FATHER & SON: James Earl Jones with his Father Robert Earl Jones on Stage in the 1962 Production "Moon on a Rainbow Shawl."
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).
Jones was born in northwestern Mississippi; the specific location is unclear as some sources indicate Senatobia, while others suggest nearby Coldwater. He left school at an early age to work as a sharecropper to help his family. He later became a prizefighter. Under the name "Battling Bill Stovall", he was a sparring partner of Joe Louis.
Jones became interested in theater after he moved to Chicago, as one of the thousands leaving the South in the Great Migration. He moved on to New York by the 1930s. He worked with young people in the Works Progress Administration, the largest New Deal agency, through which he met Langston Hughes, a young poet and playwright. Hughes cast him in his 1938 play, Don't You Want to Be Free?.
Jones also entered the film business, appearing in more than twenty films. His film career started with the leading role of a detective in the 1939 race film Lying Lips, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux, and Jones made his next screen appearance in Micheaux's The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940). Jones acted mostly in crime movies and dramas after that, with such highlights as Wild River (1960) and One Potato, Two Potato (1964). In the Oscar-winning 1973 film The Sting, he played Luther Coleman, an aging grifter whose con is requited with murder leading to the eponymous "sting". In the later 20th century, Jones appeared in several other noted films: Trading Places (1983) and Witness (1985).
Toward the end of his life, Jones was noted for his stage portrayal of Creon in The Gospel at Colonus (1988), a black musical version of the Oedipus legend. He also appeared in episodes of the long-running TV shows Lou Grant and Kojak. One of his last stage roles was in a 1991 Broadway production of Mule Bone by Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, another important writer of the Harlem Renaissance. His last film was Rain Without Thunder (1993).
Although blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s due to involvement with leftist groups, Jones was ultimately honored with a lifetime achievement award by the U.S. National Black Theatre Festival.
Jones was married three times. As a young man, he married Ruth Connolly (died 1986) in 1929; they had a son, James Earl Jones. Jones and Connolly separated before James was born in 1931, and the couple divorced in 1933. Jones did not come to know his son until the mid-1950s. He adopted a second son, Matthew Earl Jones. Jones died on September 7, 2006, in Englewood, New Jersey, from natural causes at age 96.
THEATRE
1945 The Hasty Heart (Blossom) Hudson Theatre, Broadway
1945 Strange Fruit (Henry) McIntosh NY theater production
1948 Volpone (Commendatori) City Center
1948 Set My People Free (Ned Bennett) Hudson Theatre, Broadway
1949 Caesar and Cleopatra (Nubian Slave) National Theatre, Broadway
1952 Fancy Meeting You Again (Second Nubian) Royale Theatre, Broadway
1956 Mister Johnson (Moma) Martin Beck Theater, Broadway
1962 Infidel Caesar (Soldier) Music Box Theater, Broadway
1962 The Moon Besieged (Shields Green) Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
1962 Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (Charlie Adams) East 11th Street Theatre, New York
