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Paul Robeson

Actor
Died January 23, 1976 (77 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • King Solomon's Mines
  • The Emperor Jones
  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Known For
  • King Solomon's Mines
  • The Emperor Jones
  • Body and Soul
  • Show Boat
  • Sanders of the River
  • The Tunnel
  • Borderline
  • Song of Freedom
  • Native Land
  • Tales of Manhattan
  • Big Fella

Filmography

2004
2004
1996
The Universal Story · as Joe (in 1936 'show Boat')
1942
1942
Native Land · as Narrator
1940
The Tunnel · as David Goliath
1939
Land of Liberty · as Joe (edited From 'show Boat')
1937
Big Fella · as Joe
1937
Dark Sands · as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
1937
1936
Song of Freedom · as John 'johnny' Zinga
1936
Show Boat · as Joe
1935
Sanders of the River · as Bosambo
1933
The Emperor Jones · as Brutus Jones
1930
Borderline · as Pete Varond
1925
Body and Soul · as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His Brother Sylvester

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