Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie

Music DepartmentComposerWriter
Born
July 14, 1912
Died
October 4, 1967

Charley and Nora Guthrie named their son after the Democrat elected president that year. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie knew hard times as a youngster (his house burned down, his sister Clara burned to death, his father's small-town business and political careers never went anywhere, his mother suffered…

Actor

The Fight for Life(1940)as Citizen

Thanks

Caudillo(1977)

Self

To Hear Your Banjo Play(1947)as Self
Folksay(1945)as Self - balladeer
They Were There(1944)as Self - Guest

Archive Footage

CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley(1979)as Self
How to Save Democracy(2025)as Self - Folk Singer
The Top Ten Revealed(2018)as Self
This Is Pop(2021)as Self - Singer, Songwriter
Rock Legends(2013)as Self