James Earl Jones

Born: 1931-01-17

James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. He was described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances on stage and screen, and "one of the greatest actors in American history". Over his career, he received three Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985. He was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2009 and the Honorary Academy Award in 2011. His deep voice has been praised as a "stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects.


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as Mufasa (voice)
Released: 1994-06-24

A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his...

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The Lion King

as Mufasa (voice)
Released: 2019-07-12

Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not...

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Scary Movie 4

as Narrator (uncredited)
Released: 2006-04-12

Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find...

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as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1977-05-25

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take...

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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

as Mufasa (voice)
Released: 1998-10-24

The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of...

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Sneakers

as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Released: 1992-09-09

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric...

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

as Darth Vader (voice)
Released: 2019-12-18

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe...

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as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Released: 2005-03-10

Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place,...

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Coming to America

as King Jaffe Joffer
Released: 1988-06-29

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and...

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

as Darth Vader (voice)
Released: 2016-12-14

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring...

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as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1980-05-20

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire,...

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as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Released: 2005-05-17

The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin...

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The Sandlot

as Mr. Mertle
Released: 1993-04-07

During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys...

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as Darth Vader (voice)
Released: 1983-05-25

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the...

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as Thulsa Doom
Released: 1982-04-02

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child...

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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Released: 1994-03-18

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to...

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Click

as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 2006-06-23

A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to...

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Coming 2 America

as King Jaffe Joffer
Released: 2021-03-04

Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never...

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as Admiral Greer
Released: 1990-03-02

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S....

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as Narrator (uncredited)
Released: 1995-06-30

In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers)...

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Exorcist II: The Heretic

as Older Kokumo
Released: 1977-06-17

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the...

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

as Lt. Lothar Zogg
Released: 1964-01-29

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war...

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Casper: A Spirited Beginning

as Kibosh (voice)
Released: 1997-09-09

Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets...

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Sommersby

as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Released: 1993-02-05

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm...

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Field of Dreams

as Terrence Mann
Released: 1989-04-21

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield...

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Patriot Games

as Adm. James Greer
Released: 1992-06-04

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack...

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The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar

as Mufasa (voice)
Released: 2015-11-22

Set in the African savannah, the film follows Kion as he assembles the members of the 'Lion...

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Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

as Umslopogaas
Released: 1986-12-17

After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a...

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as Admiral James Greer
Released: 1994-08-03

Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is...

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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

as Papa Jenkins
Released: 2008-02-08

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to...

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Three Fugitives

as Dugan
Released: 1989-01-27

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself...

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Earth

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2007-10-10

An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures...

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Fantasia 2000

as Self - Host
Released: 2000-01-01

Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores...

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The Benchwarmers

as Darth Vader (voice)
Released: 2006-04-07

A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player...

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The Sandlot 2

as Mr. Mertle
Released: 2005-11-10

A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the...

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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

as Self
Released: 2004-09-12

From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the...

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Blackfish

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2013-06-07

Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a...

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Best of the Best

as Frank Couzo
Released: 1989-11-10

A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The...

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Gardens of Stone

as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Released: 1987-05-05

A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam....

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Gang Related

as Arthur Baylor
Released: 1997-10-08

Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that...

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The Meteor Man

as Earnest Moses
Released: 1993-08-06

One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly,...

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Primary Colors

as CNN Voiceover (voice)
Released: 1998-03-20

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White...

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The Last Remake of Beau Geste

as Sheikh
Released: 1977-06-15

Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless...

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Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2009-09-05

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The...

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The Flight of Dragons

as Ommadon (voice)
Released: 1982-08-17

The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard...

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The Second Civil War

as Jim Kalla
Released: 1997-12-04

When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the...

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The Star Wars Holiday Special

as Darth Vader (voice)
Released: 1978-11-17

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled...

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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

as Ruben
Released: 2014-05-23

After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy...

