Robert Earl Jones

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Robert Earl Jones

Acting February 3, 1910

Tate County, Mississippi, USA

Robert Earl Jones (February 3, 1910 – September 7, 2006), sometimes credited as Earl Jones, was an American actor and professional boxer. One of the first prominent black film sta…

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Trading Places

Trading Places

7.2 1983 Movie
The Sting

The Sting

8.0 1973 Movie
Witness

Witness

7.1 1985 Movie
Sleepaway Camp

Sleepaway Camp

6.3 1983 Movie
Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

6.5 1984 Movie
Kojak

Kojak

7.3 1973 TV Show
The Defenders

The Defenders

6.3 1961 TV Show
Lou Grant

Lou Grant

7.4 1977 TV Show
Maniac Cop 2

Maniac Cop 2

5.9 1990 Movie
Wild River

Wild River

7.2 1960 Movie
Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

6.9 1959 Movie

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Robert Earl Jones (February 3, 1910 – September 7, 2006), sometimes credited as Earl Jones, was an American actor and professional boxer. One of the first prominent black film stars, Jones was a living link with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, having worked with Langston Hughes early in his career. Jones was best known for his leading roles in films such as Lying Lips (1939) and later in his career for supporting roles in films such as The Sting (1973), Trading Places (1983), The Cotton Club (1984), and Witness (1985). He was the father of actor James Earl Jones. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2012
    Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor

    Movie Ben (archive footage)

  2. 1993
    Rain Without Thunder

    Movie Old Lawyer

  3. 1990
    Maniac Cop 2

    Movie Harry

  4. 1988
    Starlight: a Musical Movie

    Movie Joe

  5. 1985
    Witness

    Movie Custodian

  6. 1984
    The Cotton Club

    Movie Stage Door Joe

  7. 1984
    A Billion for Boris

    Movie Grandaddy

  8. 1983
    Sleepaway Camp

    Movie Ben

  9. 1983
    Trading Places

    Movie Attendant

  10. 1982
    Cold River

    Movie The Trapper

  11. 1981
    The Sophisticated Gents

    TV show Big Ralph Joplin

  12. 1977
    Proof of the Man

    Movie Wilshire Hayward

  13. 1977
    Lou Grant

    TV show

  14. 1977
    The Displaced Person

    Movie Astor

  15. 1974
    Cockfighter

    Movie Buford

  16. 1973
    The Sting

    Movie Luther Coleman

More credits
  1. 1973
    Kojak

    TV show Judge

  2. 1971
    Mississippi Summer

    Movie

  3. 1971
    Great Performances

    TV show Creon

  4. 1964
    One Potato, Two Potato

    Movie William Richards

  5. 1964
    Pie in the Sky

    Movie Farmer

  6. 1961
    The Defenders

    TV show Joe Dean

  7. 1960
    The Secret of the Purple Reef

    Movie Tobias

  8. 1960
    Wild River

    Movie Sam Johnson (uncredited)

  9. 1959
    Odds Against Tomorrow

    Movie Jazz Club Patron (uncredited)

  10. 1940
    The Notorious Elinor Lee

    Movie Benny Blue

  11. 1939
    Lying Lips

    Movie Detective Wenzer