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Sixteen-year-old Pete Seeger enrolled at the Avon Old Farms School in Connecticut and then decided to become a hermit. His life since then has been one social cause after another, buoyed by an almost indefatigable career as a self-described "sing-along leader." During the 1930s he attended Harvard... See full bio »

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2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
– Cançons per canviar el món (2012) (writer: "We Shall Overcome" / performer: "We Shall Overcome")
 
2012 Beatrix, Oranje onder Vuur (TV mini-series)
– De Troon (2012) (music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season" - uncredited)
– De Wending (2012) (music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season" - uncredited)
– De Prijs (2012) (music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season" - uncredited)
– De Roeping (2012) (music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season" - uncredited)
 
2011 Sing Your Song (documentary) (writer: "Sylvie Bring Me Li'l Water, Silvy" / "Guantanamera")
 
2010 La Marató 2010 (TV special) (writer: "Tard, tard, tard")
 
2010 The Nostalgia Critic (TV series)
– Little Monsters (2010) (music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season" - uncredited)
 
2010 Ja el tenim! El disc de La Marató (TV documentary) (writer: "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Tard, tard, tard")
 
2010 Temple Grandin (TV movie) (writer: "If I Had a Hammer" 1949)
 
2009 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (documentary) (performer: "Goodnight, Irene")
 
2009 The Damned United (music: "Guantanamera")
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #2.7 (2008) (performer: "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine")
 
2007 Por Toda Minha Vida (TV series documentary)
– Nara Leão (2007) (writer: "Guantanamera")
 
2007 I'm Not There. (writer: "If I Had a Hammer The Hammer Song")
 
2007 From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks (writer: "Step by Step", "Scabs Crawl In" / performer: "Step by Step", "Scabs Crawl In")
 
2006 Clatterford (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (2006) ("Turn! Turn! Turn! to Everything There Is A Season")
 
2005-2006 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (2006) (writer: "Ballad of Old Monroe" / performer: "Ballad of Old Monroe")
– Sunset Story (2005) (writer: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone")
 
2005 Der letzte Tanz (TV movie) (music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season")
 
2005 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) (writer: "Festival Of Flowers", "If I Had a Hammer The Hammer Song" / performer: "Festival Of Flowers", "If I Had a Hammer The Hammer Song", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Green Corn")
 
2004 White Chicks (writer: "Guantanamera")
 
2004 Stateside ("Guantanamera")
 
2003 Our Country (documentary short) (writer: "Turn, Turn, Turn To Everything There is a Season")
 
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (writer: "If I Had a Hammer The Hammer Song")
 
2002 American Soundtrack: This Land Is Your Land (TV movie) (writer: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" / music: "Turn, Turn, Turn")
 
2002 In America (writer: "Turn, Turn, Turn" 1962)
 
2001 Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (documentary) (writer: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" / music: "Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind")
 
2001 Rebels (music: "Rekni, kde ty kytky jsou /Where Have All the Flowers Gone/")
 
2000 Aliens to Themselves (documentary) (performer: "Jarama Valley" popular)
 
2000 Steal This Movie (performer: "This Land Is Your Land")
 
1999 Crazy in Alabama (writer: "We Shall Overcome")
 
1999 Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes soeurs (writer: "Si javais un marteau" If I Had a Hammer / music: "Si javais un marteau" If I Had a Hammer / lyrics: "Si javais un marteau" If I Had a Hammer)
 
1998 Antz (writer: "Guantanamera")
 
1998/I Last Night (writer: "Guantanamera" / performer: "Guantanamera")
 
1998 A Bright Shining Lie (TV movie) (writer: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone")
 
1991-1998 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Girly Edition (1998) (writer: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is a Season", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?")
– Three Men and a Comic Book (1991) ("Turn! Turn! Turn!" - uncredited)
 
1998 Tohuwabohu (TV series)
– 2x23 (1998) (lyrics: "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - uncredited)
 
1996 The Delicate Art of the Rifle (writer: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" / as Peter Seeger)
 
1996 Mr. and Mrs. Loving (TV movie) (writer: "Turn Turn Turn")
 
1995 Steal Big Steal Little ("Guantanamera")
 
1994 La pasión turca (performer: "Guantanamera")
 
1994 A Low Down Dirty Shame ("GUANTANAMERA")
 
1994 There Goes My Baby (music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is a Season")
 
1994 Forrest Gump (music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season" 1959 / "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" 1961)
 