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Soul Man

as Professor Banks
Released: 1986-10-24

A caucasian prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so...

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Looking for Richard

as Self - Interviewee
Released: 1996-10-11

Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern...

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Jefferson in Paris

as Madison Hemings
Released: 1995-03-31

His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to...

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A Family Thing

as Ray Murdock
Released: 1996-03-29

Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and...

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The Ambulance

as Lt. Spencer
Released: 1990-03-22

Josh meets a young woman who shortly afterwards collapses and is rushed to hospital in an...

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Gimme Shelter

as Frank McCarthy
Released: 2013-10-17

After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but...

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Jack and the Beanstalk

as The Giant (voice)
Released: 2009-11-06

A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a...

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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

as Dr. McDuffie
Released: 1996-11-23

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual...

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Matewan

as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Released: 1987-08-28

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the...

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Cry, the Beloved Country

as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Released: 1995-12-15

A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big...

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By Dawn's Early Light

as Alice
Released: 1990-05-19

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the...

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The Comedians

as Dr. Magiot
Released: 1967-10-31

American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.

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Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

as Darth Vader (voice)
Released: 2015-04-18

The Ghost crew and their allies face Darth Vader for the first time and Ahsoka Tano discovers...

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Claudine

as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
Released: 1974-04-22

Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs...

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The Great White Hope

as Jack Jefferson
Released: 1970-10-11

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing...

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The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

as Host
Released: 1995-04-23

This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Jurassic Park,"...

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Blood Tide

as Frye
Released: 1982-09-24

An adventurer hunting for treasure in Greece accidentally frees a monster that forces local...

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The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

as Maggie Simpson (voice)
Released: 2003-10-31

Includes the following episodes from the Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V, Treehouse of Horror...

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Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion

as Darth Vader (voice)
Released: 2014-10-03

Ezra Bridger encounters the Ghost crew and joins them on a mission to free Wookiees from an...

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The Annihilation of Fish

as Fish
Released: 2025-02-14

Poinsettia (Lynn Redgrave) is a woman who believes the ghost of composer Puccini is in love with...

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The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove

as Self
Released: 2000-04-10

A documentary about the making of Stanley Kubricks 1964 film Dr Strangelove Or: How I Stop...

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Clean Slate

as John Dolby
Released: 1994-05-06

Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia,...

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Swashbuckler

as Nick Debrett
Released: 1976-07-29

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

as Host
Released: 1994-05-19

James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the...

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A Piece of the Action

as Joshua Burke
Released: 1977-10-07

How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell...

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Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
Released: 2000-05-05

A documentary on the making of Stanley Kubrick's classic 1964 film.

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Finder's Fee

as Avery Phillips
Released: 2001-06-19

Friends Tepper, Quigley, Fishman, and Bolan get together for a weekly poker night with two...

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Dangerous: The Short Films

as Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice)
Released: 1993-09-28

Michael Jackson's Dangerous album once again rocketed the global superstar to mega-platinum...

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Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
Released: 1985-03-10

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...

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The Making of Star Wars

as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1977-09-16

Learn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to...

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The UFO Incident

as Barney Hill
Released: 1975-10-20

In the early 1960s, an interracial couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a...

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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-04-23

Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show...

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Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

as Emperor of the Night (voice)
Released: 1987-08-06

Pinocchio and his friends, a glow worm and a marionette, search for a magic music box, putting...

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Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

as Mister (voice)
Released: 2001-11-06

Principal Prickly gets his car stuck in a snowbank and decides it has to be the Recess gang's...

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Grim Prairie Tales

as Morrison
Released: 1990-09-14

Two travelers meet on the open prairie, and pass their time together by trading stories with...

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Milius

as Self
Released: 2013-03-09

The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential...

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The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

as Dane Oliver
Released: 1980-05-25

This Olympics film, tied in with the planned 1980 games from which the United States...

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True Identity

as Himself
Released: 1991-08-23

In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.

