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James LaRue Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor. Best known for his portrayal of the patriarch and attorney (later judge) Philip Banks, Will Smith's character's uncle, in the TVsitcomThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. This character was ranked #34 in TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time." He also provided the voice of Shredder in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series, as well as War Machine in the animated series Iron Man and Junkyard Dog in Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling. He also played Michael Kelso's commanding officer at the police academy late in the series run of That '70s Show.
Movie | Wish I Was Here | Audition Actor #2 | 2014-07-18 |
Movie | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Dr. Beckett | 2013-04-20 |
Movie | Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer | Judge Parsons | 2013-08-03 |
Movie | Stars In Shorts | Haig | 2012-09-28 |
Movie | Not Your Time | Haig | 2010-09-24 |
Series | Sherri | Redmond | 2009-10-05 |
Movie | Steppin : The Movie | The Chancellor | 2009-05-19 |
Movie | Divine Intervention | Rev. Matthews | 2008-03-25 |
Movie | Who's Your Caddy? | Caddy Mack | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | Think Tank | Uncle John | 2006-04-21 |
Movie | Danika | Teddy Johnson | 2006-06-10 |
Movie | Lethal Eviction | Gus Winter | 2005-03-10 |
Series | Living with Fran | Unknown | 2005-04-08 |
Movie | The Third Wish | George | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | Wheelmen | Vice President | 2005-06-03 |
Movie | Raise Your Voice | Mr. Gantry | 2004-08-10 |
Movie | Hair Show | Seymour Gold | 2004-10-17 |
Movie | Nancy Drew | Prof. Shifflin | 2002-12-15 |
Movie | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Eldon | 2001-06-22 |
Movie | Honeybee | 2001-06-12 | |
Movie | Dancing in September | Mr. Warner | 2001-02-03 |
Movie | The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For | R.L. Stine | 2001-08-31 |
Movie | Epoch | Dr. Solomon Holt | 2001-11-24 |
Series | Star Trek: Enterprise | General K'Vagh | 2001-09-26 |
Series | Philly | Dean Mark Clivner | 2001-09-25 |
Series | The Nightmare Room | R.L. Stine | 2001-08-31 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | Out in Fifty | Cappy | 1999-06-22 |
Movie | Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years | Self | 1998-04-11 |
Movie | The Advanced Guard | Fred, Captive Security Guard | 1998-03-21 |
Movie | You Lucky Dog | Calvin Bridges | 1998-06-27 |
Movie | The Prince of Egypt | Additional Voices (voice) | 1998-12-16 |
Movie | Spirit Lost | Dr. Glidden | 1997-03-24 |
Series | Sparks | Alonzo Sparks | 1996-08-26 |
Series | Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys | Gor-illa (voice) | 1996-09-07 |
Movie | The Brady Bunch Movie | Mr. Steve Yeager | 1995-02-16 |
Series | Aladdin | Haroud Hazi Bin | 1994-02-06 |
Movie | Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die | Chess Player | 1994-05-06 |
Movie | A Friend to Die For | Agent Gilwood | 1994-09-24 |
Movie | Midnight Ramble | Narrator | 1994-10-26 |
Movie | Without Warning: Terror in the Towers | Fred Derby | 1993-05-26 |
Movie | Little Miss Millions | Agent Noah Hollander | 1993-11-27 |
Movie | Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | Lt. Coberly | 1991-06-08 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids | Shredder (voice) | 1991-08-31 |
Movie | The Linguini Incident | Phil | 1991-05-01 |
Series | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Sir Bryant | 1991-09-03 |
Movie | Shout | Midnight Rider (voice) | 1991-10-04 |
Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Philip Banks | 1990-09-10 |
Movie | Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | Earl | 1989-02-05 |
Movie | Roe vs. Wade | 1989-05-15 | |
Movie | License to Drive | Les' DMV examiner | 1988-07-06 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell | Shredder (voice) | 1988-08-11 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins | Shredder (voice) | 1988-11-11 |
Series | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-04 |
Movie | Nightflyers | Darryl | 1987-10-23 |
Movie | Timestalkers | Blacksmith | 1987-03-10 |
Movie | Three for the Road | Clarence | 1987-04-10 |
Series | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Shredder (Voice) | 1987-12-14 |
Movie | Deadly Daphne's Revenge | Detective Wood | 1987-11-01 |
Series | Rambo | 1986-04-14 | |
Movie | The Ladies Club | Joe | 1986-04-01 |
Movie | The 11th Commandment | Attendant | 1986-03-25 |
Movie | 8 Million Ways to Die | Deputy D.A. | 1986-04-25 |
Movie | Stoogemania | Gulch | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Sunday Drive | Oliver | 1986-11-30 |
Movie | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Hank Dudney | 1986-05-19 |
Movie | Extremities | Security Guard | 1986-08-22 |
Movie | Condor | Cas | 1986-08-10 |
Movie | Kicks | Stanley | 1985-03-11 |
Movie | Fletch | Detective #2 | 1985-05-31 |
Movie | Appointment with Fear | Connors | 1985-10-25 |
Series | Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling | 1985-09-14 | |
Movie | Laugh Busters | 1984-09-01 | |
Series | Going Bananas | Hank | 1984-09-15 |
Movie | Antony and Cleopatra | Mardian | 1983-01-01 |
Series | The A-Team | Quint | 1983-01-23 |
Movie | The Blues Brothers | Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop | 1980-06-16 |
Movie | The Stunt Man | Man Playing Pinball (uncredited) | 1980-06-27 |