Harry Belafonte

Actor | Producer | Composer

Harold George Belafonte was born on March 1, 1927 in New York City. He was educated at the New York...

Born: March 1, 1927

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Filmography

Known For

Bobby Nelson (2006)
BlacKkKlansman Jerome Turner (2018)
Kansas City Seldom Seen (1996)
Known For

The World, the Flesh and the Devil Ralph Burton (1959)
Soundtrack

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
The Lost End (2020)
The Duchess (2020)
Green Eggs and Ham (2019)
The Sara Cox Show (2019)
America's Got Talent (2019)
That Time of Year (2018)
Zoe Ball on ... (2018)
Barry (2018)
Atlanta (2018)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Paddington 2 (2017)
The 25 Songs of Christmas (2016)
Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016)
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
Danny Boy: The Ballad That Bewitched the World (2013)
Dancing with the Stars (2008-2012)
Beer and Board Games (2012)
Independent Lens (2011)
Some Jerk with a Camera (2011)
Violet & Daisy (2011)
So You Think You Can Dance (2011)
Sing Your Song (2011)
Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers (2010)
Rabbids Go Home (2009)
American Masters (2005-2009)
Piano, solo (2007)
The Baker (2007)
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice (2006)
Beyond the Sea (2004)
The Lazarus Child (2004)
Life and Debt (2001)
Beautiful Mother (1999)
An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends (1997)
Tohuwabohu (1996)
Squish Story (1996)
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Showgeschichten (1991)
The Wonder Years (1990)
The Magic of David Copperfield XI: The Explosive Encounter (1989)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Frank's Place (1988)
Club Paradise (1986)
Kidsongs: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (1986)
Tears Are Not Enough (1985)
Schöne Ferien (1985)
Charles in Charge (1985)
We Are the World (1985)
Mother's Meat & Freud's Flesh (1984)
Parade of Stars (1983)
Minder (1980)
Dolly & Carol in Nashville (1979)
The Muppet Show (1979)
Monsanto Night Presents Engelbert Humperdinck... In Bermuda (1974)
Free to Be... You & Me (1974)
RCA's Opening Night (1973)
V.I.P.-Schaukel (1973)
The Diahann Carroll Special (1971)
The Johnny Cash Show (1970)
That Girl (1969)
Petula (1968)
Bandstand (1965)
The Danny Kaye Show (1963-1965)
On Parade (1964)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
Island in the Sun (1957)
The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956)
Carmen Jones (1954)
Soundtrack

Bright Road (1953)
Actor

BlacKkKlansman Jerome Turner (2018)
Bobby Nelson (2006)
Breathe Spokesperson (2005)
PB&J Otter Ice Moose (1999)
Swing Vote Will Dunn (1999)
Kansas City Seldom Seen (1996)
White Man's Burden Thaddeus Thomas (1995)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Magician (1995)
Ready to Wear Harry Belafonte (1994)
The Player Harry Belafonte (1992)
Grambling's White Tiger Coach Eddie Robinson (1981)
Uptown Saturday Night Geechie Dan Beauford (1974)
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1974)
Buck and the Preacher Preacher (1972)
The Angel Levine Alexander Levine (1970)
The Ed Sullivan Show Singer (1962-1964)
Odds Against Tomorrow Ingram (1959)
The World, the Flesh and the Devil Ralph Burton (1959)
Island in the Sun David Boyeur (1957)
General Electric Theater Vince (1955)
Front Row Center (1955)
Carmen Jones Joe (1954)
Actor

Bright Road Mr. Williams - School Principal (1953)
Producer

17 Seventeen (2017)
Against the Wall (2016)
Parting the Waters (2000)
An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends (1997)
The Affair (1995)
Harry Belafonte in Concert (1985)
Beat Street (1984)
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
The Angel Levine (1970)
ABC Stage 67 (1967)
The Strolling '20s (1966)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Producer

The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
Archive footage

The Movies That Made Us (2021)
The Story of Late Night (2021)
Hollywood Insider (2021)
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (2020)
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Nana Mouskouri - Momente ihres Lebens (2020)
History (2019)
Zeit.geschichte (2018)
Democracy Now! (2011-2018)
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
The King (2017)
A Football Life (2016)
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Austropop-Legenden (2016)
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015)
The Oscars (2015)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Selma (2014)
Les 30 ans du TOP 50 (2014)
The Sixties (2014)
Danny Boy: The Ballad That Bewitched the World (2013)
Birth of the Living Dead (2013)
Anyone for Demis? How the World Invaded the Charts (2011)
Mama Africa (2011)
My Music: John Sebastian Presents Folk Rewind (2010)
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Free at Last (2010)
Die Lugners (2009)
A Company of Players (2008)
Les grands du rire (2007)
Ein Leben wie im Flug (2007)
Weltberühmt in Österreich - 50 Jahre Austropop (2006)
American Masters (2005)
USA the Movie (2005)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
Sesame Street (2004)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
A Century of Black Cinema (2003)
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003)
Biography (1999)
Classified X (1998)
Mitomanía (1998)
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
The Speeches of Malcolm X (1997)
Nat King Cole: The Incomparable Nat King Cole Volume 2 (1992)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992)
The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (1991)
Showgeschichten (1991)
Eyes on the Prize (1987)
The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1986)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
Black Hollywood (1984)
Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981)
The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
Archive footage

Film Night (1971)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1957-1959)
Composer

Beat Street (1984)
Music Department

Beat Street (1984)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

A best-selling artist on RCA Victor records, his most successful albums with the label have included "Calypso", "Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean", "Belafonte at Carnegie Hall", "Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall", "Jump Up Calypso", "My Lord, What...

Quotes

I wasn't an artist who became an activist. I was an activist who became an artist. Ever since my mother had drummed it into me, I'd felt the need to fight injustice wherever I saw it, in whatever way I could.