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Acting

Robert Earl Jones

Career

Active from 1939 to 1988, with a break from 1941 to 1959, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for One Potato, Two Potato
One Potato, Two Potato
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Earl Jones Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.9, average 2.0
  • Wonder
    2.4, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    26
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1990s

    3 titles · average score 43
    Rain Without Thunder
    Rain Without Thunder (1993)
    GoodWatch score 51

    as Old Lawyer

    Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
    Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor (1992)
    GoodWatch score 20

    as Ben (archive footage)

    Maniac Cop 2
    Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Harry

    1980s

    8 titles · average score 71
    Starlight: a Musical Movie
    Starlight: a Musical Movie (1988)

    as Joe

    Witness
    Witness (1985)
    GoodWatch score 79

    as Custodian

    The Cotton Club
    The Cotton Club (1984)
    GoodWatch score 68

    as Stage Door Joe

    A Billion for Boris
    A Billion for Boris (1984)

    as Grandaddy

    Trading Places
    Trading Places (1983)
    GoodWatch score 77

    as Attendant

    Sleepaway Camp
    Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Ben

    Cold River
    Cold River (1982)
    GoodWatch score 65

    as The Trapper

    The Sophisticated Gents
    The Sophisticated Gents (1981)

    TV show · as Big Ralph Joplin

    1970s

    7 titles · average score 76
    Lou Grant
    Lou Grant (1977)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show

    The Displaced Person
    The Displaced Person (1977)

    as Astor

    Proof of the Man
    Proof of the Man (1977)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Wilshire Hayward

    Cockfighter
    Cockfighter (1974)
    GoodWatch score 85

    as Buford

    Kojak
    Kojak (1973)
    GoodWatch score 72

    TV show · as Judge

    The Sting
    The Sting (1973)
    GoodWatch score 86

    as Luther Coleman

    Great Performances
    Great Performances (1971)
    GoodWatch score 70

    TV show · as Creon

    1960s

    5 titles · average score 80
    One Potato, Two Potato
    One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
    GoodWatch score 84

    as William Richards

    Pie in the Sky
    Pie in the Sky (1964)

    as Farmer

    The Defenders
    The Defenders (1961)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show · as Joe Dean

    The Secret of the Purple Reef
    The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960)

    as Tobias

    Wild River
    Wild River (1960)
    GoodWatch score 84

    as Sam Johnson (uncredited)

    1950s

    1 title · average score 82
    Odds Against Tomorrow
    Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
    GoodWatch score 82

    as Jazz Club Patron (uncredited)

    1940s

    1 title
    The Notorious Elinor Lee
    The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940)

    as Benny Blue

    1930s

    1 title · average score 48
    Lying Lips
    Lying Lips (1939)
    GoodWatch score 48

    as Detective Wenzer