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.

Most Famous Work

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Borderline

(1930) Pete Varond

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Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

(1926) Alexandre Dumas fils

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Jericho

(1937) Cpl. Jericho Jackson

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King Solomon's Mines

(1937) Umbopa

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The Emperor Jones

(1933) Brutus Jones

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Song of Freedom

(1936) John 'Johnny' Zinga

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Big Fella

(1938) Joe

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Native Land

(1942) Narrator

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2017	Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")	Britain on Film: Black Britain 2017-04-01 Movie
2007	N/A	Fred Baker - filmmaker 2007-07-26 Movie
	Self (archival footage)	Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson 2007-01-31 Movie
2006	Self	Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States 2006-03-14 Movie
1999	Self	Paul Robeson: Here I Stand 1999-02-24 Movie
1998	Self (archive footage)	Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist 1998-01-01 Movie
	Himself (archive footage)	Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am 1998-01-01 Movie
1994	Self (archive footage)	Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist 1994-01-01 Movie
1991	Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)	The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes 1991-02-01 Movie
1990	N/A	I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson 1990-02-16 Movie
1985	N/A	Musical Comedy Tonight III 1985-11-22 Movie
1979	Himself (archive footage)	Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist 1979-10-29 Movie
1977	Self	The Tallest Tree in Our Forest 1977-01-01 Movie
1975	Self (archive footage)	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975-08-06 Movie
	Self (archive footage)	Black Shadows on a Silver Screen 1975-04-19 Movie
1973	Self/Cameo (archive footage)	Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 1973-06-02 Movie
1954	Voice of Singer	Song of the Rivers 1954-09-17 Movie
1951	Narrator	South Africa Uncensored 1951-01-01 Movie
1949	Himself	Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 1949-07-01 Movie
1947	Self	Easy to Get 1947-07-10 Movie
1942	Luke	Tales of Manhattan 1942-08-05 Movie
	Narrator	Native Land 1942-05-11 Movie
1940	David Goliath	The Proud Valley 1940-04-06 Movie
1938	Joe	Big Fella 1938-01-03 Movie
1937	Cpl. Jericho Jackson	Jericho 1937-08-23 Movie
	Umbopa	King Solomon's Mines 1937-06-17 Movie
1936	John 'Johnny' Zinga	Song of Freedom 1936-08-16 Movie
	Joe	Show Boat 1936-05-17 Movie
1935	Bosambo	Sanders of the River 1935-05-10 Movie
1933	Brutus Jones	The Emperor Jones 1933-09-29 Movie
1930	Pete Varond	Borderline 1930-10-13 Movie
1926	Alexandre Dumas fils	Camille: The Fate of a Coquette 1926-01-01 Movie
1925	Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester	Body and Soul 1925-11-09 Movie
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Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1932	Music	Black and White 1932-04-17 Movie
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