Cast
Paul Robeson
Acting
Cast
Paul Robeson
Known for
Acting
Born
1898-04-08
From
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Died
1976-01-23
Also known as Paul LeRoy Bustill 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.
Emperor Jones
as Brutus Jones
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Jericho
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
Big Fella
as Joe
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Joe
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Alexandre Dumas fils
Easy to Get
as Self
Show Boat
as Joe
Tales of Manhattan
as Luke
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
King Solomon's Mines
as Umbopa
Song of the Rivers
as Voice of Singer
Song of Freedom
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
as Self
Native Land
as Narrator
Sanders of the River
as Bosambo
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Himself (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
as Self (archive footage)
Musical Comedy Tonight III
The Proud Valley
as David Goliath
Borderline
as Pete Varond
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
Britain on Film: Black Britain
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Body and Soul
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
Fred Baker - filmmaker
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
as Himself
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self (archival footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Himself (archive footage)
My Song Goes Forth
as Self
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
as Self
South Africa Uncensored
as Narrator
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
