Pete Seeger
Acting
Born: 1919-05-03 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2014-01-27
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 suppo
🎬 Movies (30)
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
Self (archive footage)
Down By The Riverside
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Self (archive footage)
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
2019
Himself (archive footage)
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019
Self
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
Freedom Summer
2014
Self
The Winding Stream
2014
Self (archive footage)
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
Self
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
2013
Self
Palme
2012
Self (archive footage)
Give Me the Banjo
2011
Self
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011
Self
Gasland
2010
Self (archive footage)
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
Self
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
2008
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
Self
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007
Self
Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
2007
Self
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
Self
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
Self
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004
Himself
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003
Self
Strange Fruit
2002
Self
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
Self
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
2001
Himself
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
Self
The Internationale
2000
Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Self
📺 TV Shows (11)
Reading Rainbow
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Self
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
1977
Self (archive footage)
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
1970
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
Rainbow Quest
1965
Self - Host
Tonight in Person
1963
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self
The David Susskind Show
1959
Self