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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

as Self
Released: 1995-06-05

Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood,...

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Percy & Thunder

as Percy Banks
Released: 1993-09-07

A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.

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Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

as Self
Released: 2019-09-13

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic,...

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The Vegas Strip War

as Jack Madrid
Released: 1984-11-25

Neil Chaine, a charming Las Vegas hotel/casino owner, tries to turn his decaying building into...

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The Story of Star Wars

as Darth Vader (archive footage)
Released: 2004-08-18

The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke...

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Africa: The Serengeti

as Narrator
Released: 1994-03-31

Africa the Serengeti takes you on an extraordinary journey to view a spectacle few humans have...

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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1970-03-24

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King,...

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City Limits

as Albert
Released: 1985-09-01

A series of teenage gangs struggle against each other in a not-so-distant future. Eventually...

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By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

as Narrator
Released: 2005-02-08

A short documentary about the making of Spike Lee's biopic, "Malcolm X."

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The Reading Room

as William
Released: 2005-11-04

Making good on a promise he made to his dying wife, a widower (Jones) opens a reading room, a...

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The Bushido Blade

as The Prisoner
Released: 1981-06-19

A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is...

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Our Friend, Martin

as Daddy King (voice)
Released: 1999-01-12

Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.

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Night of 100 Stars

as Self
Released: 1982-03-08

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...

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Warning Shot

as Pendleton
Released: 2018-09-14

A single mother and her young daughter struggle to make ends meet until they inherit their...

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Convicts

as Ben Johnson
Released: 1991-01-01

In 1902, 13-year-old Horace toils on a run-down plantation in rural Texas to buy a tombstone for...

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Excessive Force

as Jake
Released: 1993-05-14

Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets...

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Scorchers

as Bear
Released: 1991-07-07

Bayou La Teche, Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid and...

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Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

as Admiral (voice)
Released: 2010-09-17

Dave, a young photon, who is forced out of the Sun on a journey of discovery. He must get to the...

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Hollywood's Greatest Villains

as Self
Released: 2005-12-01

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

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On Broadway

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-10-12

An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the...

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Alone

as Grey
Released: 1997-12-21

John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He...

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Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark

as Narrator
Released: 1989-01-01

Embark on one of the greatest adventures of all time--presented by one of the screen's most...

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Feast of All Saints

as Older Marcel
Released: 2001-11-11

Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free...

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Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'

as Self
Released: 2003-05-06

This program features the standard mix of movie clips, production materials, and interviews....

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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream

as Narrator
Released: 1971-11-19

King (1929-68), the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, set an example of...

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The Greatest

as Malcolm X
Released: 1977-05-17

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius...

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What the Deaf Man Heard

as Archibald Thacker
Released: 1997-11-23

In 1945, a young boy arrives in a small Georgia town on a bus from which his mother was abducted...

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Amy and the Angel

as Gabriel
Released: 1982-09-22

Amy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver...

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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

as Leon
Released: 1976-07-16

Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he...

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On the Q.T.

as Leo
Released: 1999-04-01

A struggling violin player has his morals tested after he meets a wise musician while playing in...

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Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

as Self
Released: 1978-12-31

This documentary explores the growth and development of black theatre from its earliest roots,...

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Words from a Bear

as Self
Released: 2019-01-29

A visual journey into the mind and soul of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Navarro Scott Momaday,...

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Antietam: A Documentary Film

as Narrator
Released: 2000-12-03

Re-enactments illustrate the details of the three principle stages of the battle of Antietam,...

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Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable

as Mufasa (voice)
Released: 1995-01-21

Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King are chopping down trees and clogging up rivers to build the...

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Dreamrider

as Bill Perry
Released: 1993-06-10

A young man loses his leg in a motorcycle accident. While rehabilitating, he takes up cycling....

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The Man

as Douglass Dilman
Released: 1972-07-19

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the...

