James Avery
Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
1945-11-27
Biography: 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.
Movies:
Sunday Drive
Epoch
Dr. Dolittle 2
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
The Prince of Egypt
Kicks
License to Drive
Raise Your Voice
To My Daughter
A Friend to Die For
Shout
Nightflyers
The Third Wish
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
Timestalkers
The Advanced Guard
Condor
Divine Intervention
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
Three for the Road
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
Wheelmen
Spirit Lost
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Dancing in September
Antony and Cleopatra
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
Little Miss Millions
Out in Fifty
The Linguini Incident
Who's Your Caddy?
Laugh Busters
Not Your Time
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
The Blues Brothers
Roe vs. Wade
Appointment with Fear
The Brady Bunch Movie
Lethal Eviction
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
Extremities
Stars In Shorts
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
You Lucky Dog
Midnight Ramble
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
The Ladies Club
Nancy Drew
Honeybee
Deadly Daphne's Revenge
Fletch
8 Million Ways to Die
Hair Show
Think Tank
The Stunt Man
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
The 11th Commandment
Steppin: The Movie
Danika
Stoogemania
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Wish I Was Here
Turn Back the Clock
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Shredhead
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop
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