James Avery

Actor

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.

Born: November 27, 1945 in Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA

Died: December 31, 2013 (Age 68)

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James Avery Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Dr. Dolittle 2 Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	4.6	Actor	Eldon	2001
Think Tank Movie	2.8	Actor	Uncle John	2006
The Prince of Egypt Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Additional Voices (voice)	1998
Little Miss Millions Movie	5	Actor	Agent Noah Hollander	1993
Deadly Daphne's Revenge Movie	3.1	Actor	Detective Wood	1987
Honeybee Movie	3.8	Actor		2001
8 Million Ways to Die Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	5.8	Actor	Deputy D.A.	1986
Hair Show Movie	5.2	Actor	Seymour Gold	2004
License to Drive Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Les' DMV examiner	1988
Divine Intervention Movie	3.9	Actor	Rev. Matthews	2008
The Linguini Incident Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Phil	1991
Raise Your Voice Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6	Actor	Mr. Gantry	2004
Wheelmen Movie	3.9	Actor	Vice President	2005
Spirit Lost Movie	4	Actor	Dr. Glidden	1997
Three for the Road Movie	5.1	Actor	Clarence	1987
Nightflyers Movie	4.5	Actor	Darryl	1987
The Third Wish Movie	4	Actor	George	2005
Lethal Eviction Movie	4.2	Actor	Gus Winter	2005
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time Movie	4.3	Actor	Lt. Coberly	1991
Steppin: The Movie Movie	3	Actor	The Chancellor	2009
The 11th Commandment Movie	3.7	Actor	Attendant	1986
Out in Fifty Movie	3.6	Actor	Cappy	1999
Who's Your Caddy? Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	2.5	Actor	Caddy Mack	2007
Appointment with Fear Movie	2.9	Actor	Connors	1985
Wish I Was Here Movie	6.5	Actor	Audition Actor #2	2014
Extremities Movie	6.4	Actor	Security Guard	1986
Danika Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	5.3	Actor	Teddy Johnson	2006
Fletch Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Detective #2	1985
Stars In Shorts Movie	6.2	Actor	Haig	2012
The Ladies Club Movie	5.2	Actor	Joe	1986
The Stunt Man Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Man Playing Pinball (uncredited)	1980
Stoogemania Movie	3.4	Actor	Gulch	1986
Midnight Ramble Movie	6.6	Actor	Narrator	1994
Nancy Drew Movie	5.3	Actor	Prof. Shifflin	2002
Dancing in September Movie	6	Actor	Mr. Warner	2001
The Blues Brothers Movie	8.1	Actor	Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop	1980
Sunday Drive Movie	5.9	Actor	Oliver	1986
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter Movie	7.5	Actor	Shredder (voice)	1992
Shout Movie	5.5	Actor	Midnight Rider (voice)	1991
The Brady Bunch Movie Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	6	Actor	Mr. Steve Yeager	1995
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC Movie		Actor	Shredder (voice)	1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell Movie		Actor	Shredder (voice)	1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids Movie		Actor	Shredder (voice)	1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins Movie	7.8	Actor	Shredder (voice)	1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core Movie		Actor	Splinter (voice)	1991
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale Movie	8.8	Actor	The Headman	1995
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga Movie	7.2	Actor	Jim Rhodes / War Machine	2005
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV Show Available on 6 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Philip Banks 148 Episodes	1990-1996
Rambo TV Show	6.5	Actor	65 Episodes	1986-1986
Going Bananas TV Show	5.4	Actor	Hank 12 Episodes	1984-1984
Sparks TV Show	6.9	Actor	Alonzo Sparks 40 Episodes	1996-1998
The Nightmare Room TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	R.L. Stine 13 Episodes	2001-2002
Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Gor-illa (voice) 26 Episodes	1996-1997
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling TV Show	5.9	Actor	41 Episodes	1985-1986
The Legend of Prince Valiant TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Sir Bryant 65 Episodes	1991-1994
Sherri TV Show	6.2	Actor	Redmond 13 Episodes	2009-2009
American Experience TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Charles Hamilton Houston (voice) 1 Episode	1988
Amazing Stories TV Show	7.3	Actor	Chief Hansen 1 Episode	1985-1987
Star Trek: Enterprise TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	General K'Vagh 2 Episodes	2001-2005
Living with Fran TV Show	5.6	Actor	1 Episode	2005-2007
The A-Team TV Show	7.6	Actor	Quint 1 Episode	1983-1987
