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 support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Gasland (2010) — Self (archive footage)
2. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) — Self
3. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
4. Alice's Restaurant (1969) — Himself
5. Reading Rainbow (1983) — Self - Narrator (voice)
6. Palme (2012) — Self (archive footage)
7. ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2019) — Himself (archive footage)
8. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
9. Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970) — Himself
10. The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival (2007) — Self
11. Festival (1967) — Self
12. 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022) — Self (archive footage)
13. The Winding Stream (2014) — Self (archive footage)
14. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
15. Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation (2013) — Self
16. The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) — Self
17. Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists (1983) — Self - Folksinger
18. Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011) — Self
19. Freedom Summer (2014) — Self
20. Give Me the Banjo (2011) — Self
21. The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000) — Self
22. The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1982) — Self
23. We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009) — Self
24. Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988) — Self
25. Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990) — Self (archive footage)
26. The Johnny Cash Show (1969) — Self
27. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007) — Self
28. The Foolish Frog (1971) — Narrator (voice)
29. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 (2003) — Self
30. To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947) — Self
31. Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan (2008)
32. Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002) — Self
33. Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984) — Self
34. The David Susskind Show (1959) — Self
35. All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music (1977) — Self (archive footage)
36. An Act of Conscience (1997) — Self
37. Tribute to Harry Chapin (1991)
38. I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson (1990)
39. Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004) — Himself
40. Strange Fruit (2002) — Self

Directed

1. Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison (1966) — Director
2. Singing Fishermen of Ghana (1964) — Director
3. THE MANY COLORED PAPER — Director