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The Vernon Johns Story

as Vernon Johns
Released: 1994-01-15

In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in...

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Heat Wave

as Junius Johnson
Released: 1990-08-13

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the...

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Summer's End

as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Released: 2000-04-18

12-year-old boy and his older brother have just lost their dad. At their summer cottage, the...

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The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

as uncredited
Released: 2002-10-28

Includes the following episodes from the Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V, Treehouse of Horror...

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The Lone Star Kid

as Holmes
Released: 1986-02-10

The Lone Star Kid is about a compassionate eleven year old boy who becomes mayor of a small town...

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Malcolm X

as Biographical Narration (voice)
Released: 1972-05-24

James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the...

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Searching for Orson

as Self
Released: 2006-11-02

Narrated by Peter Bogdanovich, this biography of Orson Welles includes the emotional memoirs of...

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Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1988-01-02

Music documentary directed by Patrick T. Kelly.

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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

as Morris Bird, Jr.
Released: 1977-10-26

Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

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Santa and Pete

as James Earl Jones
Released: 1999-12-05

This warmhearted Yuletide tale tells the story of Grandpa Nichols (James Earl Jones) who is...

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Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates

as uncredited
Released: 1985-01-01

A retrospective of the work of Robert Abel and Associates, a pioneering commercial computer...

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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

as Genie / Narrator
Released: 1986-07-14

Based on the story "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp", directed by Tim Burton and starring Robert...

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John, Paul, George and Ben

as Narrator
Released: 2007-01-05

This humorous and factual history of five lads who grew up to become Founding Fathers brings the...

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The Making of the Lion King

as Self
Released: 1994-06-24

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Lion King.

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Terrorgram

as Retribution (voice)
Released: 1990-01-01

Three horror stories linked by a sinister delivery boy. The stories are "Heroine Overdose",...

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Deadly Hero

as Rabbit Shazam
Released: 1975-12-14

Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York Police Department who finds himself demoted...

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Muse of Fire

as Self
Released: 2013-09-26

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about...

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Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

as Self
Released: 1997-02-06

Host Howie Long takes viewers on a tour of the "Star Wars" universe, as Fox TV celebrates the...

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Disney's American Legends

as Narrator
Released: 2001-02-12

Meet the doers and dreamers who made America great -- including John Henry, the railroad builder...

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God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

as Kilgore Trout
Released: 2016-07-27

Follows Elliot Rosewater, heir of a massive fortune controlled by the Rosewater Foundation, as...

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The River Niger

as Johnny Williams
Released: 1976-04-14

An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a...

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August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

as uncredited
Released: 2015-02-20

Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic...

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An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road

as Self
Released: 2012-10-10

Documentary about the 1970 film, "End of The Road."

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Butterfly in the Sky

as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Released: 2024-03-17

Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or...

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The Space: Theatre of Survival

as Narrator
Released: 2019-06-07

When everything about you falls one man decides that theatre is the key, and the way to begin to...

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Driving Miss Daisy

as Hoke Colburn
Released: 2015-06-04

Driving Miss Daisy tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between a stubborn...

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King Lear

as King Lear
Released: 1974-02-20

James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging...

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End of the Road

as Doctor D
Released: 1970-02-10

Moments after receiving his graduate diploma, Jacob waits at a train station. The future lies...

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Undercover Angel

as The Judge
Released: 1999-05-16

With his landlord breathing down his neck and his writing career stagnant, the last thing...

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My Little Girl

as Ike Bailey
Released: 1986-08-31

A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets...

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There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

as himself, voice
Released: 1981-04-03

Chronicles the history of Negro Leagues baseball by using rare historical footage and interviews...

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Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

as Self
Released: 2000-05-30

Nearly all the cast and crew are on hand to give stories and memories about the making of the...

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No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

as Self
Released: 2004-10-28

A documentary exploring the historical concept of the narrative of Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film...

