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Paul Robeson

Acting Born Apr 8, 1898 Princeton, New Jersey, USA 24 credits

Biography

Paul Robeson works in acting. Born April 8, 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey, 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

Song of the Rivers

as Voice of Singer

Three Sisters

as Brutus Jones

Frequent co-stars

Maximilian Scheer 1 shared title

Career timeline

Hollywood Black
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Britain on Film: Black Britain
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Song of the Rivers
South Africa Uncensored
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
Easy to Get
Tales of ManhattanNative Land
The Proud Valley
Big Fella
King Solomon's MinesMy Song Goes ForthJericho
Show Boat
Sanders of the River
Emperor Jones
Borderline
Body and Soul

Full filmography

  • Hollywood Black (2024) as Self (archive footage)
  • Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Luke
  • Borderline (1930) as Pete Varond
  • Britain on Film: Black Britain (2017) as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
  • Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979) as Himself (archive footage)
  • Big Fella (1938) as Joe
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977) as Self
  • Show Boat (1936) as Joe
  • Song of the Rivers (1954) as Voice of Singer
  • Body and Soul (1925) as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
  • Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 (1949) as Himself
  • Sanders of the River (1935) as Bosambo
  • Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973) as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
  • King Solomon's Mines (1937) as Umbopa
  • The Proud Valley (1940) as David Goliath
  • Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) as Self (archive footage)
  • My Song Goes Forth (1937) as Self
  • The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • Emperor Jones (1933) as Brutus Jones
  • Easy to Get (1947) as Self
  • Jericho (1937) as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
  • Native Land (1942) as Narrator
  • South Africa Uncensored (1951) as Narrator