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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 8, 1898
Died
January 23, 1976
Place of Birth
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson
Paul Robeson
0.2 Popularity
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
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
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Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Britain on Film: Black Britain
2017
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Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007
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Self (archival footage)
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
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Self
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
8.0
Joe
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
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White Sings Robeson
2001
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Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
7.7
Self (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
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Himself (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
Credits
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
7.5
Britain on Film: Black Britain
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
2017
0.0
Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007
0.0
🎬
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self (archival footage)
2007
0.0
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
as Self
2006
0.0
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Joe
2004
8.0
White Sings Robeson
2001
0.0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
1999
0.0
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
1998
7.7
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Himself (archive footage)
1998
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Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
as Self (archive footage)
1994
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The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
1991
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I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
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Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
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Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Himself (archive footage)
1979
7.2
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
as Self
1977
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
5.7
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1975
0.0
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1973
9.0
Song of the Rivers
as Voice of Singer
1954
5.0
South Africa Uncensored
as Narrator
1951
0.0
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
as Himself
1949
6.5
Easy to Get
as Self
1947
0.0
Tales of Manhattan
as Luke
1942
6.3
Native Land
as Narrator
1942
6.2
The Proud Valley
as David Goliath
1940
6.2
Big Fella
as Joe
1938
7.0
Jericho
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
1937
5.8
King Solomon's Mines
as Umbopa
1937
5.3
🎬
My Song Goes Forth
as Self
1937
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Song of Freedom
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
1936
5.6
Show Boat
as Joe
1936
6.7
Sanders of the River
as Bosambo
1935
5.7
Emperor Jones
as Brutus Jones
1933
5.6
Borderline
as Pete Varond
1930
5.8
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Alexandre Dumas fils
1926
4.0
Body and Soul
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
1925
6.2