Robert Earl Jones

Acting

Born 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 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

• 2012Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor — Ben (archive footage)
• 1993Rain Without Thunder — Old Lawyer
• 1990Maniac Cop 2 — Harry
• 1988Starlight: a Musical Movie — Joe
• 1985Witness — Custodian
• 1984A Billion for Boris — Grandaddy
• 1984The Cotton Club — Stage Door Joe
• 1983Sleepaway Camp — Ben
• 1983Trading Places — Attendant
• 1982Cold River — The Trapper
• The Sophisticated Gents — Big Ralph Joplin
• Lou Grant
• 1977Proof of the Man — Wilshire Hayward
• 1977The Displaced Person — Astor
• 1974Cockfighter — Buford
• Kojak — Judge
• 1973The Sting — Luther Coleman
• Great Performances — Creon
• 1971Mississippi Summer
• 1964One Potato, Two Potato — William Richards
• 1964Pie in the Sky — Farmer
• The Defenders — Joe Dean
• 1960The Secret of the Purple Reef — Tobias
• 1960Wild River — Sam Johnson (uncredited)
• 1959Odds Against Tomorrow — Jazz Club Patron (uncredited)
• 1940The Notorious Elinor Lee — Benny Blue
• 1939Lying Lips — Detective Wenzer