Paul Robeson
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.
Known For
Show Boat
1936
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Emperor Jones
1933
King Solomon's Mines
1937
Native Land
1942
Borderline
1930
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
Sanders of the River
1935
Body and Soul
1925
The Proud Valley
1940
Jericho
1937
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
Song of Freedom
1936
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
Big Fella
1938
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Song of the Rivers
1954
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
1991
My Song Goes Forth
1937
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Britain on Film: Black Britain
2017
Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
1994
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
1949
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
South Africa Uncensored
1951
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
Easy to Get
1947
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
White Sings Robeson
2001
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021