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The Hunting of the Snark

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1989-01-01

Enter the imaginative world of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, in this animated...

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The Me Nobody Knows

as Self
Released: 1980-05-18

Complex, introspective children in low-income neighborhoods of New York City tell their stories.

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A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Self - Host
Released: 1979-03-01

Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special...

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Ivory Hunters

as Inspector Nkuru
Released: 1990-08-20

Ruthless elephant killers are confronted by determined conservationists.

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Joe Papp in Five Acts

as Self
Released: 2012-04-30

Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public...

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People: A Musical Celebration

as The Storyteller (voice)
Released: 1995-01-01

In how many wonderful ways are we different from each other' What if the world were to rejoice...

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Nine Dog Christmas

as Narrator
Released: 2004-10-05

Animated tale about Santa's reindeer, who have come down with the North Pole flu. Nearsighted...

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BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2024-09-12

Tribute special featuring archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with the...

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The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands

as Mufasa (voice)
Released: 2017-01-10

Rough, tough and roarin' to go, your favorite heroes are back for even more epic adventures!...

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Gangs: Turning the Corner

as Self
Released: 1994-03-15

This 60 minute video captures in a dynamic format the people and programs that are successfully...

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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Released: 2006-05-02

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of...

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Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film

as Narrator
Released: 2002-01-01

An action-packed, full hour documentary, filmed on the actual battlefield.

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Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

as uncredited
Released: 2000-02-02

Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in...

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Visitors from the Unknown

as Narrator
Released: 1991-03-25

A look at the Travis Walton abduction

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Timepiece

as Lawrence
Released: 1996-12-22

Set in the 1940's, James Earl Jones as an an old clockmaker faces racism and is tried for murder...

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Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

as Charles Lloyd
Released: 1994-01-17

Two men being questioned in a police station on Christmas Eve both confess to the murder of a...

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Paul Robeson

as Paul Robeson
Released: 1979-01-08

Major events in the life of Robeson are recounted in this solo performance.

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God's Trombones

as Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
Released: 1981-01-01

A trilogy of African-American poems that applies artistic interpretation to religious parables....

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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

as Narrator
Released: 1984-01-01

An adaptation of the book by Verna Aardema

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Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1989-09-04

"Beauty and the Beast" - In order to save her father's life, the gentle Beauty must live in a...

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The Cay

as Timothy
Released: 1974-10-24

When Young Phillip is separated form his mother and found by a black man named Timothy and his...

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Teach 109

as Dr. Winston
Released: 1990-01-01

In the future, surgeons practice their skill on androids designed to imitate patients, but Dr....

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Jesus Of Nazareth

as Balthazar
Released: 1977-03-27

Robert Powell stars in the epic 1977 drama chronicling the birth, life, crucifixion and...

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Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

as Self
Released: 2001-11-19

"This is a kid who just said it. I'm the greatest - and he said it with poetry. And I don't mean...

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Who's in Rabbit's House?

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1995-09-21

Adapted from a Masai folktale about a rabbit who can't get into her house because the Long One,...

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11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried

as Narrator
Released: 1989-11-22

Moving documentary looks back on the remarkable life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and combines the...

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The Simpsons

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1989-12-17

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...

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The Simpsons

as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1989-12-17

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...

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The Simpsons

as Maggie Simpson (voice)
First aired: 1989-12-17

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...

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House

as Dibala
First aired: 2004-11-16

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of...

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Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Two and a Half Men

as Himself
First aired: 2003-09-22

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and...

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Stargate SG-1

as Unas (Voice)
First aired: 1997-07-27

The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the...

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Frasier

as Norman Royster
First aired: 1993-09-16

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...

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The Big Bang Theory

as Self
First aired: 2007-09-24

Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Sesame Street

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-11-10

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic...

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Star Wars Rebels

as Darth Vader (voice)
First aired: 2014-10-13

Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time...

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Star Wars Rebels

as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
First aired: 2014-10-13

Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time...

