Paul Robeson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

35

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-04-08

Deathday

1976-01-23 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson

Paul Robeson

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.

Known For

Show Boat

6.7%

Show Boat

May 17, 1936

Tales of Manhattan

6.3%

Tales of Manhattan

Aug 5, 1942

Body and Soul

6.2%

Body and Soul

Nov 9, 1925

King Solomon's Mines

5.3%

King Solomon's Mines

Jun 17, 1937

Emperor Jones

5.8%

Emperor Jones

Sep 29, 1933

Borderline

5.8%

Borderline

Oct 13, 1930

The Proud Valley

6.2%

The Proud Valley

Apr 6, 1940

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

7.0%

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Oct 29, 1979

Native Land

6.2%

Native Land

May 11, 1942

Sanders of the River

5.7%

Sanders of the River

May 10, 1935

Song of Freedom

5.6%

Song of Freedom

Aug 16, 1936

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

5.7%

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Aug 6, 1975

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Acting

2017

Britain on Film: Black Britain as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")

2007		Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007		Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self (archival footage)

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

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

Easy to Get as Self

1942		Tales of Manhattan as Luke
1942		Native Land as Narrator

1940

The Proud Valley as David Goliath

1938

Big Fella as Joe

1937		Jericho as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
1937		King Solomon's Mines as Umbopa
1937		My Song Goes Forth as Self

1936		Song of Freedom as John 'Johnny' Zinga
1936		Show Boat as Joe

1935

Sanders of the River as Bosambo

1933

Emperor Jones as Brutus Jones

1930

Borderline as Pete Varond

1926

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette as Alexandre Dumas fils

1925

Body and Soul as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester

Sound

1932

Black and White as Music

Writing

1954

Song of the Rivers as Writer

Paul Robeson