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.
TV Shows(58)
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage)
2020
Bobby Kennedy for President
Self
2018
Jackie Robinson
Self
2016
Sternstunde Musik
Self
2013
Hamburg Journal
self
2011
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self
2006
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
2005
Tanner on Tanner
Self
2004
Kulturplatz
Self
2004
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
2003
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
PB&J Otter
The Ice Moose (voice)
1998
Sabine Christiansen
Self
1998
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Magic Man (voice)
1995
Willemsens Woche
Self
1995
Musik liegt in der Luft
Self - Singer
1991
DAS!
Self
1991
Flitterabend
Self - Singer
1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
Sacrée Soirée
Self
1987
Goldene Kamera
Self - Laudatio
1984
Bei Bio
Self
1983
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Heut' abend
Self
1980
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Auf los geht's los
Self
1977
Club 2
Self
1976
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Numéro un
Self
1975
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
1967
ABC Stage 67
Self
1966
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Aktuelle Schaubude
Self
1957
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Was bin ich?
Self
1955
The Oscars
Self
1953
General Electric Theater
Vince
1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(92)
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
2025
Following Harry
Self (archive footage)
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
2024
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Self
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self - Inductee (archive footage)
2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
2022
Sidney
Self
2022
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
Self - Subject (archive footage)
2022
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Self
2021
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
Self
2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Self
2020
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Man Behind the White Guitar
Self
2019
BlacKkKlansman
Jerome Turner
2018
Mr. SOUL!
Self
2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Self
2018
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Self - Singer
2018
King in the Wilderness
Self
2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Self
2017
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Self
2017
The Madding Crowd
Self (archive footage)
2017
Året var 1966
Self (archive footage)
2016
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Self
2015
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
2014
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Self
2014
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Self
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
2013
JFK: The Private President
Self
2013
Hava Nagila: The Movie
Self
2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
2012
Sing Your Song
Self
2012
Rise Like Lions
Self
2011
Mama Africa
Self (archive footage)
2011
The University of Sing Sing
Self
2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Self (voice)
2011
Motherland
Self
2010
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
Self
2009
Bobby
Nelson
2006
Mo & Me
2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Self
2006
The Peace!
Self
2005
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Self
2005
Muppet Music Moments
Self
2004
The Legendary Nat King Cole
Self
2004
Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMaker
self
2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Self (archive footage)
2004
The World of Nat King Cole
Self
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
2004
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self (uncredited)
2002
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
2000
Swing Vote
Will Dunn
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
1999
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self
1998
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Self
1997
Jazz '34
Self - Narrator
1997
Kansas City
Seldom Seen
1996
White Man's Burden
Thaddeus Thomas
1995
Prêt-à-Porter
Self
1994
The World of Jim Henson
Self
1994
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
Self (archive footage)
1993
The Player
Harry Belafonte
1992
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Self
1990
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Self
1989
We Shall Overcome
Self - Narrator
1989
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Self
1988
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
1986
The Muppet Revue
Self
1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
1985
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Grambling's White Tiger
Coach Eddie Robinson
1981
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
Self
1977
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Self
1977
Uptown Saturday Night
Geechie Dan Beauford
1974
Free to Be… You and Me
Self
1974
Nationtime
Self
1972
Buck and the Preacher
Preacher
1972
The Angel Levine
Alexander Levine
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970
Petula
Self
1968
The Strolling '20s
Self
1966
The Day of the Oath
Self
1965
Harry Belafonte in Concert
Self
1960
Odds Against Tomorrow
Johnny Ingram
1959
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Ralph Burton
1959
Island in the Sun
David Boyeur
1957
Carmen Jones
Joe
1954
Bright Road
Mr. Williams - School Principal
1953
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Self (archive footage)