Portrait of Paul Robeson

Acting

Paul Robeson

Career

Active from 1925 to 1954, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Show Boat
Show Boat
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Paul Robeson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.1, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Romance
    2.2, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

17
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)

as Joe

1950s

2 titles
Song of the Rivers
Song of the Rivers (1954)

as Voice of Singer

South Africa Uncensored
South Africa Uncensored (1951)

as Narrator

1940s

3 titles ยท average score 63
Native Land
Native Land (1942)
GoodWatch score 58

as Narrator

Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
GoodWatch score 70

as Luke

The Proud Valley
The Proud Valley (1940)
GoodWatch score 62

as David Goliath

1930s

9 titles ยท average score 62
Big Fella
Big Fella (1938)
GoodWatch score 65

as Joe

King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
GoodWatch score 58

as Umbopa

Jericho
Jericho (1937)
GoodWatch score 63

as Cpl. Jericho Jackson

Show Boat
Show Boat (1936)
GoodWatch score 78

as Joe

Song of Freedom
Song of Freedom (1936)
GoodWatch score 52

as John 'Johnny' Zinga

Sanders of the River
Sanders of the River (1935)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bosambo

Emperor Jones
Emperor Jones (1933)
GoodWatch score 62

as Brutus Jones

Black and White
Black and White (1932)

Music

Borderline
Borderline (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

as Pete Varond

1920s

2 titles ยท average score 58
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
GoodWatch score 45

as Alexandre Dumas fils

Body and Soul
Body and Soul (1925)
GoodWatch score 72

as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester