Pete Seeger
Known for: Acting
Born: May 3, 1919
Died: January 27, 2014
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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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Filmography
67 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
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Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
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Down By The Riverside
2023
8.2
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
6.6
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
2019
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Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019
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Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
6.5
The Winding Stream
2014
7.2
Freedom Summer
2014
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Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
2013
7.0
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
7.6
Palme
2012
7.2
Give Me the Banjo
2011
6.6
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011
7.1
Gasland
2010
4.6
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
8.5
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
2008
8.1
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007
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Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
2007
7.0
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
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Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
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Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006
7.8
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
7.0
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004
3.8
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003
4.5
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
9.0
Strange Fruit
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A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
2001
7.4
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
8.0
The Internationale
2000
8.0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
7.0
An Act of Conscience
1997
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Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
1996
7.0
Tribute to Harry Chapin
1991
6.0
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
7.0
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
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Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
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Pete Seeger at Home
1989
6.8
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
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BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
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Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
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The Arlo Guthrie Show
1987
10.0
Chords of Fame
1984
6.5
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984
6.4
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
1983
8.4
Reading Rainbow
1983
7.8
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
1982
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Canto Libre - den fria sången
1980
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
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Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
1978
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Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977
6.5
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
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Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
1972
8.0
The Foolish Frog
19718.0
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
1970
5.5
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970
6.2
Alice's Restaurant
1969
6.5
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
6.0
Festival
1967
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Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
1966
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The Creative Person: The Folksinger
1965
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Rainbow Quest
1965
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Singing Fishermen of Ghana
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Tonight in Person
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
8.0
The Streets of Greenwood
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Wasn't That a Time
1962
6.4
Lines: Horizontal
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
10.0
Cattle Ranch
1961
7.0
Indian Summer
1960
7.0
The David Susskind Show
1959
10.0
The End of the Line
1959
4.5
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947
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The Fight for Maritime Unity
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Pick a Bale of Cotton
1945
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I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
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