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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 01, 1927
Died Apr 25, 2023 (96)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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), a ... lthough 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.

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BlacKkKlansman

BlacKkKlansman

2018

as Jerome Turner

Bobby

Bobby

2006

as Nelson

Swing Vote

Swing Vote

1999

as Will Dunn

Kansas City

Kansas City

1996

as Seldom Seen

White Man's Burden

White Man's Burden

1995

as Thaddeus Thomas

The Player

The Player

1992

as Harry Belafonte

Grambling's White Tiger

Grambling's White Tiger

1981

as Coach Eddie Robinson

Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night

1974

as Geechie Dan Beauford

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher

1972

as Preacher

The Angel Levine

The Angel Levine

1970

as Alexander Levine

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

1959

as Ralph Burton

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

as Johnny Ingram

Island in the Sun

Island in the Sun

1957

as David Boyeur

Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones

1954

as Joe

Bright Road

Bright Road

1953

as Mr. Williams - School Principal

Beat Street

Beat Street

1984

Original Music Composer

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The Affair

The Affair

1995

Executive Producer

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher

1972

Producer

The Angel Levine

The Angel Levine

1970

Producer

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

Co-Producer

Organization Category Movie
BAFTA Awards Best Supporting Actor The Angel Levine Won
Television Credits

General Electric Theater

as Vince

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Magic Man (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 12, 1995

PB&J Otter

as The Ice Moose (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 15, 1998

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jan 12, 1959

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self - Guest Host

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Tanner on Tanner

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 05, 2004

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 21, 2006

Bobby Kennedy for President

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 27, 2018

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 10, 1950

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 09, 1967

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Jackie Robinson

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 11, 2016

Auf los geht's los

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 22, 1977

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 06, 1968

Great Performances

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

Heut' abend

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 03, 1980

Bei Bio

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 10, 1983

CBS News Sunday Morning

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1979

The Colbert Report

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 17, 2005

The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1976

The Flip Wilson Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1970

ABC Stage 67

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1966

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 1973

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Singer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 28, 1978

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 05, 1967

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1981

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 1971

TV Story Superstar

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 2020

The Julie Andrews Hour

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1972

Flitterabend

as Self - Singer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 01, 1988

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 10, 1996

Musik liegt in der Luft

as Self - Singer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1991

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1972

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as Self - Laudatio

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1966

Numéro un

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1975

Menschen bei Maischberger

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 2003

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Self - Cameo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 05, 1967

Sabine Christiansen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 1998

DAS!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1991

Kulturplatz

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 01, 2004

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 2002

Willemsens Woche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 13, 1995

Aktuelle Schaubude

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 07, 1957

Club 2

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 01, 1976

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1998

Hamburg Journal

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 15, 2011

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1963

Was bin ich?

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1955

Sternstunde Musik

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 13, 2013

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 1987

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