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The One Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2006-08-14

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

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Will & Grace

as Self
First aired: 1998-09-21

Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement...

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3rd Rock from the Sun

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
First aired: 1996-01-09

The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Franklin Stern
First aired: 1993-09-12

A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Winner/ Performer
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Winner
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee/Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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L.A. Law

as Lee Atkins
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Homicide: Life on the Street

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-01-31

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore...

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According to Jim

as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
First aired: 2001-10-03

According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role...

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Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Lou Rush
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Highway to Heaven

as Gabe Wilson
First aired: 1984-09-19

A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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Everwood

as Will Cleveland
First aired: 2002-09-16

After the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and...

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Great Performances

as King Lear
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Touched by an Angel

as The Angel of Angels
First aired: 1994-09-21

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...

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The Defenders

as Lieutenant Andrews
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Defenders

as Reverend Harris Bonham
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1983-06-06

Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode...

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as King Dakkar (voice)
First aired: 1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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The Movies That Made Us

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2019-11-29

These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors,...

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Dinah!

as Self
First aired: 1974-10-21

Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...

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Tarzan

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-08

Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Jack Jefferson (archive footage)
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Obi-Wan Kenobi

as Darth Vader (voice)
First aired: 2022-05-26

During the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, embarks on a...

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Faerie Tale Theatre

as Genie / Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1982-09-11

A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

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The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self
First aired: 1978-12-28

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their...

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Jesus of Nazareth

as Balthazar
First aired: 1977-03-27

Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely...

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Merlin

as Rock of Ages
First aired: 1998-04-26

A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill...

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Roots: The Next Generations

as Alex Haley
First aired: 1979-02-18

Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from...

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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

as Narrator (Voice)
First aired: 1992-04-21

Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved...

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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

as Self
First aired: 1998-06-23

To commemorate the first century of American filmmaking, the American Film Institute embarked on...

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Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

as Father Divine
First aired: 1980-04-15

The story of the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones and the 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown.

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self
First aired: 1973-04-02

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...

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Paris

as Woody Paris
First aired: 1979-09-29

Paris is an American television series that appeared on the CBS television network from...

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Mathnet

as Chief Thad Green (voice)
First aired: 1987-01-26

Mathnet is a segment on the children's television show Square One Television, of which five...

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Mathnet

as Chief Thad Green
First aired: 1987-01-26

Mathnet is a segment on the children's television show Square One Television, of which five...

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The Atlanta Child Murders

as Major Walker
First aired: 1985-02-10

The Atlanta Child Murders is a TV miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS....

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Gabriel's Fire

as Gabriel Bird
First aired: 1990-09-12

Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A...

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The Magic of David Copperfield

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-10-27

The annual specials of magic featuring the world's leading illusionist. David Copperfield weaves...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Archibald Thacker
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Vegetable Soup

as Long John Spoilsport
First aired: 1975-09-22

Vegetable Soup is an American educational children's television program produced by the New York...

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Under One Roof

as Neb Langston
First aired: 1995-03-14

Under One Roof is an American drama series that aired on CBS in March and April 1995. A family...

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CBS Schoolbreak Special

as Detective Robb
First aired: 1984-01-24

CBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from...

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East Side/West Side

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-23

East Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson,...

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Pros and Cons

as Gabriel Bird
First aired: 1991-09-26

Pros and Cons is an American television series . It is a revamped version of Gabriel's Fire,...

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Signs and Wonders

as Diamond
First aired: 1995-01-16

Claire Palmore (Jodhi May) is caught in the web of a dangerous religious cult. Her mother...

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The Second Civil War

as Jim Kalla
First aired: 1997-03-15

The Second Civil War is a satirical/comedy film made for the HBO cable television network and...

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Black Omnibus

as Self - Host
First aired: 1973-01-01

James Earl Jones hosts an interview and performance series exclusively for African-American...

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