His father, Robert Earl Jones abandoned his family not long after ... after completing his military service, sought work as an actor in New York. For a time he lived with his father, not because ...

to Ruth (nee Connolly) and Robert Earl Jones. Jones’s father—who worked, for a time, as a boxer and, later, an actor—left the ...

Jones, born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, in 1931, was the son of Broadway actor Robert Earl Jones and Ruth Connolly Jones. His father left the family after he was born, first pursuing a career as a ...

A towering figure in 20th century American theatre and the pre-eminent African American actor of his generation, James Earl Jones was known for his interpretations of both modern and classical ...