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Pete Seeger

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1919-05-03

Deathday: 2014-01-27 (94 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 71

Movies 59

self 49

TV Shows 12

Pete Seeger

Biography

Filmography

all 71

Movies 59

self 49

TV Shows 12

Director 2

Narrator 1

Down By The Riverside (2023)

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)

ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2019)

Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 (2019)

Rooted in Peace (2016)

Pete and Toshi Get A Camera (2015)

The Winding Stream (2014)

Freedom Summer (2014)

Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain (2013)

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation (2013)

Give Me the Banjo (2011)

Gasland (2010)

We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama (2009)

Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan (2008)

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home (2006)

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004)

Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On (2004)

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Red River Blues (2003)

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)

Strange Fruit (2002)

American Roots Music (2001)

A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes (2001)

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000)

The Internationale (2000)

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)

An Act of Conscience (1997)

Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story (1996)

Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (1992)

I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson (1990)

Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center (1989)

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1988)

Chords of Fame (1984)

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984)

Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists (1983)

Reading Rainbow (1983)

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1982)

Canto Libre - den fria sången (1980)

The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)

Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert (1978)

Love It Like a Fool (1977)

Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration (1977)

All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music (1977)

Just a Little Love Song (1974)

The Foolish Frog (1971)

The Smothers Brothers Summer Show (1970)

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)

Alice's Restaurant (1969)

The Johnny Cash Show (1969)

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)

Festival (1967)

Silvo (1967)

Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison (1966)

Rainbow Quest (1965)

Singing Fishermen of Ghana (1964)

Tonight in Person (1963)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

The Streets of Greenwood (1962)

Wasn't That a Time (1962)

Lines: Horizontal (1962)

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

Cattle Ranch (1961)

Indian Summer (1960)

The David Susskind Show (1959)

The End of the Line (1959)

To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947)

The Fight for Maritime Unity (1946)

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

Tribute to Harry Chapin

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1919-05-03

Deathday
2014-01-27 (94 years old)

Birth Name
Peter Seeger

Birth Place
New York City, United States of America

Religion
Unitarian Universalism

Children
Mika Seeger

Father
Charles Seeger

Mother
Constance de Clyver Edson

Siblings
Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeger

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Peter Seeger

Awards
Eugene V. Debs Award, Schneider Family Book Award, Paul Robeson Award, Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Library of Congress Living Legend, Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award, War Resisters League Peace Award, National Medal of Arts