Pete Seeger

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Pete Seeger

Acting May 3, 1919

New York City, New York, USA

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…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

8.4 1983 TV Show
Gasland

Gasland

7.1 2010 Movie
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

7.8 2005 Movie
The David Susskind Show

The David Susskind Show

7.0 1959 TV Show
The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.4 1978 TV Show
Alice's Restaurant

Alice's Restaurant

6.2 1969 Movie
The Johnny Cash Show

The Johnny Cash Show

6.5 1969 TV Show
Palme

Palme

7.6 2012 Movie
ReMastered: The Lion's Share

ReMastered: The Lion's Share

6.6 2019 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Newport and the Great Folk Dream

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2023
    Down By The Riverside

    Movie

  3. 2022
    2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2019
    ReMastered: The Lion's Share

    Movie Himself (archive footage)

  5. 2019
    Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970

    Movie Self

  6. 2015
    Pete and Toshi Get a Camera

    Movie

  7. 2014
    The Winding Stream

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2014
    Freedom Summer

    Movie Self

  9. 2013
    Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain

    Movie Self

  10. 2013
    Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

    Movie Self

  11. 2012
    Palme

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 2011
    Give Me the Banjo

    Movie Self

  13. 2011
    Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

    Movie Self

  14. 2010
    Gasland

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  15. 2009
    We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

    Movie Self

  16. 2008
    Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

    Movie

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  1. 2007
    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

    Movie Self

  2. 2007
    Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian

    Movie Self

  3. 2007
    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

    Movie Self

  4. 2007
    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

    Movie

  5. 2006
    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    Movie Self

  6. 2005
    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    Movie Self

  7. 2004
    Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

    Movie Himself

  8. 2003
    Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

    Movie Self

  9. 2002
    Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    Movie Self

  10. 2002
    Strange Fruit

    Movie Self

  11. 2001
    A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes

    Movie Himself

  12. 2000
    The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

    Movie Self

  13. 2000
    The Internationale

    Movie Self

  14. 1999
    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Movie Self

  15. 1997
    An Act of Conscience

    Movie Self

  16. 1996
    Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

    Movie

  17. 1991
    Tribute to Harry Chapin

    Movie

  18. 1990
    Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  19. 1990
    I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

    Movie

  20. 1989
    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

    Movie Self

  21. 1989
    Pete Seeger at Home

    Movie Himself

  22. 1988
    Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

    Movie Self

  23. 1988
    BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

    Movie Self

  24. 1988
    Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

    Movie