Philly TV Show	7	Actor	Dean Mark Clivner 1 Episode	2001-2002
That's So Raven TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Presto 1 Episode	2003-2007
Charmed TV Show Available on 7 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Zola 1 Episode	1998-2006
The Closer TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	8	Actor	Dr. Crippen 11 Episodes	2005-2012
Crossing Jordan TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Dr. Erkhart 1 Episode	2001-2007
That '70s Show TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8	Actor	Officer Kennedy 3 Episodes	1998-2006
Dallas TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Actor	Judge J. Fowler 1 Episode	1978-1991
The Legend of Tarzan TV Show	6.8	Actor	Keewazi (voice) 3 Episodes	2001-2003
The Wild Thornberrys TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Gorilla (voice) 1 Episode	1998-2004
Aladdin TV Show	7.2	Actor	Haroud Hazi Bin (voice) 4 Episodes	1994-1995
Roc TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Dale Hammers 1 Episode	1991-1994
One World TV Show	6.4	Actor	William Richard 1 Episode	1998-2001
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Father (voice) 1 Episode	1995-2000
Murder One TV Show	8	Actor	Judge Nathaniel Alexander 1 Episode	1995-1997
Iron Man TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	War Machine (voice) 13 Episodes	1994-1996
Spider-Man: The Animated Series TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8.3	Actor	Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice) 2 Episodes	1994-1998
Brothers TV Show	7.8	Actor	Bubba 1 Episode	1984-1989
Eli Stone TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Mason Andrews 1 Episode	2008-2009
Night Court TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Judge Hopkins 1 Episode	1984-1992
L.A. Law TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Judge Michael Conover 1 Episode	1986-1994
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV Show Available on 12 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Preston Cash 1 Episode	2000-2015
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Shredder (voice) 169 Episodes	1987-1996
Reading Rainbow TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Himself - Narrator (voice) 2 Episodes	1983-2006
Moonlighting TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Reuben King 1 Episode	1985-1989
American Experience TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Narrator (voice) 1 Episode	1988
A Different World TV Show	7.1	Actor	The Pin Punisher 1 Episode	1987-1993
The Proud Family TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Crandall Smythe (voice) 1 Episode	2001-2005
Grey's Anatomy TV Show Available on 7 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Sam 1 Episode	2005
The Real Ghostbusters TV Show	7.5	Actor	Killerwatt (voice) 1 Episode	1986-1991
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Count Shockula (voice) 1 Episode	1988-1991
Going Places TV Show		Actor	Host 19 Episodes	1997
Strong Medicine TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Harold Jenkins 1 Episode	2000-2006
Capital News TV Show	6.2	Actor	Mr. Fairchild 1 Episode	1990-1990
The Legend of Tarzan TV Show	6.8	Actor	(voice) 1 Episode	2001-2003
Family Law TV Show	6.3	Actor	1 Episode	1999-2002
Not Your Time Short Film	7.5	Actor	Haig	2010
Timestalkers Movie	5.4	Actor	Blacksmith	1987
Epoch Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	5	Actor	Dr. Solomon Holt	2001
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers Movie	4.1	Actor	Fred Derby	1993
Death of a Cheerleader Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	Agent Gilwood	1994
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story Movie	6.2	Actor	Hank Dudney	1986
The Advanced Guard Movie	4.1	Actor	Fred, Captive Security Guard	1998
Condor Movie	4.7	Actor	Cas	1985
Antony and Cleopatra Movie	5.3	Actor	Mardian	1984
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer Movie	5.7	Actor	Judge Parsons	2013
Kicks Movie	6.7	Actor	Stanley	1985
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal Movie	4.7	Actor	Earl	1989
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Movie	6.9	Actor	Dr. Beckett	2013
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die Movie	6.3	Actor	Chess Player	1994
To My Daughter Movie	6.4	Actor	Ian Mellon	1990
You Lucky Dog Movie	4.8	Actor	Calvin Bridges	1998
Laugh Busters Movie	5.4	Actor		1984
Roe vs. Wade Movie	5.8	Actor		1989
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years Movie	7.9	Actor	Self	1998
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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