His father, Robert Earl Jones, had deserted his wife before the baby’s arrival to pursue life as a boxer and, later, an actor. When Jones was 6, his mother took him to her parents’ farm near ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jones was born in 1931 in Mississippi but grew up in Michigan, USA. His father, actor Robert Earl Jones, abandoned the family before James was born, a factor that almost eroded his confidence and ...

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 ...