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James Baldwin

Acting Born Aug 2, 1924 Harlem, New York, USA 24 credits

Biography

James Baldwin works in acting. Born August 2, 1924 in Harlem, New York, USA. Archytele lists 24 screen credits below. A full profile for this page is being written and will appear here once verified against sources.

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Known for

Film

The Stepford Wives

as Self - Guest

World in Action

1963

Explained

as Self (archive footage)
Film

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)
Film

Public Speaking

as Self (archive footage)
Film

Children of Hiroshima

as self

Frequent co-stars

Fran Lebowitz 1 shared title
Pablo Picasso 1 shared title
Pablo Casals 1 shared title
Thelonious Monk 1 shared title
Serge Gainsbourg 1 shared title
Candy Darling 1 shared title
Andy Warhol 1 shared title
Truman Capote 1 shared title
Jack Paar 1 shared title
Oscar Levant 1 shared title

Career timeline

The New Yorker at 100
James Baldwin Abroad
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Madonna: Madame X
ExplainedBobby Kennedy for PresidentMr. SOUL!Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
The Madding Crowd
Public Speaking
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
The Statue of Liberty
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
I Remember Harlem
The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre
James Baldwin: From Another Place
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
The Dick Cavett ShowSOUL!Baldwin's Nigger
World in ActionThe Negro and the American Promise

Full filmography

  • The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
  • World in Action (1963)
  • Explained (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) as Self (archive footage)
  • Bobby Kennedy for President (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • The New Yorker at 100 (2025) as Self (archive footage)
  • Mr. SOUL! (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • Madonna: Madame X (2021) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Public Speaking (2011) as Self (archive footage)
  • Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Statue of Liberty (1985) as Self - Writer
  • SOUL! (1968)
  • The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre (1978) as Himself
  • Assignment America
  • The Negro and the American Promise (1963)
  • James Baldwin Abroad (2023) as Self
  • James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989) as Self (archive footage)
  • Target: St. Louis Vol. 1 (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1971) as Self
  • I Remember Harlem (1981) as self
  • Baldwin's Nigger (1968) as Self
  • The Madding Crowd (2017) as Self (archive footage)
  • James Baldwin: From Another Place (1973) as Self
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)