Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Acting

Born May 3, 1919 · New York City, New York, USA

3 films as director · Active 1964–1966

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 1950…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

1983

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

The Johnny Cash Show

The Johnny Cash Show

1969

The David Susskind Show

The David Susskind Show

1959

Rainbow Quest

Rainbow Quest

1965

Directed(3)

Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison

1966Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison

Singing Fishermen of Ghana

1964Singing Fishermen of Ghana

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Acting(70)

2025Newport and the Great Folk DreamSelf (archive footage)

2023Down By The Riverside

20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf (archive footage)

2019ReMastered: The Lion's ShareHimself (archive footage)

2019Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970Self

2015Pete and Toshi Get a Camera

2014The Winding StreamSelf (archive footage)

2014Freedom SummerSelf

2013Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to BritainSelf

2013Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a GenerationSelf

2012PalmeSelf (archive footage)

2011Give Me the BanjoSelf

2011Phil Ochs: There But for FortuneSelf

2010GaslandSelf (archive footage)

2009We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln MemorialSelf

2008Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

2007The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk FestivalSelf

2007Ella Jenkins Live at the SmithsonianSelf

2007Pete Seeger: The Power of SongSelf

2007Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

2006Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No HomeSelf

2005No Direction Home: Bob DylanSelf

2004Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold LeventhalHimself

2003Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974Self

2002Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy HourSelf

2002Strange FruitSelf

2001A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's MaritimesHimself

2000The Ballad of Ramblin' JackSelf

2000The InternationaleSelf

1999Paul Robeson: Here I StandSelf

1997An Act of ConscienceSelf

1996Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story

1991Tribute to Harry Chapin

1990Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!Self (archive footage)

1990I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

1989Izzy Young: Talking Folklore CenterSelf

1989Pete Seeger at HomeHimself

1988Sesame Street: Put Down the DuckieSelf

1988BBC Arena: Woody GuthrieSelf

1988Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning

1987The Arlo Guthrie ShowSelf

1984Chords of FameHimself

1984Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'Self

1983Seeing Red: Stories of American CommunistsSelf - Folksinger

1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)

1982The Weavers: Wasn't That a TimeSelf

1980Canto Libre - den fria sångenSelf

1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf

1978Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert

1977Phil Ochs Memorial CelebrationSelf

1977All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular MusicSelf (archive footage)

1972Pete Seeger: A Song and A StoneSelf

1971The Foolish FrogNarrator (voice)

1970The Smothers Brothers Summer Show

1970Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie MoonHimself

1969Alice's RestaurantHimself

1969The Johnny Cash ShowSelf

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1967FestivalSelf

1965The Creative Person: The FolksingerSelf

1965Rainbow QuestSelf - Host

1963Tonight in PersonSelf

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1962The Streets of Greenwood

1962Wasn't That a TimeSelf

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1959The David Susskind ShowSelf

1947To Hear Your Banjo PlaySelf

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with WarSelf

THE MANY COLORED PAPERHimself