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
Cast Credits
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2025
Down By The Riverside
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MOVIE • 2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2022
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
Character: Himself (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2019
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
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MOVIE • 2015
The Winding Stream
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2014
Freedom Summer
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2014
Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
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MOVIE • 2013
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2013
Palme
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MOVIE • 2012
Give Me the Banjo
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
Gasland
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2010
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2009
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
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MOVIE • 2008
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
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MOVIE • 2007
Crew
Crew Credits
The Foolish Frog
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1971
Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1966
Singing Fishermen of Ghana
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 1964
Singing Fishermen of Ghana
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1964
Lines: Horizontal
Role: Music
MOVIE • 1962
Cattle Ranch
Role: Music
MOVIE • 1961
Indian Summer
Role: Musician
MOVIE • 1960
The Fight for Maritime Unity
Role: Music
MOVIE • 1946
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1945