Pete Seeger
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…
Known For
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self
Gasland
Self (archive footage)
Alice's Restaurant
Himself
Palme
Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
Self
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
Himself (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
The Winding Stream
Self (archive footage)
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Filmography
Acting (70)
Movies (59)
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025as Self (archive footage)
Down By The Riverside
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022as Self (archive footage)
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
2019as Himself (archive footage)
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019as Self
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
Freedom Summer
2014as Self
The Winding Stream
2014as Self (archive footage)
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013as Self
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
2013as Self
Palme
2012as Self (archive footage)
Give Me the Banjo
2011as Self
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011as Self
Gasland
2010as Self (archive footage)
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009as Self
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
2008
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007as Self
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007as Self
Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
2007as Self
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006as Self
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005as Self
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004as Himself
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003as Self
Strange Fruit
2002as Self
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002as Self
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
2001as Himself
The Internationale
2000as Self
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000as Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999as Self
An Act of Conscience
1997as Self
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
1996
Tribute to Harry Chapin
1991
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990as Self (archive footage)
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
1989as Self
Pete Seeger at Home
1989as Himself
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988as Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988as Self
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
1988 The Arlo Guthrie Show
1987as Self
Chords of Fame
1984as Himself
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984as Self
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
1983as Self - Folksinger
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
1982as Self
Canto Libre - den fria sången
1980as Self
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
1978
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977as Self
Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
1972as Self
The Foolish Frog
1971as Narrator (voice)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970as Himself
Alice's Restaurant
1969as Himself
Festival
1967as Self
The Creative Person: The Folksinger
1965as Self
The Streets of Greenwood
1962 Wasn't That a Time
1962as Self
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947as Self
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
as Self
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as Himself
Television (11)
Reading Rainbow
1983as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978as Self
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
1977as Self (archive footage)
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
1970
The Johnny Cash Show
1969as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968as Self - Guest
Rainbow Quest
1965as Self - Host
Tonight in Person
1963as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self
The David Susskind Show
1959as Self
Crew (11)
Movies (11)
The Foolish Frog
1971Writer
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
1966Director
Singing Fishermen of Ghana
1964Cinematography
Singing Fishermen of Ghana
1964Director
Lines: Horizontal
1962Music
Cattle Ranch
1961Music
Indian Summer
1960Musician
The End of the Line
1959Music
The Fight for Maritime Unity
1946Music
Pick a Bale of Cotton
1945Editor
THE MANY COLORED PAPER
Director
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