Acting
Robert Earl Jones
- Titles
- 20movies5TV shows
- Career
Active from 1939 to 1993, with a break from 1941 to 1959, with up to 1 main title a year.
- Leading roles
- 2top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
One Potato, Two Potato84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics4.8average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.0average 4.9
- Crime5.7average 3.7
- Historical4.4average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Tension6.9average 6.1
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Coming of Age1.2, average 2.9
- Fantasy0.4, average 1.8
- Wonder2.1, average 3.4
- Absurdist Humor0.7, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Thought-Provoking 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Juano HernándezActorThe Notorious Elinor Lee, Lying Lips
Edna Mae HarrisActorThe Notorious Elinor Lee, Lying Lips
Gladys WilliamsActorThe Notorious Elinor Lee, Lying Lips
Carman NewsomeActorThe Notorious Elinor Lee, Lying Lips- LLeonard WeissEditorThe Notorious Elinor Lee, Lying Lips
Oscar MicheauxDirectorThe Notorious Elinor Lee, Lying Lips- LLester LangCinematographerThe Notorious Elinor Lee, Lying Lips
Movies and TV shows
252010s
1 title · average score 18
18
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor (2012)
as Ben (archive footage)
1990s
2 titles · average score 54
49
Rain Without Thunder (1993)
as Old Lawyer
59
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
as Harry
1980s
7 titles · average score 74
86
Witness (1985)
as Custodian
68
The Cotton Club (1984)
as Stage Door Joe
A Billion for Boris (1984)
as Grandaddy
82
Trading Places (1983)
as Attendant
72
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
as Ben
61
Cold River (1982)
as The Trapper
The Sophisticated Gents (1981)
TV show · as Big Ralph Joplin
1970s
7 titles · average score 76
73
Lou Grant (1977)
TV show
The Displaced Person (1977)
as Astor
70
Proof of the Man (1977)
as Wilshire Hayward
85
Cockfighter (1974)
as Buford
72
Kojak (1973)
TV show · as Judge
90
The Sting (1973)
as Luther Coleman
70
Great Performances (1971)
TV show · as Creon
1960s
5 titles · average score 79
84
One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
as William Richards
Pie in the Sky (1964)
as Farmer
70
The Defenders (1961)
TV show · as Joe Dean
The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960)
as Tobias
84
Wild River (1960)
as Sam Johnson (uncredited)
1950s
1 title · average score 81
81
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
as Jazz Club Patron (uncredited)
1940s
1 title
The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940)
as Benny Blue
1930s
1 title · average score 47
47
Lying Lips (1939)
as Detective Wenzer