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Overview

Date of Death:
23 January 1976, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA more
Mini Biography:
This handsome, eloquent and highly charismatic actor became one of the... more
Trivia:
Played football professionally for three years in the APFL (American ... more
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Barack Obama’s White Christmas (From Spout. 29 September 2008, 9:00 AM, PDT)
Docs Reveal How U.K. Treated Controversial Entertainers (From Studio Briefing. 3 March 2000)

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Soundtrack, Actor, Self, Archive Footage
Soundtrack:
  1. "Jonathan Meades - Magnetic North" (1 episode, 2008)
        - Poland to Finland (2008) TV episode (performer: "National Anthem of the Soviet Union" (uncredited))
  2. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV) (performer: "Ol' Man River")

  3. Killer of Sheep (1977) (performer: "My Curly Haired Baby", "The House I Live in", "Going Home")
  4. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (performer: "Water Boy")

  5. Tales of Manhattan (1942) (performer: "Glory Days")

  6. Canciones de Madrid (1938) (performer: "La Internacional" (The Internationale), "La Joven Guardia")
  7. Jericho (1937) (performer: "My Way", "Deep Desert", "Shortnin' Bread", "Silent Night" (partial))
    ... aka Dark Sands
  8. King Solomon's Mines (1937) (performer: "Walk! Walk!", "Climbin' Up", "Kukuwana")
  9. Big Fella (1937) (performer: "Lazin'", "When I Get to Heaven", "Roll Up Sailor", "Oh, My Baby", "River Steals My Folks from Me")
  10. Song of Freedom (1936) (performer: "Sleepy River", "Lonely Road", "Stepping Stones", "Death Scene") ("Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho", "Lonely Road", "Song of Freedom")
  11. Show Boat (1936) (performer: "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Ah Still Suits Me") ("Ol' Man River" (second reprise), "Ol' Man River")
    ... aka Edna Ferber's Show Boat (USA: complete title)
  12. Sanders of the River (1935) (performer: "The Song of the Spear", "Lion Song", "My Little Black Dove")
  13. The Emperor Jones (1933) (performer: "Now Let Me Fly", "Water Boy", "I'm Travelin'", "Daniel")
Actor:
  1. Tales of Manhattan (1942) .... Luke
  2. Native Land (1942) (voice) .... Narrator/Vocalist
  3. The Proud Valley (1940) .... David Goliath
    ... aka The Tunnel (USA: reissue title)

  4. Jericho (1937) .... Cpl. Jericho Jackson
    ... aka Dark Sands
  5. King Solomon's Mines (1937) .... Umbopa
  6. Big Fella (1937) .... Joe
  7. Song of Freedom (1936) .... John 'Johnny' Zinga
  8. Show Boat (1936) .... Joe
    ... aka Edna Ferber's Show Boat (USA: complete title)
  9. Sanders of the River (1935) .... Bosambo
  10. The Emperor Jones (1933) .... Brutus Jones
  11. Borderline (1930) .... Pete Varond, a Negro

  12. Camille (1926/II) .... Alexandre Dumas fils
    ... aka The Fate of a Coquette (USA: subtitle)
  13. Body and Soul (1925) .... Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins/His brother Sylvester
Self:
  1. "Unser Sandmännchen" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka Abendgruß (East Germany)
    ... aka Sandmännchen, Das (East Germany)
    ... aka Sandmann (East Germany)
        - Episode dated 4 August 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Himself
  2. "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium" .... Himself - Top Of The Bill (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka Sunday Night at the London Palladium (UK: short title)
        - Episode dated 28 September 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - Top Of The Bill
  3. Lied der Ströme, Das (1954) .... Voice of Singer
    ... aka Song of the Rivers

  4. Canciones de Madrid (1938)
Archive Footage:
  1. Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007) (V) .... Himself
  2. "Broadway: The American Musical" (2004) .... Joe (in "Show Boat")
  3. Neuvième, La (2004) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  4. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV) .... Joe
  5. "The South Bank Show"
        - Othello (2004) TV episode .... Othello
  6. TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V)
  7. "Great Performances"
        - The Great American Songbook (2003) TV episode
  8. Freedom Highway: Songs that Shaped a Century (2001) .... Himself
  9. "American Masters"
        - Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  10. Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998) (TV) .... Himself
  11. "Cold War" (1998) (uncredited) .... Himself
  12. Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) .... Himself
  13. Bolshoi kontsert narodov, ili Dykhanie chein-stoksa (1991) (uncredited) .... Himself (speaking in Russian)
  14. That's Black Entertainment (1990)
  15. The Show Boat Story (1988) (TV) (uncredited) .... Joe (clip from 1936 film of 'Show Boat')
  16. Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981) (TV) .... Joe
  17. Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979) .... Himself
  18. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
  19. "Film Night"
        - The Black Man in the Cinema (1971) TV episode .... Himself
  20. Land of Liberty (1939) .... Joe (edited from: Show Boat)


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Other Works:
(1958) (autobiography) "Here I Stand" more
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2 Biographical Movies | 1 Portrayal | 10 Print Biographies | 15 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo more
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