Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), although he won the Oscar in a non-competitive category. He earned his career breakthrough with the album Calypso (1956), which was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He also starred in films such as Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Buck and the Preacher (1972), and Uptown Saturday Night (1974). He made his final screen appearance in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018). Belafonte considered the actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson a mentor, and he was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush and Donald Trump administrations. Belafonte acted as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues. Belafonte won three Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Belafonte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Player
(Harry Belafonte)
Bobby
(Nelson)
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
(Ralph Burton)
Kansas City
(Seldom Seen)
White Man's Burden
(Thaddeus Thomas)
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
(Self - Singer)
Buck and the Preacher
(Preacher)
Odds Against Tomorrow
(Johnny Ingram)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
(Self (archive footage))
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
(Self)
Uptown Saturday Night
(Geechie Dan Beauford)
Island in the Sun
(David Boyeur)
Sunday Best
Harry Belafonte in Concert
(Self)
Carmen Jones
(Joe)
The Muppet Revue
(Self)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
(Self)
Sing Your Song
(Self)
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
(Self)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
(Self)
Rise Like Lions
(Self)
The Legendary Nat King Cole
(Self)
Bright Road
(Mr. Williams - School Principal)
Mama Africa
(Self (archive footage))
The Peace!
(Self)
Hava Nagila: The Movie
(Self)
Jazz '34
(Self - Narrator)
Moms Mabley
(Self)
Prêt-à-Porter
(Self)
The Angel Levine
(Alexander Levine)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
(Self)
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
(Self - Subject (archive footage))
Sidney
(Self)
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
(Self)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
(Self)
Mo & Me
Swing Vote
(Will Dunn)
Free to Be… You and Me
(Self)
The University of Sing Sing
(Self)
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
(Self (archive footage))
The Greatest Night in Pop
(Self (archive footage))
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(Self - Inductee (archive footage))
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
(Self)
Muppet Music Moments
(Self)
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
(Self)
The Man Behind the White Guitar
(Self)
Following Harry
(Self (archive footage))
Jim Henson Idea Man
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
(Self (archive footage))
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
(Self (voice))
Anecdotes about Fidel
JFK: The Private President
(Self)
The Strolling '20s
(Self)
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
(Self)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(Self (archive footage))
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
(Self)
Grambling's White Tiger
(Coach Eddie Robinson)
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
(Self)
King in the Wilderness
(Self)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
(Self (uncredited))
The World of Nat King Cole
(Self)
Petula
(Self)
BlacKkKlansman
(Jerome Turner)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
(Self (archive footage))
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
(Self)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
(Self (archive footage))
The World of Jim Henson
(Self)
Best Ever Muppet Moments
(Self)
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
(Self)
Nationtime
(Self)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
(Self)
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
(Self)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
(Self)
The Madding Crowd
(Self (archive footage))
Selma
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Mr. SOUL!
(Self)
I Am Not Your Negro
(Self (archive footage))
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
(Self)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
(Self)
The One and Only Dick Gregory
(Self)
Night of 100 Stars
(Self)
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
(Self)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(Self)
Bei Bio
(Self)
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
CBS News Sunday Morning
(Self)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
General Electric Theater
(Vince)
The Colbert Report
(Self - Guest)
The Muppet Show
(Self - Special Guest Star)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(Self)
The Flip Wilson Show
(Self)
ABC Stage 67
(Self)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
The Steve Allen Show
(Self - Singer)
The Oscars
(Self)
The Kennedy Center Honors
(Self)
The Bell Telephone Hour
(Self)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
(Self)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self - Guest Host)
Wetten, dass..?
(Self)
Tanner on Tanner
(Self)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
(Self)
Jackie Robinson
(Self)
V.I.P. Schaukel
(Self)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
(Magic Man (voice))
Bobby Kennedy for President
(Self)
TV Story Superstar
(Self (archive footage))
The Julie Andrews Hour
(Self)
Flitterabend
(Self - Singer)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
(Self)
Musik liegt in der Luft
(Self - Singer)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
(Self - Laudatio)
Auf los geht's los
(Self)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter)
PB&J Otter
(The Ice Moose (voice))
Numéro un
(Self)
Menschen bei Maischberger
(Self)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
(Self - Cameo)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
Sabine Christiansen
(Self)
DAS!
(Self)
Kulturplatz
(Self)
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
(Self)
Willemsens Woche
(Self)
Aktuelle Schaubude
(Self)
Club 2
(Self)
Vivement dimanche
(Self)
Great Performances
(Self)
Hamburg Journal
(self)
The Danny Kaye Show
(Self)
Was bin ich?
(self)
Heut' abend
(Self)
Sternstunde Musik
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