Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1898-04-08
Day of Death
1976-01-23
Place of Birth
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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.
Filmography (37)
ā 7.6
Role:
Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
ā 0
Role:
Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Britain on Film: Black Britain
2017
ā 0
Role:
Unknown
Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007No Image
ā 0
Role:
Self (archival footage)
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
ā 0
Role:
Self
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
ā 8.3
Role:
Joe
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
ā 0
Role:
Unknown
White Sings Robeson
2001
ā 8.0
Role:
Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
ā 8.2
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
ā 0
Role:
Himself (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
ā 0
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
1994
ā 8.0
Role:
Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
1991
ā 7.0
Role:
Unknown
Iām a Negro, Iām an American ā Paul Robeson
1990
ā 0
Role:
Unknown
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
ā 7.3
Role:
Himself (archive footage)
