Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1914-12-28 00:00:00
Birth Place:Winona, Mississippi, USA
Known For:Acting
Death Date:2000-12-19 00:00:00
Popularity:0
Profile Views:7
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Biography
Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s," he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha.
Filmography (11)
Room and Bird
Role: Self - The Staple Singers1951
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Role: Self - Performer (archive footage)2021
The Klansman
Role: The Staple Singers1974
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Role: The Staple Singers1970
Wag the Dog
Role: Pops Staples1997
The Last Waltz
Role: Self1978
Blues at the BBC
Role: Self2009
True Stories
Role: Mr. Tucker1986
No Image
Real Life
Role: Mr. Tucker2018
Remembering Chicago Again
Role: Self1995
Let's Do It Again
theme song performance1975