
Paul Robeson
Born: 1898-04-08
Place of Birth: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975★ 0.0

Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
1994★ 0.0

Native Land
1942★ 6.2

Tales of Manhattan
1942★ 6.3

Emperor Jones
1933★ 5.5

Song of Freedom
1936★ 5.6

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926★ 4.2

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998★ 0.0

Big Fella
1938★ 7.0

Jericho
1937★ 5.8

Britain on Film: Black Britain
2017★ 0.0

Show Boat
1936★ 6.8

The Proud Valley
1940★ 6.2

Song of the Rivers
1954★ 5.0

Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
1949★ 6.5

Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985★ 0.0

The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
1991★ 0.0

Body and Soul
1925★ 6.2

The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021★ 7.5

Sanders of the River
1935★ 5.7

The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977★ 0.0

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004★ 8.0

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998★ 7.7

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979★ 7.2

King Solomon's Mines
1937★ 5.3

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975★ 6.1

Borderline
1930★ 5.9

Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007★ 0.0

Easy to Get
1947★ 0.0

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973★ 9.0

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999★ 0.0

South Africa Uncensored
1951★ 0.0

I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990★ 0.0

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006★ 0.0

White Sings Robeson
2001★ 0.0