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.
★6.3
MOVIE1954
Song of the Rivers
as Voice of Singer
★7.6
MOVIE2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
★7.3
MOVIE1979
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Himself (archive footage)
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Tales of Manhattan
as Luke
★6.3
MOVIE1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2017
Britain on Film: Black Britain
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
★6.0
MOVIE1930
Borderline
as Pete Varond
★6.7
MOVIE1936
Show Boat
as Joe
★9.0
MOVIE1973
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
★7.3
MOVIE1938
Big Fella
as Joe
★9.0
MOVIE1947
Easy to Get
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE1937
King Solomon's Mines
as Umbopa
★6.3
MOVIE1925
Body and Soul
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
★4.2
MOVIE1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Alexandre Dumas fils
★5.8
MOVIE1935
Sanders of the River
as Bosambo
★6.3
MOVIE1940
The Proud Valley
as David Goliath
★6.0
MOVIE1936
Song of Freedom
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
MOVIE1977
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1937
Jericho
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
MOVIE2007
Fred Baker - filmmaker
★7.0
MOVIE1990
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
MOVIE1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1949
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
as Himself
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Native Land
as Narrator
MOVIE1937
My Song Goes Forth
as Self
MOVIE2001
White Sings Robeson
MOVIE2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self (archival footage)
★8.3
MOVIE1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
★8.3
MOVIE2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Joe
★8.0
MOVIE1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
MOVIE1985
Musical Comedy Tonight III
MOVIE1951
South Africa Uncensored
as Narrator
MOVIE1998
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Himself (archive footage)
★5.6
MOVIE1933
Emperor Jones
as Brutus Jones
MOVIE2006
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1991
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
MOVIE1994
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
as Self (archive footage)