Robert Earl Jones
- Interprétation
- 3 février 1910 · Tate County, Mississippi, USA
- 7 septembre 2006
Biographie
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
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Filmographie
- Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor · Ben (archive footage)
- Rain Without Thunder · Old Lawyer
- Maniac Cop 2 · Harry
- Starlight: a Musical Movie · Joe
- Witness · Custodian
- Cotton Club · Stage Door Joe
- A Billion for Boris · Grandaddy
- Massacre au Camp d'Été · Ben
- Un fauteuil pour deux · Attendant
- Cold River · The Trapper
- The Sophisticated Gents · Big Ralph Joplin
- La Preuve d'un homme · Wilshire Hayward
- Lou Grant
- The Displaced Person · Astor
- Cockfighter · Buford
- L'Arnaque · Luther Coleman
- Kojak · Judge
- Mississippi Summer
- Great Performances · Creon
- Le Procès de Julie Richards · William Richards
- Pie in the Sky · Farmer
- The Defenders · Joe Dean
- The Secret of the Purple Reef · Tobias
- Le Fleuve sauvage · Sam Johnson (uncredited)
- Le Coup de l'escalier · Jazz Club Patron (uncredited)
- The Notorious Elinor Lee · Benny Blue
- Lying Lips · Detective Wenzer