James Earl Jones, currently appearing in “You Can’t Take It With You,” his 19th Broadway production, was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi on January 17, 1931 – 84 years ago today.
The Great White Hope, 1968, with Jane Alexander
Of Mice and Men, 1974
Othello
in Conan the Barbarian
in Driving Miss Daisy
the voice of Mustafa
The voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars
Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway, 2008
A Lesson From Aloes, 1980
Fences, 1987
On Golden Pond, 2005
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as President Hockstader in The Best Man, 2012
Cry The Beloved Country film, 1995
an episode of House MD
King Lear in Central Park, with Paul Sorvino, 1973
