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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Reading Rainbow

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Johnny Cash Show

The David Susskind Show

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

All Movies (59)

• Newport and the Great Folk Dream2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Down By The Riverside2023
• 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• ReMastered: The Lion's Share2019 · as Himself (archive footage)
• Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 19702019 · as Self
• Pete and Toshi Get a Camera2015
• The Winding Stream2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Freedom Summer2014 · as Self
• Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain2013 · as Self
• Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation2013 · as Self
• Palme2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Give Me the Banjo2011 · as Self
• Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune2011 · as Self
• Gasland2010 · as Self (archive footage)
• We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial2009 · as Self
• Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan2008
• The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival2007 · as Self
• Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian2007 · as Self
• Pete Seeger: The Power of Song2007 · as Self
• Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place2007
• Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home2006 · as Self
• No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005 · as Self
• Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal2004 · as Himself
• Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-19742003 · as Self
• Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour2002 · as Self
• Strange Fruit2002 · as Self
• A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes2001 · as Himself
• The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack2000 · as Self
• The Internationale2000 · as Self
• Paul Robeson: Here I Stand1999 · as Self
• An Act of Conscience1997 · as Self
• Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story1996
• Tribute to Harry Chapin1991
• Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!1990 · as Self (archive footage)
• I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson1990
• Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center1989 · as Self
• Pete Seeger at Home1989 · as Himself
• Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie1988 · as Self
• BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie1988 · as Self
• Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning1988
• The Arlo Guthrie Show1987 · as Self
• Chords of Fame1984 · as Himself
• Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'1984 · as Self
• Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists1983 · as Self - Folksinger
• The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time1982 · as Self
• Canto Libre - den fria sången1980 · as Self
• Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert1978
• Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration1977 · as Self
• Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone1972 · as Self
• The Foolish Frog1971 · as Narrator (voice)
• Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon1970 · as Himself
• Alice's Restaurant1969 · as Himself
• Festival1967 · as Self
• The Creative Person: The Folksinger1965 · as Self
• The Streets of Greenwood1962
• Wasn't That a Time1962 · as Self
• To Hear Your Banjo Play1947 · as Self
• I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War— · as Self
• THE MANY COLORED PAPER— · as Himself

All TV Shows (11)

• Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
• All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music1977 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Smothers Brothers Summer Show1970
• The Johnny Cash Show1969 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Rainbow Quest1965 · as Self - Host
• Tonight in Person1963 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The David Susskind Show1959 · as Self