02/03/1910
Tate County, Mississippi, USA:
Robert Earl Jones (3. Februar 1910 – 7. September 2006), manchmal auch Earl Jones genannt, war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Boxer. Als einer der ersten prominenten schwarzen Filmstars verkörperte Jones die Harlem Renaissance der 1920er und 1930er Jahre und arbeitete zu Beginn seiner Karriere mit Langston Hughes zusammen. Jones war vor allem für seine Hauptrollen in Filmen wie „Lying Lips“ (1939) und später für Nebenrollen in Filmen wie „Der Clou“ (1973), „Die Glücksritter“ (1983), „Der Cotton Club“ (1984) und „Der einzige Zeuge“ (1985) bekannt. Er war der Vater des Schauspielers James Earl Jones.
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Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor (2012) as Ben (archive footage) |
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Rain Without Thunder (1993) as Old Lawyer |
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Maniac Cop 2 (1990) as Harry |
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Starlight: a Musical Movie (1988) as Joe |
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Witness (1985) as Custodian |
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The Cotton Club (1984) as Stage Door Joe |
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A Billion for Boris (1984) as Grandaddy |
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Sleepaway Camp (1983) as Ben |
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Trading Places (1983) as Attendant |
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Cold River (1982) as The Trapper |
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人間の証明 (1977) as Wilshire Hayward |
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The Displaced Person (1977) as Astor |
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Cockfighter (1974) as Buford |
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The Sting (1973) as Luther Coleman |
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Mississippi Summer (1971) as |
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One Potato, Two Potato (1964) as William Richards |
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Pie in the Sky (1964) as Farmer |
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The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960) as Tobias |
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Wild River (1960) as Sam Johnson (uncredited) |
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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) as Jazz Club Patron (uncredited) |
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The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940) as Benny Blue |
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Lying Lips (1939) as Detective Wenzer |