Pete Seeger

Career Overview

Pete Seeger has 71 screen credits in a career dating back to 1945. Signature works include Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, Down By The Riverside, Pete and Toshi Get a Camera. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 71
Birth Date: 1919-05-03 00:00:00
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Toshi Seeger (2 collaborations)
Joan Baez (1 collaborations)
Johnny Cash (1 collaborations)
Bill Clinton (1 collaborations)
Bob Dylan (1 collaborations)
Arlo Guthrie (1 collaborations)
Mary Travers (1 collaborations)
Bruce Springsteen (1 collaborations)
Paul Stookey (1 collaborations)
Jimmy Collier (1 collaborations)

Credits

directing (2 credits)
- THE MANY COLORED PAPER
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Singing Fishermen of Ghana
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1964
actors (61 credits)
- THE MANY COLORED PAPER
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Newport and the Great Folk Dream
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Down By The Riverside
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- ReMastered: The Lion's Share
  Himself (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Pete and Toshi Get a Camera
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- The Winding Stream
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Freedom Summer
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Palme
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Give Me the Banjo
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Strange Fruit
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- The Internationale
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- An Act of Conscience
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- Tribute to Harry Chapin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Pete Seeger at Home
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- The Arlo Guthrie Show
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Chords of Fame
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
  Self - Folksinger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Canto Libre - den fria sången
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1978
- Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- The Foolish Frog
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- Alice's Restaurant
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- The Dick Cavett Show
  
  - Liza Minnelli, Robert Klein, Pete Seeger, Gale Sayers (1972) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  1968
- Festival
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- The Creative Person: The Folksinger
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1965
- The Streets of Greenwood
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1962
- Wasn't That a Time
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  
  - Episode 104 (1969) ... Self actor actors
  
  1962
- The Mike Douglas Show
  
  - Episode 150 (1978) ... Self actor actors
  
  1961
- To Hear Your Banjo Play
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
writing (1 credits)
- The Foolish Frog
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1971
crew (1 credits)
- Singing Fishermen of Ghana
  
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1964
sound (5 credits)
- Lines: Horizontal
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  1962
- Cattle Ranch
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  1961
- Indian Summer
  
  musician
  
  sound
  
  1960
- The End of the Line
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  1959
- The Fight for Maritime Unity
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  1946
editing (1 credits)
- Pick a Bale of Cotton
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1945