1968 More Stately Mansions (Cato) Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway
1975 All God's Chillun Got Wings (Street Person) Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway
1975 Death of a Salesman (Charley)
1977 Unexpected Guests (Man) Little Theatre, Broadway
1988 The Gospel at Colonus (Creon) Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway
1991 Mule Bone (Willie Lewis) Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
FILMS
1939 Lying Lips (Detective Wenzer )
1940 The Notorious Elinor Lee (Benny Blue)
1959 Odds Against Tomorrow (Club Employee uncredited)
1960 Wild River (Sam Johnson uncredited)
1960 The Secret of the Purple Reef (Tobias)
1964 Terror in the City (Farmer)
1964 One Potato, Two Potato (William Richards)
1968 Hang 'Em High
1971 Mississippi Summer (Performer)
1973 The Sting (Luther Coleman)
1974 Cockfighter (Buford)
1977 Proof of the Man (Wilshire Hayward )
1982 Cold River (The Trapper)
1983 Trading Places (Attendant)
1983 Sleepaway Camp (Ben)
1984 The Cotton Club (Stage Door Joe)
1984 Billions for Boris (Grandaddy)
1985 Witness (Custodian)
1988 Starlight: A Musical Movie (Joe)
1990 Maniac Cop 2 (Harry)
1993 Rain Without Thunder (Old Lawyer)
TELEVISION
1964 The Defenders (Joe Dean) Episode: The Brother Killers
1976 Kojak (Judge) Episode: Where to Go if you Have Nowhere to Go?
1977 The Displaced Person (Astor) Television movie
1978 Lou Grant (Earl Humphrey) Episode: Renewal
1979 Jennifer's Journey (Reuven )Television movie
1980 Oye Ollie (Performer) Television series
1981 The Sophisticated Gents (Big Ralph Joplin) 3 episodes
1982 One Life to Live
1985 Great Performances (Creon) Episode: The Gospel at Colonus
1990 True Blue (Performer) Episode: Blue Monday
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SEMIFINALS
12, Clara, Missy vs 2, Jamie, Zoe
9, Jack, Rose vs 12, Bill, Missy, Nardole
QUARTERFINALS
7, Ace, Mel vs 12, Clara, Missy
2, Jamie, Zoe vs 7, Ace
9, Jack, Rose vs 7, Ace, Leela, Romana
3, Delgado Master, Jo vs 12, Bill, Missy, Nardole
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ROUND 5
6, Frobisher, Peri vs 7, Ace, Mel
12, Clara, Missy vs 10, Donna, Martha
2, Jamie, Zoe vs 8, Charley, C'rizz
7, Ace vs 8, Charley
9, Jack, Rose vs 11, Amy, Rory, River
7, Ace, Chris, Leela, Romana vs 8, Anji, Fitz
3, Delgado Master, Jo vs 6, Evelyn
12, Bill, Missy, Nardole vs 3, Brig, Jo
ROUND 4
6, Frobisher vs 6, Frobisher, Peri
7, Ace, Benny vs 7, Ace, Mel
10, Donna, Jack, Jackie, Martha, Mickey, Rose, Sarah-Jane, Tentoo vs 12, Clara, Missy
10, Donna, Martha vs 10, Donna
2, Jamie, Zoe vs 4, Harry, Sarah-Jane
8, Charley, C'rizz vs Romana, Leela, Brax, Narvin, Ace, K9, K9
7, Ace vs 1, Barbara, Ian, Susan
8, Charley, Romana vs 8, Charley
9, Jack, Rose vs 9, Jack, Mickey, Rose
11, Amy, Rory vs 11, Amy, Rory, River
10, Cindy, Gabby vs 7, Ace, Chris, Leela, Romana
8, Anji, Fitz vs 8, Fitz, Sam
3, Delgado Master, Jo vs 3, Benton, Bessie, Brig, Liz
5, Marc, Nyssa, Tegan vs 6, Evelyn
12, Bill, Missy, Nardole vs 12, Bill
3, Brig, Jo vs 2, 3, Benton, Brig, Jo
ROUND 3
Day 1
Romana, Leela, Brax, Narvin, Ace, K9, K9 vs 7, Ace, Hex
7, Ace, Mel vs Brig, Liz River
5, Marc, Nyssa, Tegan vs 5, Erimem, Peri
Benny, Brax, Chris, Clarence, Jason vs 7, Ace, Chris, Leela, Romana
Iris, Panda vs 7, Ace, Benny
6, Frobisher vs 6, Crystal, Jason
6, Frobisher, Peri vs 8, Izzy
11, Amy, Rory vs 10, K9, Mickey, Rose, Sarah-Jane
7, Ace vs 2, Ben, Polly, Jamie
9, Jack, Rose vs 13, Ace, Tegan, Yaz
12, Bill, Missy, Nardole vs 12, Clara
2, Jamie, Zoe vs 7, Ace, Glitz, Mel