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer (performer: "Green Grass Grows All Around")
 
1992 Malcolm X (writer: "We Shall Overcome")
 
1992 The Mambo Kings ("Guantanamera")
 
1991 Dogfight (writer: "WE SHALL OVERCOME" / performer: "WE SHALL OVERCOME")
 
1991 The Wonder Years (TV series)
– Graduation (1991) (music: "Turn! Turn! Turn!" - uncredited / lyrics: "Turn! Turn! Turn!" - uncredited)
 
1990 Sing Yourself Silly! (video short) (performer: "Put Down the Duckie" 1986 - uncredited)
 
1990 Woodstock: The Lost Performances (video documentary) (writer: "We Shall Overcome")
 
1989 Cousins ("GUANTANAMERA")
 
1989 Wild Flowers (TV movie) (music: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season" - uncredited)
 
1988 Sesame Street, Special (TV movie) (performer: "Put Down the Duckie")
 
1987 Raising Arizona ("Goofing-Off Suite")
 
1986 Rock 'n' Roll Summer Action (TV series)
– Episode dated 7 August 1986 (1986) (writer: "Turn, Turn, Turn To Everything There Is A Season" - uncredited)
 
1986 Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show (TV series)
– Sleepover (1986) ("Where's My Pajama's?")
 
1983 Heart Like a Wheel (writer: "Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is a Season")
 
1982 The Kingston Trio and Friends: Reunion (TV movie) (writer: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone")
 
1973 An Evening with Marlene Dietrich (documentary) (music: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" / lyrics: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?")
 
1970 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode dated 17 December 1970 (1970) (writer: "Gotta Travel On" - uncredited)
 
1970 Homer (writer: "Turn Turn Turn to Everything There Is a Season", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone")
 
1970 Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (writer: "Old Devil Time" / performer: "Old Devil Time")
 
1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.28 (1970) (music: "Turn, Turn, Turn" / lyrics: "Turn, Turn, Turn")
 
1966 The Big T.N.T. Show (documentary) (writer: "Turn! Turn! Turn!")
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
– Episode #2.18 (1965) (writer: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone")
– Episode #2.12 (1965) (writer: "Turn! Turn! Turn!")
 
1962 The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (TV movie) (writer: "If I Had a Hammer")
 
1957 The Lux Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.9 (1957) (lyrics: "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine")
 
Show ShowComposer (10 titles)
1998 Along the Erie Canal (documentary short)
 
1993 Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (documentary)
 
1974 Rien qu'une petite chanson d'amour (short)
 
1971 The Foolish Frog (short)
 
1970 Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
 
1968 Gavilan
 
1967 Silvo (documentary short)
 
1962 Lines: Horizontal (short)
 
1961 Cattle Ranch (documentary short)
 
1960 Indian Summer (short)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
2009 Inside the Music (TV series)
Narrator
– Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways (2009) … Narrator
 
1971 The Foolish Frog (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1971 The Foolish Frog (short) (story)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1965 Rainbow Quest (TV series) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1960 Indian Summer (short) (musician)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2006 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Two Square Miles (2006) (special thanks)
 
2004 Protesters (video) (the producers are grateful to)
 
2000 Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop (documentary) (thanks)
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary) (the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of - 1 episode)
– Who's That Comin'?: Blues (1977) (the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of)
 
Show ShowSelf (83 titles)
2014 Strength in Union (documentary) (filming)
Steel Worker
 
2013 Rooted in Peace (documentary) (post-production)
Activist/ Musician/Singer
 
2013 The Resurrection of Victor Jara (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 Lead Belly: Life, Legend, Legacy (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2012 The Robeson Concert & Riots of 1949 (documentary)
Storyteller - Documentary (True Story)
 
2012 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself
– Pete Seeger (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Democracy Now! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 July 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
1999-2012 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2012) … Himself
– Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home (2006) … Himself
– No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) … Himself
– Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) … Himself
 
2012 Dear Governor Cuomo (documentary)
 
2012 Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Give Me the Banjo (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Over 90 & Loving It (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 My First Guitar (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Sounds Like a Revolution (documentary)
 
