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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.
Robert Earl Jones (1910-2006) was an American actor who appeared in The Sting, Witness, Sleepaway Camp and other films. He was also a boxer, a stage actor and a sparring partner of Joe Louis.
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Robert Earl Jones was an actor who appeared in The Sting, Sleepaway Camp and Witness. He was the father of James Earl Jones and the grandfather of Flynn Earl Jones.
- February 3, 1910
- September 7, 2006
Robert Earl Jones, the veteran actor and father of the more famous actor James Earl Jones whose career spanned stage, screen and television, has died. He was 96. Jones died of natural causes...
Robert Earl Jones was an American actor and professional boxer. Better known as “Earl Jones,” he is remembered as one of the first prominent actors of African–American origin and a legend from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and the 1930s. A school dropout, Robert had a predominantly difficult childhood.
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Sep 18, 2006 · Actor Robert Earl Jones, a fixture in Broadway shows and movies and the father of actor James Earl Jones, has died. Jones, 96, died Sept. 7 at the Lillian Booth Actors’ Home, according to...
Sep 20, 2006 · Robert Earl Jones was a stage and film actor who appeared in many Broadway shows, including Death of a Salesman and The Gospel at Colonus. He was also the father of actor James Earl Jones and was blacklisted in the 1950s for his political views.
