Pete Seeger
Born: 1919-05-03 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2014-01-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.
Filmography
2025
- Newport and the Great Folk Dream as Self (archive footage)
2022
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self (archive footage)
2019
- ReMastered: The Lion's Share as Himself (archive footage)
- Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 as Self
2014
- Freedom Summer as Self
- The Winding Stream as Self (archive footage)
2013
2012
- Palme as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune as Self
- Give Me the Banjo as Self
2010
- Gasland as Self (archive footage)
2007
2006
- Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home as Self
2005
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan as Self
2004
2002
2001
2000
- The Internationale as Self
- The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack as Self
1999
- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
1997
- An Act of Conscience as Self
1990
- Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! as Self (archive footage)
- I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1989
- Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center as Self
- Pete Seeger at Home as Himself
1988
1987
- The Arlo Guthrie Show as Self
1984
- Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' as Self
- Chords of Fame as Himself
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists as Self - Folksinger
1982
- The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time as Self
1980
- Canto Libre - den fria sången as Self
1977
- All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music as Self (archive footage)
- Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration as Self
1972
- Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone as Self
1971
- The Foolish Frog as Narrator (voice)
1969
- Alice's Restaurant as Himself
- The Johnny Cash Show as Self
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1967
- Festival as Self
1966
- Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison ... (Director)
1965
- Rainbow Quest as Self - Host
- The Creative Person: The Folksinger as Self
1964
- Singing Fishermen of Ghana ... (Cinematography)
1963
- Tonight in Person as Self
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Lines: Horizontal ... (Music)
- The Streets of Greenwood
- Wasn't That a Time as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Cattle Ranch ... (Music)
1960
- Indian Summer ... (Musician)
1959
- The End of the Line ... (Music)
- The David Susskind Show as Self
1947
- To Hear Your Banjo Play as Self
1946
- The Fight for Maritime Unity ... (Music)
1945
- Pick a Bale of Cotton ... (Editor)