Portrait of Paul Robeson

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.

Born: April 8, 1898

Place of Birth: Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Known For

Poster for Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

Poster for AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

Poster for Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Poster for The Real Charlie Chaplin

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Poster for Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Poster for Big Fella

Big Fella

Poster for Show Boat

Show Boat

Poster for Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11

Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11

Poster for Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

Poster for Native Land

Native Land

Filmography

2021

The Real Charlie Chaplin

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Britain on Film: Black Britain

as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")

2007

Fred Baker - filmmaker

2006

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

as Self

2004

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

as Joe

2001

White Sings Robeson

1999

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

as Self

1998

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

as Self (archive footage)

1998

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

as Himself (archive footage)

1994

Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist

as Self (archive footage)

1991

The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes

as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)

1990

I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

1985

Musical Comedy Tonight III

1979

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

as Himself (archive footage)

1977

The Tallest Tree in Our Forest

as Self

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1973

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

as Self/Cameo (archive footage)

1954

Song of the Rivers

as Voice of Singer

1951

South Africa Uncensored

as Narrator

1949

Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11

as Himself

1947

as Self

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Luke

1942

as Narrator

1940

The Proud Valley

as David Goliath

1938

as Joe

1937

as Cpl. Jericho Jackson

1937

King Solomon's Mines

as Umbopa

1936

Song of Freedom

as John 'Johnny' Zinga

1936

as Joe

1935

Sanders of the River

as Bosambo

1933

as Brutus Jones

1930

as Pete Varond

1926

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

as Alexandre Dumas fils

1925

as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester