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.
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Movies (48)
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Down By The Riverside
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
2022
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
as Himself (archive footage)
2019
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
as Self
2019
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
The Winding Stream
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Freedom Summer
as Self
2014
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
as Self
2013
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
as Self
2013
Palme
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Give Me the Banjo
as Self
2011
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
as Self
2011
Gasland
as Self (archive footage)
2010
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
2009
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
2008
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
as Self
2007
Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
as Self
2007
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
as Self
2007
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
as Self
2006
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self
2005
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
as Himself
2004
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
2003
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self
2002
Strange Fruit
as Self
2002
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
as Himself
2001
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
as Self
2000
The Internationale
as Self
2000
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
1999
An Act of Conscience
as Self
1997
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
1996
Tribute to Harry Chapin
1991
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)
1990
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
as Self
1989
Pete Seeger at Home
as Himself
1989
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
1988
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self
1988
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
1988
The Arlo Guthrie Show
as Self
1987
Chords of Fame
as Himself
1984
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
1984
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
as Self - Folksinger
1983
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
as Self
1982
Canto Libre - den fria sången
as Self
1980
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
1978
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
as Self
1977
