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Paul Robeson 04/08/1898 , (126 years old) in Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Known for department

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.

poster Show Boat (1936)

Joe

poster Tales of Manhattan (1942)

Luke

poster King Solomon's Mines (1937)

Umbopa

poster The Emperor Jones (1933)

Brutus Jones

poster Sanders of the River (1935)

Bosambo

poster Native Land (1942)

Narrator

poster Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

Self (archive footage)

poster The Proud Valley (1940)

David Goliath

poster Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)

Self (archive footage)

poster Body and Soul (1925)

Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester

poster Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)

Alexandre Dumas fils

poster Jericho (1937)

Cpl. Jericho Jackson

poster Song of Freedom (1936)

John 'Johnny' Zinga

poster Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)

Himself (archive footage)

poster Borderline (1930)

Pete Varond

poster Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 (1949)

Himself

poster Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist (1994)

Self (archive footage)

poster South Africa Uncensored (1951)

Narrator

poster Big Fella (1938)

Joe

poster Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)

Self

poster Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)

Self (archive footage)

poster The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes (1991)

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

poster I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson (1990)

poster Song of the Rivers (1954)

Voice of Singer

poster Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973)

Self/Cameo (archive footage)

poster Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States (2006)

Self

poster Fred Baker - filmmaker (2007)

poster My Song Goes Forth (1937)

Self

poster Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am (1998)

Himself (archive footage)

poster Britain on Film: Black Britain (2017)

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

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