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Soundtrack:

• 2000s
• 1970s
• 1940s
• 1930s

1. Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009) (TV) (performer: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night", "Ol' Man River")
2. "Jonathan Meades - Magnetic North" (1 episode, 2008)
       - Poland to Finland (2008) TV episode (performer: "National Anthem of the Soviet Union" (uncredited))
3. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) (TV) (performer: "Ol' Man River")
   
   
4. Killer of Sheep (1977) (performer: "My Curly Haired Baby", "The House I Live in", "Going Home")
5. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (performer: "Water Boy" (uncredited))
   
   
6. Tales of Manhattan (1942) (performer: "Glory Days")
   
   
7. Canciones de Madrid (1938) (performer: "La Internacional" (The Internationale), "La Joven Guardia")
8. Jericho (1937) (performer: "My Way", "Deep Desert", "Shortnin' Bread", "Silent Night" (partial))
   ... aka Dark Sands
9. King Solomon's Mines (1937) (performer: "Walk! Walk!", "Climbin' Up", "Kukuwana")
10. Big Fella (1937) (performer: "Lazin'", "When I Get to Heaven", "Roll Up Sailor", "Oh, My Baby", "River Steals My Folks from Me")
11. Song of Freedom (1936) (performer: "Sleepy River", "Lonely Road", "Stepping Stones", "Death Scene") ("Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho", "Lonely Road", "Song of Freedom")
12. 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)
13. Sanders of the River (1935) (performer: "The Song of the Spear", "Lion Song", "My Little Black Dove")
14. The Emperor Jones (1933) (performer: "Now Let Me Fly", "Water Boy", "I'm Travelin'", "Daniel")
    

Actor:

• 1940s
• 1930s
• 1920s

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:

• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1930s

1. "Spectacular" .... Himself-host (1 episode, 1960)
   ... aka Val Parnell's Spectacular (UK: complete title)
       - The Paul Robeson Show (1960) TV episode .... Himself-host
   
   
2. "Unser Sandmännchen" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
   ... aka Abendgruß (East Germany)
   ... aka Das Sandmännchen (East Germany)
   ... aka Sandmann (East Germany)
       - Episode dated 4 August 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Himself
3. "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 #4.3 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - Top Of The Bill
4. Das Lied der Ströme (1954) .... Voice of Singer
   ... aka Song of the Rivers
   
   
5. Canciones de Madrid (1938)
   

Archive Footage:

1. Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009) (TV) .... Himself
2. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007) .... Himself
3. Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007) (V) .... Himself
4. "Broadway: The American Musical"
       - Give My Regards to Broadway: 1893-1927 (2004) TV episode .... Joe
5. La neuvième (2004) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
6. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) (TV) .... Joe
7. "The South Bank Show"
       - Othello (2004) TV episode .... Othello
8. TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V)
9. "Great Performances"
       - The Great American Songbook (2003) TV episode
10. Freedom Highway: Songs that Shaped a Century (2001) .... Himself
11. "American Masters"
        - Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) TV episode .... Himself
12. Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998) (TV) .... Himself
13. "Cold War"
        - Reds (????) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
14. Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) .... Himself
15. Bolshoi kontsert narodov, ili Dykhanie chein-stoksa (1991) (uncredited) .... Himself (speaking in Russian)
16. That's Black Entertainment (1990) .... Himself
17. The Show Boat Story (1988) (TV) (uncredited) .... Joe (clip from 1936 film of 'Show Boat')
18. Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981) (TV) .... Joe
19. Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979) .... Himself
20. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
21. "Film Night"
        - The Black Man in the Cinema (1971) TV episode .... Himself
22. Land of Liberty (1939) .... Joe (edited from: Show Boat)