Name
Robert Earl Jones
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1910-02-03
Deathday
2006-09-07 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Tate County, Mississippi, USA
Biography
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.
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- 1959 Odds Against Tomorrow as Jazz Club Patron (uncredited)
- 1973 The Sting as Luther Coleman
- 1974 Cockfighter as Buford
- 1983 Sleepaway Camp as Ben
- 1984 A Billion for Boris as Grandaddy
- 2012 Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor as Ben (archive footage)
- 1982 Cold River as The Trapper
- 1977 The Displaced Person as Astor
- 1964 One Potato, Two Potato as William Richards
- 1984 The Cotton Club as Stage Door Joe
- 1960 The Secret of the Purple Reef as Tobias
- 1939 Lying Lips as Detective Wenzer
- 1977 Proof of the Man as Wilshire Hayward
- 1990 Maniac Cop 2 as Harry
- 1983 Trading Places as Attendant
- 1993 Rain Without Thunder as Old Lawyer
- 1940 The Notorious Elinor Lee as Benny Blue
- 1960 Wild River as Sam Johnson (uncredited)
- 1985 Witness as Custodian
- 1964 Pie in the Sky as Farmer
- 1988 Starlight: a Musical Movie as Joe
- 1971 Mississippi Summer
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Judge
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Joe Dean
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Creon
- 1981 The Sophisticated Gents ( 3 episodes ) as Big Ralph Joplin
