Loading
Actor
Pete Seeger
- Born May 3, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA
- Died January 27, 2014
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.
Read the full biography
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.
Known for
The Foolish Frog1971
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan2008
Tribute to Harry Chapin1991
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson1990
The Streets of Greenwood1962
Down By The Riverside2023
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera2015
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story1996
Filmography
- TBAI Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with WarFilmSelf
- TBATHE MANY COLORED PAPERFilmHimself, Director
- 2025Newport and the Great Folk DreamFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Down By The RiversideFilm
- 20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2019ReMastered: The Lion's ShareFilmHimself (archive footage)
- 2019Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970FilmSelf
- 2015Pete and Toshi Get a CameraFilm
- 2014The Winding StreamFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2014Freedom SummerFilmSelf
- 2013Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a GenerationFilmSelf
- 2013Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to BritainFilmSelf
- 2012PalmeFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2011Phil Ochs: There But for FortuneFilmSelf
- 2011Give Me the BanjoFilmSelf
- 2010GaslandFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2009We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln MemorialFilmSelf
- 2008Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob DylanFilm
- 2007The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk FestivalFilmSelf
- 2007Pete Seeger: The Power of SongFilmSelf
- 2007Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of PlaceFilm
- 2007Ella Jenkins Live at the SmithsonianFilmSelf
- 2006Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No HomeFilmSelf
- 2005No Direction Home: Bob DylanFilmSelf
- 2005Henry A. WallaceFilmSelf
- 2004Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold LeventhalFilmHimself
- 2003Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974FilmSelf
- 2002Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy HourFilmSelf
- 2002Strange FruitFilmSelf
- 2001A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's MaritimesFilmHimself
- 2000The Ballad of Ramblin' JackFilmSelf
- 2000The InternationaleFilmSelf
- 1999Paul Robeson: Here I StandFilmSelf
- 1997An Act of ConscienceFilmSelf
- 1996Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie StoryFilm
- 1991Tribute to Harry ChapinFilm
- 1990Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!FilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1990I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul RobesonFilm
- 1989Izzy Young: Talking Folklore CenterFilmSelf
- 1989Pete Seeger at HomeFilmHimself
- 1988Sesame Street: Put Down the DuckieFilmSelf
- 1988Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan GunningFilm
- 1988BBC Arena: Woody GuthrieFilmSelf
- 1987The Arlo Guthrie ShowFilmSelf
- 1984Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'FilmSelf
- 1984Chords of FameFilmHimself
- 1983Reading RainbowSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1983Seeing Red: Stories of American CommunistsFilmSelf - Folksinger
- 1982The Weavers: Wasn't That a TimeFilmSelf
- 1980Canto Libre - den fria sångenFilmSelf
- 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSeriesSelf
- 1978Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in ConcertFilm
- 1977All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular MusicSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 1977Phil Ochs Memorial CelebrationFilmSelf
- 1972Pete Seeger: A Song and A StoneFilmSelf
- 1971The Foolish FrogFilmNarrator (voice), Writer
- 1970Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie MoonFilmHimself
- 1970The Smothers Brothers Summer ShowSeries
- 1969Alice's RestaurantFilmHimself
- 1969The Johnny Cash ShowSeriesSelf
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1967FestivalFilmSelf
- 1966Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas PrisonFilmDirector
- 1965The Creative Person: The FolksingerFilmSelf
- 1965Rainbow QuestSeriesSelf - Host
- 1964Singing Fishermen of GhanaFilmDirector, Cinematography
- 1963Tonight in PersonSeriesSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeriesSelf
- 1962Lines: HorizontalFilmMusic
- 1962The Streets of GreenwoodFilm
- 1962Wasn't That a TimeFilmSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesSelf
- 1961Cattle RanchFilmMusic
- 1960Indian SummerFilmMusician
- 1959The David Susskind ShowSeriesSelf
- 1959The End of the LineFilmMusic
- 1947To Hear Your Banjo PlayFilmSelf
- 1946The Fight for Maritime UnityFilmMusic
- 1945Pick a Bale of CottonFilmEditor