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James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. A pioneer for black actors in the entertainment industry, he is known for his extensive and acclaimed roles on stage and screen .
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), Sleepaway Camp, Trading Places (both 1983), The Cotton Club (1984), and Witness (1985). He was the father of actor James Earl Jones.
His father, Robert Earl Jones, left the family before James was born to become an actor in New York and Hollywood, working with playwright Langston Hughes and eventually earning supporting roles ...
Jones, born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, in 1931, was the son of Broadway actor Robert Earl Jones and Ruth Connolly Jones. His father left the family after he was born, first pursuing a career as a ...
James Earl Jones was born in 1931 on a farm in in Arkabutla, Miss. His father, Robert Earl Jones, left home soon after to pursue his own acting career (the two more-or-less reconciled when the ...
In 1990, Jones was first cast as the role of Admiral James Greer in the action thriller film The Hunt for Red October, a film based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. He reprised the role again in Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994), both films he co-starred with Harrison Ford , who was also in the first three Star ...
* Jones' own father, Robert Earl Jones, also was an actor, starting in the 1939 movie "Lying Lips." He would later appear in "The Cotton Club" and "Witness" in the 1970s and 1980s.
ESTRANGED FROM FATHER. James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931, in the tiny community of Arkabutla, Mississippi, to a family with a mixed ethnic background of Irish, African and Cherokee. ...