1937
as Umbopa
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Luke
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
as Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Sanders of the River
1935
as Bosambo
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
as Alexandre Dumas fils
Emperor Jones
1933
as Brutus Jones
Native Land
1942
as Narrator
Song of Freedom
1936
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
Big Fella
1938
as Joe
The Proud Valley
1940
as David Goliath
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
as Himself (archive footage)
Jericho
1937
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
as Self
Easy to Get
1947
as Self
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