Robert Earl Jones

Robert Earl Jones

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

  • Title: Robert Earl Jones
  • Popularity: 5.695
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1910-02-03
  • Place of Birth: Tate County, Mississippi, USA
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  • Also Known As: Robert Earl, RobertEarl Jones
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Robert Earl Jones Movies

  • 1959
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    Odds Against Tomorrow

    Odds Against Tomorrow

    6.7 1959 HD

    An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

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  • 1973
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    The Sting

    The Sting

    8 1973 HD

    A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a...

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  • 1974
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    Cockfighter

    Cockfighter

    6 1974 HD

    A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

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  • 1983
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    Sleepaway Camp

    Sleepaway Camp

    6.3 1983 HD

    After a terrible boating accident, Angela Baker is sent to Camp Arawak, where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of...

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  • 1984
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    A Billion for Boris

    A Billion for Boris

    6 1984 HD

    In this family-friendly sequel to Freaky Friday, teenaged Boris realizes that his television set is somehow receiving broadcasts from the future, so...

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  • 2012
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    Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor

    Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor

    2.1 2012 HD

    Allison Kramer suffers recurring nightmares and selective amnesia, returning to camp to discover the truth as the secrets of infamous killer Angela...

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  • 1982
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    Cold River

    Cold River

    6.5 1982 HD

    Based on the novel Winterkill, by William Judson, Cold River is the story of an Adirondack guide who takes his young daughter and step-son on a long...

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  • 1977
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    The Displaced Person

    The Displaced Person

    7 1977 HD

    A conscientious but driven Polish refugee disrupts the hierarchy of power on a Georgia farm in the 1940s.

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  • 1964
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    One Potato, Two Potato

    One Potato, Two Potato

    6.8 1964 HD

    Study of interracial marriage in the 1960s. A white divorcée falls in love with and marries an African-American man. When her ex-husband sues...

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  • 1984
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    The Cotton Club

    The Cotton Club

    6.5 1984 HD

    Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

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  • 1960
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    The Secret of the Purple Reef

    The Secret of the Purple Reef

    2.5 1960 HD

    When a man mysteriously vanishes on his ship in the Caribbean, his two brothers journey there to investigate his disappearance.

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  • 1939
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    Lying Lips

    Lying Lips

    4.8 1939 HD

    A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt.

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  • 1977
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    Proof of the Man

    Proof of the Man

    7.4 1977 HD

    When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a...

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  • 1990
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    Maniac Cop 2

    Maniac Cop 2

    5.9 1990 HD

    After being framed by corrupt superiors and brutally assaulted in prison, Officer Matt Cordell teams up with a vicious serial killer to track down...

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  • 1983
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    Trading Places

    Trading Places

    7.213 1983 HD

    A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

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  • 1993
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    Rain Without Thunder

    Rain Without Thunder

    3.5 1993 HD

    This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is...

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  • 1940
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    The Notorious Elinor Lee

    The Notorious Elinor Lee

    4 1940 HD

    Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.

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  • 1960
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    Wild River

    Wild River

    7.318 1960 HD

    A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the...

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  • 1985
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    Witness

    Witness

    7.1 1985 HD

    A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The...

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  • 1964
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    Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

    1 1964 HD

    Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.

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  • 1977
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    Lou Grant

    Lou Grant

    7.2 1977 HD

    The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

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  • 1973
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    Kojak

    Kojak

    6.9 1973 HD

    A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

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  • 1961
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    The Defenders

    The Defenders

    6.2 1961 HD

    The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized...

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    5.2 1971 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

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  • 1981
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    The Sophisticated Gents

    The Sophisticated Gents

    7 1981 HD

    The 25-year reunion of members of a black athletic-social club brings together nine of its members for the first time to honor their old coach but is...

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