Robert Earl Jones - Turner Classic Movies

About

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Birth Place

Coldwater, Mississippi, USA

Born

February 03, 1911

Died

September 07, 2006

Cause of Death

Heart Failure

Filmography

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Rain Without Thunder (1992)

Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

The Cotton Club (1984)

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Trading Places (1983)

Photos & Videos

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One Potato, Two Potato (1964) -- (Movie Clip) The Most Misery Of All

Sting, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) We're Millionaires!

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Rain Without Thunder (1992)

Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

The Cotton Club (1984)

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Trading Places (1983)

Cold River (1981)

Cockfighter (1974)

The Sting (1973)

Cast (Special)

The Gospel at Colonus (1985)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Sophisticated Gents (1981)

Life Events

Videos

One Potato, Two Potato (1964) -- (Movie Clip) The Most Misery Of All Our first scene at home with Bernie Hamilton as Frank, we meet his worried parents, Robert Earl Jones, father of James Earl, better known at the time for stage work, and the successful playwright and Tony-nominated director Vinnette Carroll, in director Larry Peerce’s provocative independent feature One Potato, Two Potato, 1964.

Sting, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) We're Millionaires! The second scene, Depression-era Joliet, IL,introducing Hooker (Robert Redford), Luther (Robert Earl Jones), the "Erie Kid (Jack Kehoe), running a venerable scam on mob courier Mottola (James J. Sloyan), in George Roy Hill's depression-era caper comedy The Sting, 1973.

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