Harry Belafonte
Biography
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.
Movies (85)
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
2025
Following Harry
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
Sidney
2022
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
2022
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020
The Man Behind the White Guitar
2019
BlacKkKlansman
2018
Mr. SOUL!
2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
2018
King in the Wilderness
2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
The Madding Crowd
2017
Året var 1966
2016
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
2014
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
JFK: The Private President
2013
Hava Nagila: The Movie
2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
Sing Your Song
2012
Mama Africa
2011
The University of Sing Sing
2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011
Motherland
2010
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
2009
Bobby
2006
Mo & Me
2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005
The Legendary Nat King Cole
2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004
The World of Nat King Cole
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
Swing Vote
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997
Jazz '34
1997
Kansas City
1996
White Man's Burden
1995
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
The World of Jim Henson
1994
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993
The Player
1992
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
1989
We Shall Overcome
1989
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
The Muppet Revue
1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
Night of 100 Stars
1982
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
Nationtime
1972
Buck and the Preacher
1972
The Angel Levine
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Petula
1968
The Strolling '20s
1966
The Day of the Oath
1965
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959
Island in the Sun
1957
Carmen Jones
1954
Bright Road
1953
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
TV Shows (47)
Hollywood Black
2024
TV Story Superstar
2020
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018
Jackie Robinson
2016
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
The Colbert Report
2005
Tanner on Tanner
2004
Kulturplatz
2004
Vivement dimanche
1998
PB&J Otter
1998
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
DAS!
1991
Sacrée Soirée
1987
Champs-Elysées
1982
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Heut' abend
1980
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Auf los geht's los
1977
The Muppet Show
1976
Numéro un
1975
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Great Performances
1971
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
ABC Stage 67
1966
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Tony Awards
1956
The Oscars
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948