Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
April 8, 1898
Died
January 23, 1976 (age 77)
Place of Birth
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson
Paul Robeson
Biography
Paul Robeson: The First Black Star | TIFF 2017
VideoKnown For
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Joe
2004
Tales of Manhattan
Luke
1942
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
2021
Sanders of the River
Bosambo
1935
Show Boat
Joe
1936
Native Land
Narrator
1942
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self (archive footage)
1998
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
1999
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1975
Emperor Jones
Brutus Jones
1933
King Solomon's Mines
Umbopa
1937
Borderline
Pete Varond
1930
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1973
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Self
2006
Britain on Film: Black Britain
Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
2017
Big Fella
Joe
1938
Body and Soul
Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
1925