11, Amy, River, Rory vs 14, Donna
Shalka Doctor, Shalka Master, Alison vs 3, Brig, Jo
10, Donna vs 12, Bill, Nardole
12, Bill vs 11, Amy, Brian, Rory
Day 2
8, Charley, C'rizz vs 8, Lucie
8, Helen, Liv vs 8, Charley
8, Charley, Romana vs Iris, Jo
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, Benny, Leela, Romana II vs 6, Evelyn
8, Anji, Fitz vs 8, Benny
8, Fitz, Sam vs 8, Compassion, Fitz
10, Cindy, Gabby vs Fugitive, Weeping Angel
12, Clara, Missy vs 10, Donna, Wilf
3, Delgado Master, Jo vs 4, K9, Romana I
10, Donna, Martha vs 13, Dan, Yaz
1, Barbara, Ian, Susan vs 2, Jamie, Victoria
9, Jack, Rose, Mickey vs 15, Ruby, Mel
10, Donna, Jack, Jackie, Martha, Mickey, Rose, Sarah-Jane, Tentoo vs 1, 2, 3, 5, Tegan, Turlough, Sarah-Jane, Susan, Brig
1, Vicki, Steven vs 3, Benton, Bessie, Brig, Liz
1, Barbara, Ian, Vicki vs 4, Harry, Sarah-Jane
1, Dodo, Steven vs 2, 3, Benton, Brig, Jo
ROUND 2
Day 1
Romana, Leela, Brax, Narvin, Ace, K9, K9 vs 8, Bliss
7, Ace, Mel, vs 8, Audacity
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, Benny, Leela, Romana II vs 6, Constance, Flip
6, Frobisher vs 1, Gillian, John
6, Frobisher, Peri vs Fugitive, Taslo
7, Ace, Benny vs 7, Chris, Roz
8, Anji, Fitz vs 8, Iris, Sam
7, Ace vs 5, Nyssa
1, Barbara, Ian, Susan vs 3, Jo
3, Delgado Master, Jo vs 2, Jamie
2, Jamie, Zoe vs 1, Katarina, Steven
11, Amy, Rory vs 11, Amy
12, Clara, Missy vs 10, Rose
12, Bill, Missy, Nardole vs 12, Clara, Psi, Saibra
9, Jack, Rose vs Fugitive, Gat, Karvanista, Lee
11, Amy, River, Rory vs 12, Bennett, O'Donnell
Day 2
8, Helen, Liv vs 6, Jago, Litefoot
5, Marc, Nyssa, Tegan vs 7 Lysandra, Sally
Brig, Liz, River, vs 5, Antranak, Erimem, Peri
5, Erimem, Peri vs 1, Oliver, Steven
Fugitive, Weeping Angel vs 11, Alice, ARC, John
8, Fitz, Sam vs 8, Sam
Homunculette, Marie vs 8, Benny
1, Ben, Polly vs 1, Steven, Vicki
5, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan vs 3, Brig, Jo
1, Dodo, Steven vs 6, Mel
1, 2, 3, 5, Susan, Brig, Sarah-Jane, Tegan, Turlough vs 6, Peri
10, Donna vs 8, Grace
10, Donna, Martha vs 11, Amy, Vincent
14, Donna vs 10, Martha
13, Dan, Yaz, vs 11, Clara
10, Jack, Martha vs 12, Bill, Nardole
Day 3
8, Charley, C'rizz vs 11, Valarie
8, Charley, Romana vs Justine, Eliza
Iris, Jo vs Ace, Hex, Lysandra, Sally
10, Cindy, Gabby vs War, Cinder
7, Ace, Chris, Leela, Romana vs Compassion, Nivet
Benny, Brax, Chris, Clarence, Jason vs Millennia, Rallon, Theta Sigma
5, Business Woman vs 6, Crystal, Jason
4, K9, Romana II vs 2, Jamie, Victoria
2, 3, Benton, Brig, Jo vs 3, Brig, Sarah-Jane
4, Harry, Sarah-Jane vs 4, Adric, K9, Romana II
3, Benton, Bessie, Brig, Liz vs 4, Sarah-Jane
10, Donna, Jack, Jackie, Martha, Mickey, Rose, Sarah-Jane, Tentoo vs Clara, Me
15, Ruby, Mel vs 13, Yaz
9, Jack, Mickey, Rose vs 9, Rose
13, Ace, Tegan, Yaz vs 10, Wilf
13, Graham, Ryan, Yaz vs 11, Amy, Brian, Rory
Day 4
8, Charley vs Brax, Benny
8, Helen, Liv, River vs 7, Ace, Hex
Tentoo, Jackie vs 8, Lucie
6, Evelyn vs Unbound, Benny
11, Absolom Daak, Alice, River, The Squire vs 8, Izzy
8, Compassion, Fitz vs Carmen Yeh, Compassion
Iris, Panda vs The Emperor, The Man with the Rosette, The Man with the Bent Nose, Woman with Long Blonde Hair
Dr Who, Susan Who, Tom Campbell vs Shalka Doctor, Shalka Master, Alison
5, Tegan, Turlough vs 4, K9, Romana I
2, 6, Jamie, Peri vs 1, Barbara, Ian, Vicki
4, K9, Leela vs 2, Ben, Jamie, Polly
7, Ace, Glitz, Mel vs 5, Nyssa, Tegan
10, Donna, Wilf vs 11, Amy, River
15, Kate, Rose Noble, Ruby vs 10, K9, Mickey, Rose, Sarah-Jane
12, Bill vs 15, Ruby
