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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.

Aliases
  • Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
  • Harry Bellanfanti Jr.
English Português - Brasil
Filmography

BlacKkKlansman

2018
as Jerome Turner

Island in the Sun

1957
as David Boyeur

Bobby

2006
as Nelson

Kansas City

1996
as Seldom Seen

Hava Nagila: The Movie

2012

White Man's Burden

1995
as Thaddeus Thomas

Swing Vote

1999
as Will Dunn

The Player

1992
as Himself

Jazz '34

1997

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

2013
as Himself

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

2011
as Himself (voice)

Buck and the Preacher

1972
as The Preacher

Sinatra: All or Nothing at All

2015
as Self

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

2012

When I Rise

2010
as Harry Belafonte

Lead Belly: Life, Legend, Legacy

2015
as Harry Belafonte

Uptown Saturday Night

1974
as Geechie Dan Beauford

The Angel Levine

1970
as Alexander Levine

Bright Road

1953
as School Principal

Sing Your Song

2011
as Harry Belafonte

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022
as Harry Belafonte

A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps

2019
as Harry Belafonte

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

2017
as Harry Belafonte

The Last White Knight

2012
as Harry Belafonte

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

2009
as Harry Belafonte

Carmen Jones

1954
as Joe

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

2015
as Harry Belafonte

Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter)

1994
as Himself

The Peace!

2005
as Harry Belafonte

Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

2018
as Harry Belafonte

Black Hollywood

1984
as Harry Belafonte

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999
as Harry Belafonte

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

1959
as Ralph Burton

The Unforgettable Nat 'King' Cole

1989
as Harry Belafonte

Ein Leben wie im Flug

2007
as Harry Belafonte

Rise Like Lions

2011
as Harry Belafonte

Grambling's White Tiger

1981
as Coach Eddie Robinson

Mama Africa

2011
as Himself (archive footage)

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

1990
as Himself

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show

2020
as Harry Belafonte

Zero Percent

2013
as Himself

A Century of Black Cinema

2003
as Harry Belafonte

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

2018

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

2003
as Mr. Williams (clip from Bright Road (1953)) (archive footage)

King in the Wilderness

2018

Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker

1981
as Harry Belafonte

Nationtime - Gary

1972
as Harry Belafonte

Petula

1968
as Harry Belafonte

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

2014
as Harry Belafonte

The March

2013
as Harry Belafonte

Free to Be… You and Me

1974
as Himself

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959
as Johnny Ingram

I Am Not Your Negro

2017
as Himself (archive footage)

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

2004
as Himself (archive footage)

The Strolling '20s

1966
as Harry Belafonte

Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark

2014
as Himself

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

2017
as Harry Belafonte

Classified X

1998
as Self (archive footage)

Producer

Movie King Leopold’s Ghost
Movie The Angel Levine 1970
Movie The World, the Flesh and the Devil 1959
Movie The Strolling '20s 1966

Guest Star

Episode Today
October 13, 2011 		2011
Episode The Colbert Report
Harry Belafonte 		2011
Episode What's My Line?
Harry Belafonte 		1966
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Harry Belafonte 		1981
Episode Auf Los geht's los
22.10.1983 		1983
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Shabana Kazi, Harry Belafonte 		1988
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
October 27, 2006 		2006
Episode The Danny Kaye Show
Harry Belafonte (singer) / Nana Mouskouri (Greek singer) 		1965
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Harry Belafonte, Alan Sues, Oscar Brown, Jr., Jean Pace, Sivuca, Betty Seimes 		1970
Episode PB&J Otter
The Ice Moose 		1999
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
4th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Honoring Whoopi Goldberg 		2001
Episode General Electric Theater
Winner by Decision 		1955
Episode The Merv Griffin Show
July 6 1967 Harry Belafonte/Martin Luther King Jr 		1967
Episode Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Jack and the Beanstalk 		1995
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier 		1972