Harry Belafonte
Acting
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.
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tvHollywood Black
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieFollowing Harry
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieJim Henson Idea Man
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Greatest Night in Pop
2024
Self (archive footage)
movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Self - Inductee (archive footage)
movieSidney
2022
Self
movieHarry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
2022
Self - Subject (archive footage)
movieNana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020
Self (archive footage)
tvTV Story Superstar
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieBlacKkKlansman
2018
Jerome Turner
movieMartin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
2018
Self - Singer
movieThe Madding Crowd
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieÅret var 1966
2016
Self (archive footage)
movieMama Africa
2011
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011
Self (voice)
movieBobby
2006
Nelson
tvThe Colbert Report
2005
Self - Guest
movieOutfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieSesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieTV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieSwing Vote
1999
Will Dunn
tvPB&J Otter
1998
The Ice Moose (voice)
movieJazz '34
1997
Self - Narrator
movieKansas City
1996
Seldom Seen
movieWhite Man's Burden
1995
Thaddeus Thomas
tvHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Magic Man (voice)
movieThe Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Player
1992
Harry Belafonte
Musik liegt in der Luft
1991
Self - Singer
tvDAS!
1991
Self
movieWe Shall Overcome
1989
Self - Narrator
Flitterabend
1988
Self - Singer
movieThe Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
Self (archive footage)
Goldene Kamera
1984
Self - Laudatio
Grambling's White Tiger
1981
Coach Eddie Robinson
tvThe Muppet Show
1976
Self - Special Guest Star
tvNuméro un
1975
Self
movieUptown Saturday Night
1974
Geechie Dan Beauford
movieBuck and the Preacher
1972
Preacher
movieThe Angel Levine
1970
Alexander Levine
movieKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
moviePetula
1968
Self
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self (uncredited)
tvThe Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
Self / Self - Cameo
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self - Guest Host / Self / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieOdds Against Tomorrow
1959
Johnny Ingram
movieThe World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959
Ralph Burton
movieIsland in the Sun
1957
David Boyeur
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956
Self - Singer
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter
movieBright Road
1953
Mr. Williams - School Principal
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieNat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Self (archive footage)
Production8
movieThe Affair
1995
Executive Producer
movieBuck and the Preacher
1972
Producer
movieThe Angel Levine
1970
Producer
tvABC Stage 67
1966
Executive Producer
movieOdds Against Tomorrow
1959
Co-Producer
movieKing Leopold’s Ghost
Producer
movieHaiti: Killing the Dream
Producer
Sound2
movieBeat Street
1984
Original Music Composer