Paul Robeson - Actor Profile

Paul Robeson

37Movies
9.0 Best Rating

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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2021 The Real Charlie Chaplin Self (archive footage) ★ 7.5 HIT
2017 Britain on Film: Black Britain Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11") ★ 0.0 FLOP
2007 Fred Baker - filmmaker - ★ 0.0 FLOP
2007 Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson Self (archival footage) ★ 0.0 FLOP
2006 Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2004 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies Joe ★ 8.0 HIT
2001 White Sings Robeson - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1999 Paul Robeson: Here I Stand Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1998 Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist Self (archive footage) ★ 7.7 HIT
1998 Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am Himself (archive footage) ★ 0.0 FLOP
1994 Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist Self (archive footage) ★ 0.0 FLOP
1991 The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage) ★ 0.0 FLOP
1990 I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1985 Musical Comedy Tonight III - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1979 Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist Himself (archive footage) ★ 7.2 HIT
1977 The Tallest Tree in Our Forest Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage) ★ 6.1 FLOP
1975 Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Self (archive footage) ★ 0.0 FLOP
1973 Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 Self/Cameo (archive footage) ★ 9.0 HIT
1954 Song of the Rivers Voice of Singer ★ 5.0 FLOP
1951 South Africa Uncensored Narrator ★ 0.0 FLOP
1949 Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 Himself ★ 6.5 HIT
1947 Easy to Get Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1942 Tales of Manhattan Luke ★ 6.3 FLOP
1942 Native Land Narrator ★ 6.2 FLOP
1940 The Proud Valley David Goliath ★ 6.2 FLOP
1938 Big Fella Joe ★ 7.0 HIT
1937 Jericho Cpl. Jericho Jackson ★ 5.8 FLOP
1937 King Solomon's Mines Umbopa ★ 5.3 FLOP
1937 My Song Goes Forth Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1936 Song of Freedom John 'Johnny' Zinga ★ 5.6 FLOP
1936 Show Boat Joe ★ 6.8 HIT
1935 Sanders of the River Bosambo ★ 5.7 FLOP
1933 Emperor Jones Brutus Jones ★ 5.5 FLOP
1930 Borderline Pete Varond ★ 5.9 FLOP
1926 Camille: The Fate of a Coquette Alexandre Dumas fils ★ 4.2 FLOP
1925 Body and Soul Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester ★ 6.2 FLOP