Jesse Owens
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". He set three world records and tied another, all in less than an hour, at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan—a feat that has never been equaled and has been ca...
Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
American Experience
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Explained
Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Self (archive footage)
Ace of Aces
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Explained
2018
as Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)
Buffa racconta Jesse Owens
2017
Der wahre Champion: Siegen mit Hightech
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens et Luz Long : le temps d'une étreinte
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Black Power Salute
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Olympic Series: Golden Moments 1920 - 2002
2004
as Self
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
as Self (achive footage)
The Record Breakers
1991
as Self (archive footage)
American Experience
1988
as Self
Ace of Aces
1982
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Genocide
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Swastika
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin
1966
as Host / Narrator
The Grand Olympics
1961
as Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Century Is Fifty
1950
as Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Olympic Cavalcade
1948
as Himself
Kings of the Olympics
1948
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Easy to Get
1947
as Self (archive footage)
Mom and Dad
1945
as Lecturer (live on stage during intermissions, black demographic screenings only)
The Negro Soldier
1944
as Himself
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938
as Self (uncredited)