12, Clara vs 11, Clara, Paternoster
ROUND 1 (Group Stage)
Day 2
Group 1
6, Constance, Flip
6, Evelyn
6, Jago, Litefoot
7, Ace, Hex
7, Ace, Mel
Group 2
8, Charley, C'rizz
8, Charley, Romana
8, Charley
8, Audacity
8, Audacity, Charley
Group 3
10, Anya, Mark
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, Benny, Leela, Romana II
Unbound, Benny
Ace, Hex, Lysandara, Sally
Group 4
Justine, Eliza
Pandora, Bodyguard
Romana, Leela, Braxiatel, Narvin, Ace, K9, K9
Tentoo, Jackie
Group 5
6, Frobisher, Peri
8, Izzy
10, Anubis, Cindy, Gabby
10, Cindy, Gabby
Group 6
7, Ace, Chris, Leela, Romana
7, Benny, Chris, Roz
7, Chris, Roz
8, Anji, Fitz
8, Benny
Group 7
The Emperor, The Man with the Rosette, The Man with the Bent Nose, Woman with Long Blonde Hair
Unknown Doctor, Zeleekhà
Benny, Brax, Chris, Clarence, Jason
Carmen Yeh, Compassion
Compassion, Nivet
Group 8
3, Crystal, Jason
6, Crystal, Jason
David Banks!Doctor, Crystal, Jason
Dr Who, Susan Who, Tom Campbell
Shalka!Doctor, Alison, Master
Group 9
1, Katarina, Steven
1, Dodo, Steven
1, Ben, Polly
1, Bret, Katarina, Steven
Group 10
3, Benton, Bessie, Brig, Liz
3, Benton, Brig, Yates
3, Brig, Jo
3, Delgado!Master, Jo
3, Jo
Group 11
4, Leela
4, K9, Leela
4, K9, Romana I
4, K9, Romana II
4, Adric, K9, Romana II
Group 12
1, 2, 3, 5, Tegan, Turlough, Sarah-Jane, Susan, Brigadier
5, Peri
6, Peri
2, 6, Jamie, Peri
6, Mel
Group 13
9, Rose
9, Adam, Rose
9, Jack, Rose
9, Jack, Mickey, Rose
10, Rose
Group 14
10, Donna, Martha
10, Donna, Wilf
10, Donna, River
10, Donna, Jack, Jackie, Martha, Mickey, Rose, Sarah-Jane, Tentoo
10, Wilf
Group 15
11, Amy, River, Rory
11, Amy, Brian, Rory
11, Clara
11, Clara, Paternoster
War, 10, 11, Clara
Group 16
12, Clara, Me
12, Bill
12, Bill, Nardole
12, Bill, Missy, Nardole
1, 12, Archibald, Hamish, Lethbridge-Stewart
Group 17
14, Donna
14, Rose, Noble
15, Ruby
15, Kate, Rose Noble, Ruby
15, Ruby, Mel
Day 1
Group 1
1, Oliver, Steven
5, Antanak, Erimem, Peri
5, Brewster, Nyssa
5, Erimem, Peri
5, Marc, Nyssa, Tegan
Group 2
7, Ace, Benny
7, Klein
7, Lysandra, Sally
8, Bliss
8, Lucie
Group 3
8, Helen, Liv
8, Helen, Liv, River
11, Roanna, Valarie
11, Valarie
Group 4
Brax, Benny
Brig, Liz, River
D'eon, Eliza, Justine, Mary Culvar, Sandwich
Iris, Jo
Group 5
War, Cinder
1, Gillian, John
2, Gillian, John
6, Frobisher
Group 6
11, Absolom Daak, Alice, River, The Squire
11, Alice, ARC, John
Fugitive, Taslo
Fugitive, Weeping Angel
Alice Obiefune, John Jones
Group 7
8, Compassion, Fitz
8, Fitz, Sam
8, Iris, Sam
8, Miranda
8, Sam
Group 8
Homunculette, Marie
Iris, Panda
Millena, Rallon, Theta Sigma
Mister Shift and the former slaves of Mictlan
5, Business Woman
Group 9
1, Barbara, Ian, Susan
1, Barbara, Ian, Vicki
1, Steven, Vicki
1, Sara, Steven
Group 10
2, Ben, Polly
2, Ben, Polly, Jamie
2, Jamie, Victoria
2, Jamie, Zoe
2, Jamie
Group 11
2, 3, Benton, Brig, Jo
3, Brig, Sarah-Jane
3, Sarah-Jane
4, Harry, Sarah-Jane
4, Sarah-Jane
Group 12
5, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
5, Nyssa
5, Nyssa, Tegan
5, Tegan, Turlough
1, Tegan
Group 13
7, Mel
7, Ace, Glitz, Mel
7, Ace
8, Grace
Group 14
10, K9, Mickey, Rose, Sarah-Jane
10, Mickey, Rose
10, Martha
10, Jack, Martha
10, Donna
Group 15
11, Amy
11, Amy, River
11, Amy, Rory
11, Amy, Vincent
11, Abigail, Kazran
Group 16
12, Clara
12, Clara, Psi, Saibra
12, Clara, Courtney
12, Clara, Missy
12, Bennett, O'Donnell
Group 17
13, Graham, Ryan, Yaz
13, Yaz
13, Dan, Yaz
Fugitive, Gat, Karvanista, Lee
Hologram 13, Vinder, Yaz
13, Ace, Tegan, Yaz
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