Pete Seeger
May 3, 1919 (105 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Down By The Riverside as
- 2022 · 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · ReMastered: The Lion's Share as Himself (archive footage)
- 2014 · The Winding Stream as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Freedom Summer as Self
- 2013 · Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation as Self
- 2010 · Gasland as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
- 2007 · Pete Seeger: The Power of Song as Self
- 2005 · No Direction Home: Bob Dylan as Self
- 2004 · Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal as Himself
- 2002 · Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self
- 2000 · The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack as Self
- 1997 · An Act of Conscience as Self
- 1990 · Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! as
- 1983 · Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists as Self - Folksinger
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1980 · Canto Libre - den fria sången as Self
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1977 · All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music as Self (archive footage)
- 1970 · The Smothers Brothers Summer Show as
- 1970 · Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon as Himself
- 1969 · Alice's Restaurant as Himself
- 1969 · The Johnny Cash Show as Self
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · Festival as Self
- 1965 · Rainbow Quest as Self - Host
- 1963 · Tonight in Person as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1959 · The David Susskind Show as Self
- Future · Tribute to Harry Chapin as
- 1947 · To Hear Your Banjo Play as Self
- Future · The Arlo Guthrie Show as Self
- 2019 · Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 as Self
- 2015 · Pete and Toshi Get a Camera as
- 2013 · Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain as
- 2011 · Give Me the Banjo as Self
- 2011 · Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune as Self
- 2008 · Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan as
- 2007 · Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place as
- 2006 · Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home as Self
- 2003 · Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 as Self
- 2002 · Strange Fruit as Self
- 2001 · A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes as Himself
- 2000 · The Internationale as Self
- 1999 · Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
- 1996 · Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story as
- 1990 · I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson as
- 1989 · Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center as himself
- 1989 · Pete Seeger at Home as Himself
- 1988 · Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special as Self
- 1988 · Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning as
- 1984 · Chords of Fame as Himself
- 1984 · Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' as Self
- 1982 · The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time as Self
- 1978 · Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert as
- 1977 · Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration as Self
- 1972 · Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone as Self
- 1971 · The Foolish Frog as Narrator (voice)
- 1965 · The Creative Person: The Folksinger as Self
- 1962 · The Streets of Greenwood as
- Future · I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War as Self
- 1962 · Wasn't That a Time as Self