Born in Arkabutla, Mississippi on 17 January, 1931 to Ruth and Robert Earl Jones, it may surprise you to learn that James Earl Jones — one of the great masters of oration across film ...

Jones won best actor in a play for 1970: Robert Nemiroff, left, and one of his stars, James Earl Jones, converse, Oct. 2, 1970, in a Manhattan rehearsal hall during work on 1976: Muhammad Ali does ...

James Earl Jones, the voice of “Star Wars ... Jones’ long Hollywood career defied expectations. His father, Robert Earl Jones, deserted his wife before Jones was born.

Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi to Ruth and Robert Earl Jones. Soon after James Earl was born, Robert left the family to pursue a career in boxing and later ...

Jones was born in 1931 in Mississippi. His father, Robert Earl Jones, left the family before James was born to become an actor in New York and Hollywood, working with playwright Langston Hughes ...

The acting world lost a legend after the passing of James Earl Jones at age 93. But fans of may not have known him at all if ...

The Mississippi-born son of teacher Ruth and boxer Robert Earl Jones — who left the family prior to his son’s birth — James was raised by his grandparents, who as part of the Great Migration ...

James Earl Jones in "Coming 2 America," the ... His father, the actor Robert Earl Jones, left the family before he was born. His mother remarried and turned over his raising to his grandparents ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - James Earl Jones ... Jones' own father, Robert Earl Jones, also was an actor, starting in the 1939 movie "Lying Lips." He would later appear in "The Cotton Club" and ...

Oscar-nominated actor James Earl Jones, who stuttered as a child, then burst forth to become one of America’s most recognized and articulate voices, has died. Jones died Monday morning at his ...

NEW YORK — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial ... on Jan. 17, 1931. His father, Robert Earl Jones, had deserted his wife before the baby's arrival to pursue life as a boxer and, later ...

Jones' own father, Robert Earl Jones ... Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1933 musical short "Rufus Jones for President," James Earl Jones is considered the first Black person to portray a U.S. president ...