Paul Robeson
Known for 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.
Filmography
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Luke
Big Fella
1938
as Joe
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Joe
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Show Boat
1936
as Joe
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
as Alexandre Dumas fils
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
as Self
Native Land
1942
as Narrator
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Sanders of the River
1935
as Bosambo
The Proud Valley
1940
as David Goliath
King Solomon's Mines
1937
as Umbopa
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
as Himself (archive footage)
Emperor Jones
1933
as Brutus Jones
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
as Self (archival footage)
Easy to Get
1947
as Self
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
as Self
Body and Soul
1925
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester