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James Earl Jones

Actor

Born - 17 January 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Died - 9 September 2024

Burly, moon-faced Afro-American character star with big grin and equally big, booming, bass voice. He became a star with the leading role in The Great White Hope (1970), but modern viewers remember him best supplying the sepulchral tones of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films: Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), The Comedians (1967), End of the Road (1970), The Man (1972), Claudine (1973), The River Niger (1975), The Scarlet Buccaneer (1976), The Greatest (1977), A Piece of the Action (1977), Conan the Barbarian (1981), City Limits (1984), Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1985), Soul Man (1986), Coming to America (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), Three Fugitives (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), True Identity (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Sommersby (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), Jefferson in Paris (1995), Gang Related (1997), Undercover Angel (1999), Finder's Fee (2000), The Sandlot 2 (2005), Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008), The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014), Warning Shot (2018) amd Coming 2 America (2021), his last. Born Todd Jones, his (second) wife Cecilia died in 2016.