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Harry Belafonte
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PHOTOS
VIDEOS
NEWS
CREDITS
BIOGRAPHY
AWARDS
FANSITES
FORUM
RECENT CREDITS
Sing Your Song
(FILM)
Jan. 13, 2012
Larry King Live
(TV)
Nov. 24, 2006
Bobby
(FILM)
Nov. 17, 2006
Real Time With Bill Maher
(TV)
Oct. 27, 2006
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in...
(TV)
Aug. 22, 2006
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Harry Belafonte Credits
HIGHLIGHTS
Spent a good deal of his childhood in Jamaica.
Enlisted in the Navy after a learning disability caused him to discontinue his high school education.
Was encouraged by his mentor and fellow entertainer Paul Robeson to urge an audience to join in singing songs with him.
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Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category
Sing Your Song
2012
Actor
Film
Bobby
2006
-Nelson
Actor
Film
The Player
1992
-Himself
Actor
Film
Beetlejuice
1988
Featured Music
Film
Beat Street
1984
Producer, Composer (Music Score)
Film
Grambling's White Tiger
Actor
TV
Swing Vote
-Will Dunn
Actor
TV
The Affair
Executive Producer
TV
Life + Debt
2001
Featured Music
Film
Kansas City
1996
-Seldom Seen
Actor
Film
White Man's Burden
1995
-Thaddeus Thomas
Actor
Film
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
-Himself
Actor
Film
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
-Geechie Dan Beauford
Actor
Film
The Angel Levine
1970
-Alexander Levine, the Angel
Actor
Film
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Voice
Film
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
-Johnny Ingram
Actor
Film
Island in the Sun
1957
-David Boyeur
Actor, Songwriter
Film
Carmen Jones
1954
-Joe
Actor
Film
Bright Road
1953
-School Principal
Actor
Film
Buck and the Preacher
-The Preacher
Producer, Actor
Film
Call for Peace
Actor
Film
@Festivbercine.ron
Actor
Film
A Veces Miro Mi Vida
Actor, Composer (Music Score)
Film
Assassinated: The Last Days of King & Kennedy
Actor
Film
First Look
-Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film
Four for Thrills - Edgar Allen Poe and Others
Actor
Film
Frontline Music Festival
Actor
Film
Grambling's White Tiger
Actor
Film
Happily Ever After Fairy Tales: Jack and the Beanstalk
Voice
Film
Biography: Audrey Hepburn - The Fairest Lady
Actor
Film
Nat "King" Cole: Unforgettable
Actor
Film
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
-Narrator
Voice
Film
Robert Altman's Jazz '34: Remembrances of Kansas City Swing
-Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film
Roots of Rhythm, Vol. 1: Across the Ocean
-Host, Narrator, Host, Narrator
Actor, Actor, Voice, Voice
Film
Roots of Rhythm, Vol. 2: The Fiery Romance
-Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film
Roots of Rhythm, Vol. 3: To the Top of the Charts
-Host, Narrator, Host, Narrator
Actor, Actor, Voice, Voice
Film
Sag Nein!
Actor
Film
The Muppet Revue
Actor
Film
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
-Ralph Burton
Actor
Film
Stand and Be Counted: Concerts and Causes
-Himself
Actor
Film
Swing Vote
-Justice Will Dunn
Actor
Film
The Affair
Executive Producer
Film
We Shall Overcome
Actor
Film
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Highlights
Spent a good deal of his childhood in Jamaica.
Enlisted in the Navy after a learning disability caused him to discontinue his high school education.
Was encouraged by his mentor and fellow entertainer Paul Robeson to urge an audience to join in singing songs with him.
Cinematic debut was in the 1953 drama
Bright Road
.
Made recording history in 1956 when his third album
Calypso
sold more than one million copies. It was the first 33 1/3 rpm LP by a solo artist to sell one million
Was the first African-American to produce and win an Emmy (
Tonight With Harry Belafonte).
The program
aired in 1960.
Appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF in March 1987, a position he has held for over two decades.
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Recently Worked With...
Joy Bryant
Bobby
Released: Nov. 23, 2006
Belinda Becker
Life + Debt
Released: Sep. 21, 2001
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Kansas City
Released: Aug. 16, 1996
Willie C. Carpenter
White Man's Burden
Released: Dec. 1, 1995
Tapa Sudana
Prêt-à-Porter
Released: Dec. 25, 1994
Scott Shaw
The Player
Released: Apr. 10, 1992
Alec Baldwin
Beetlejuice
Released: Mar. 30, 1988
Hope Clarke
Beat Street
Released: Jun. 1, 1984
Johnny Sekka
Uptown Saturday Night
Released: Jan. 1, 1974
Zero Mostel
The Angel Levine
Released: Jul. 15, 1970
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