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13 unusual facts about James Earl Jones


Andrew Jenks

When Jenks was 16 he founded the Hendrick Hudson Film Festival, featuring James Earl Jones as its keynote speaker.

Barbara Johnson Tucker

In 1969, Tucker ventured to NYC for one year and landed the only singing role in the 60-member cast of the Tony award winning dramatic theatre play "The Great White Hope" which starred James Earl Jones.

Charles Gordone

His acting credits included Brother Jerro in "The Trials of Brother Jerro Bohem," Hickey in "Of Mice and Men," and The Valet in Jean Genet's The Blacks (1961–1966) alongside of James Earl Jones, Maya Angelou, Cicely Tyson, and many other Black actors who went on to change Hollywood.

Elsinore Theatre

It continued to raise money for its operational costs through fundraising in the community and was graced by appearances from many stars at the turn of the millennium, most notably by actors James Earl Jones and Gregory Peck.

Indianapolis Clowns

The 1976 movie The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, starring James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, and Richard Pryor, is loosely based on the barnstorming of the Indianapolis Clowns.

Jackie Rivet-River

was narrated by James Earl Jones with an original score by Martin Rubenstein played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Joshua Seftel

Seftel's next film was Ennis’ Gift, an HBO documentary about learning differences produced with Bill Cosby and wife Camille Hanks in memory of their late son Ennis, which featured Danny Glover, James Earl Jones, Anne Bancroft, Robert Rauschenberg, Charles Schwab and Bruce Jenner.

Marina Kamen

Kamen has worked with numerous celebrities including Patti Labelle, Gloria Gaynor, and James Earl Jones.

Martha Williamson

She made the transition to one-hour drama as producer of Jack's Place for ABC Television and Co-Executive Producer of the CBS series Under One Roof, which starred James Earl Jones.

Poughkeepsie Day School

The theater is named for school parent James Earl Jones, who funded construction and whose children attended the school.

Tad Danielewski

After the war, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and started the Professional Actors Workshop in New York City, whose students included Martin Sheen, James Earl Jones, and Mercedes Ruehl.

The River Niger

The play was adapted by Walker for film in 1976, directed by Krishna Shah starring Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones.

Tim Janis

Janis has worked with some of the top artists in the music and entertainment business including Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, George Clooney, Jackie Evancho, and James Earl Jones.


American Shakespeare Theatre

Actors involved with American Shakespeare Theatre include Alex Cord, Earle Hyman, David Groh, Katharine Hepburn, Fred Gwynne, Morris Carnovsky, Will Geer, John Houseman, James Earl Jones, Christopher Plummer, Hal Miller Lynn Redgrave, Christopher Walken, Rene Auberjonois, David Birney, Meredith Baxter, Michael Moriarty, Jan Miner, Kate Reid, Fritz Weaver, Dirk Benedict and Charles Siebert.

Anthony C. Winkler

In 2004, Winkler had another novel published called The Annihilation of Fish, which was then also made into a movie starring James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave and Margot Kidder.

Geodesium

The music of Geodesium has been featured in planetarium shows narrated by well-known screen personalities including James Earl Jones, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Patrick Stewart.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Avalon Family Entertainment's film entitled Jack and the Beanstalk (released on home video April 20, 2010) is a live-action adaptation starring Christopher Lloyd, Chevy Chase, James Earl Jones, Gilbert Gottfried, Katey Sagal, Wallace Shawn and Chloë Grace Moretz.

Josephine Premice

Her next Broadway appearance garnered her a second Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony Award nomination for her role in A Hand Is on the Gate, where she performed African American poetry works alongside James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, and Gloria Foster.

Keysville, Virginia

Jodie Foster and James Earl Jones were here for three days in 1992 during the production of Sommersby.

Mabel King

Her performance in The Wiz brought her much attention and soon after she received roles in the films The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, with Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones and the movie Scott Joplin also with Billy Dee Williams and Clifton Davis.

Michael Abels

During its premiere performances by Phillip Brunelle and the Plymouth Music Series of MN, narrated by both Garrison Keillor and James Earl Jones, “The charm of Frederick’s Fables... carried the day.

Republic of Dahomey

Dahomey was chosen for some of the filming locations in the movie, The Comedians, with an all-star cast that included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Lillian Gish, James Earl Jones, Roscoe Lee Brown, Alec Guinness, Raymond St. Jacques, Gloria Foster, Zakes Mokae, Paul Ford, Georg Stanford Brown, Peter Ustinov, Douta Seck and Cicely Tyson.

Sesame Street: Old School

Among the most notable extra segments is one of James Earl Jones counting to 10 (which was actually created before production of the series officially began (it was a test film shown to children to gauge effectiveness of the format), and Jesse Jackson leading a group of children in reciting his poem, "I Am - Somebody".