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Birthday: May 03, 1919
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Pete Seeger

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