Where to watch Paul Robeson in the UK
Find every Paul Robeson film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 11 August 2026.
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.
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- Hollywood Black (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Show Boat (1936) as Joe
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Luke
- Song of the Rivers (1954) as Voice of Singer
- Big Fella (1938) as Joe
- Black and White (1932) Music
- Borderline (1930) as Pete Varond
- Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 (1949) as Himself
- Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) as Self (archive footage)
- King Solomon's Mines (1937) as Umbopa
- Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am (1998) as Himself (archive footage)
- Body and Soul (1925) as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
- My Song Goes Forth (1937) as Self
- Song of Freedom (1936) as John 'Johnny' Zinga
- Britain on Film: Black Britain (2017) as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) as Joe
- Emperor Jones (1933) as Brutus Jones
- Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926) as Alexandre Dumas fils
- Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973) as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
- The Proud Valley (1940) as David Goliath
- Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985) Cast
- I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson (1990) Cast
- Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979) as Himself (archive footage)
- Easy to Get (1947) as Self
- Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- Sanders of the River (1935) as Bosambo
- Native Land (1942) as Narrator
- Jericho (1937) as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
- Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States (2006) as Self
- South Africa Uncensored (1951) as Narrator
- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) as Self
- The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977) as Self
- Fred Baker - filmmaker (2007) Cast
- White Sings Robeson (2001) Cast
- Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007) as Self (archival footage)
- The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes (1991) as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
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Most-watched Paul Robeson films currently: Show Boat (1936), Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975), The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021), Tales of Manhattan (1942), Song of the Rivers (1954).
What TV shows has Paul Robeson appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Hollywood Black (2024).
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