2010 Music of Ireland: Welcome Home (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (documentary)
Himself: Folk Singer/Activist (also archive footage)
 
2009 We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Play On, John: A Life in Music (documentary)
Himself - Musician
 
2009 Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #16.15 (2008) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2008 The Power of Their Song: The Untold Story of Latin America's New Song Movement (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 In Search of Myster Ey
Himself - Folk Musician
 
2007 'Til the River Runs Clear (TV documentary)
Pete Seeger
 
2007 Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (documentary)
 
2006 Swim for the River (documentary)
Himself - Musician/Activist
 
2006 Noms (TV series)
Himself
– Xesco Boix, ningú no comprèn ningú (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Legend of Liam Clancy (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Kingston Trio: 50 Years of Havin' Fun (video documentary)
 
2005 The Peace! DVD (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The American Ruling Class
Himself - Folksinger
 
2005 This Machine Kills Fascists (video documentary)
 
2004 Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (documentary)
Himself (The Weavers)
 
2004 Natural Heroes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Roll on Columbia (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Peter, Paul, and Mary: Carry It on - A Musical Legacy (TV documentary)
Himself (as Peter Seeger)
 
2003 Get Up, Stand Up (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– What's Going On (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
– Next Stop Vietnam (2003) … Himself - Interviewee (also archive footage)
– We Shall Overcome (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2003 XXI Century (TV series documentary)
Himself - Singer & Songwriter
– ...And Nothing But the Truth (2003) … Himself - Singer & Songwriter
– ...And the Pursuit of Happiness (2003) … Himself - Singer & Songwriter
– War, Peace, and Patriotism (2003) … Himself - Singer & Songwriter
 
2002 Save Our History (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Save Our Sounds (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Bill Moyers on the Hudson (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 American Roots Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Times They Are a-Changin' (2001) … Himself
– When First Unto This Country (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Freedom Highway: Songs that Shaped a Century (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Travellers: This Land Is Your Land
Himself
 
2001 A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Internationale (documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Crossing the Line (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 An Act of Conscience (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The 39th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1996 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Joe Heaney: Sing the Dark Away (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
1993 Raimon: 30 anys d'Al vent (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Tribute to Harry Chapin (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Memory & Imagination: New Pathways to the Library of Congress (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 March 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1990 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 February 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1988 Sesame Street, Special (TV movie)
Himself (segment "Put Down the Duckie")
 
1988 A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (video documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
Himself
– Abiyoyo (1986) … Himself
 
1984 Chords of Fame (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 In Our Hands (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (documentary)
 
1983 Seeing Red (documentary)
Himself - Folksinger
 
1982 The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Pete Seeger on the Hudson (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Go Down, Moses!: Songs of War and Protest (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Love It Like a Fool (short)
Himself
 
1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 August 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Sesame Street (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.72 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 February 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.237 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #2.228 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.23 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #2.17 (1969) … Himself
 
1970 Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Himself
 
1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.22 (1970) … Himself - Singer
 
1969 Alice's Restaurant
Himself
 
1969 Playboy After Dark (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.18 (1969) … Himself
 
1967-1968 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.24 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.1 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Festival (documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Rainbow Quest (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 … Himself
– Episode #1.11 … Himself
– Episode #1.2 … Himself
– Episode #1.4 … Himself
– Episode #1.8 … Himself
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1962 Festival of Arts (TV series)
Himself
 
1950 The Faye Emerson Show (TV series)
Himself
– The Weavers (1950) … Himself
 
1947 To Hear Your Banjo Play (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2012 Democracy Now! (TV series)
 
2012 Palme (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
 
2010 My Music: John Sebastian Presents Folk Rewind (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 GasLand (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2007 The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Ballad of Peter La Farge (documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Strange Fruit (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Legends of Country Blues Guitar (video)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1991 Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams (video documentary)
Himself (as The Weavers)
 
1990 Sing Yourself Silly! (video short)
Himself
 

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CD: "Folk Music of the World" (ZZB) See more »

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2 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 10 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Peter Seeger | The Weavers

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. See more »

Trivia:

Stepbrother-in-law of Ewan MacColl. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus