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BornDecember 28, 1914
DiedDecember 19, 2000 (age 85)
Place of birthWinona, Mississippi, USA
Film credits9
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
DeceasedKnown for Acting
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
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
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Real Life
2018
as Mr. Tucker
Blues at the BBC
2009
as Self
Wag the Dog
1997
as Pops Staples
Remembering Chicago Again
1995
as Self
True Stories
1986
as Mr. Tucker
The Last Waltz
1978
as Self
The Klansman
1974
as The Staple Singers
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970
as The Staple Singers