Paul Robeson

Personal Info

Birthday

April 8, 1898

Day of Death

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

Song of the Rivers

Show Boat

King Solomon's Mines

Jericho

Body and Soul

Tales of Manhattan

Emperor Jones

Native Land

Filmography

2017
Britain on Film: Black Britain
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
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)
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)
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)
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
Native Land
as Narrator
1940
The Proud Valley
as David Goliath
1938
Big Fella
as Joe
1937
Jericho
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
King Solomon's Mines
as Umbopa
My Song Goes Forth
as Self
1936
Song of Freedom
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
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