Roebuck 'Pops' Staples(1914-2000)

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples was born on 28 December 1914 in Winona, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Wag the Dog (1997), The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) and The Help (2011). He was married to Oceola Staples. He died on 19 December 2000 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Known for

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Sex Education
8.2
TV Series
- writer: "I'm Coming Home"
- 2023
The Bear
8.5
TV Series
- writer: "I Like the Things About Me" (uncredited)
- 2023
Servant
7.4
TV Series
- performer: "Somebody Was Watching"
- 2022
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
8.0
- writer: "Help Me Jesus"
- writer: "It's Been a Change" (as Pops Staples)
- 2021
The Peanut Butter Falcon
7.6
- writer: "Freedom Highway", "This Train"
- writer: "Uncloudy Day"
- 2019
Hesburgh
7.9
- writer: "Freedom Highway"
- 2018
Being Charlie
6.2
- performer: "Somebody Was Watching Over Me"
- 2015
Mavis!
7.4
- performer: "Pops' Instrumental", "Pops Staples", "Friendship"
- writer: "Uncloudy Day", "Pops' Instrumental", "Freedom Highway", "Help Me Jesus", "Nobody's Fault But Mine", "Wish I Had Answered", "Pops Staples", "Friendship"
- 2015
Selma
7.5
- writer: "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)"
- 2014
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
7.4
- writer: "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)"
- 2014
Take Me to the River
6.8
- writer: "Freedom Highway", "Wish I Had Answered"
- 2014
Sons of Anarchy
8.5
TV Series
- writer: "I'm Coming Home" (uncredited)
- 2013
The Marty Stuart Show
8.9
TV Series
- writer: "The Uncloudy Day"
- writer: "Somebody Saved Me" (uncredited)
- 2011–2012
The Help
8.1
- writer: "Don't Knock"
- 2011
Street Music
TV Series
- writer: "The Last Time" (uncredited)
- 2009