James Earl Jones
1931 to 2024
7 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for James Earl Jones across 7 places, from 1931 to 2024. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where James Earl Jones was documented, and when
17 January 1931exact date
Arkabutla, Mississippiattested
“James Earl Jones was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, on January 17, 1931, to Ruth (; 1911–1986), a teacher and maid, and Robert Earl Jones (1910–2006), a boxer, butler, and chauffeur.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1953year
Fort Benningattested
“Jones was commissioned in mid-1953, after the Korean War's end, and reported to Fort Benning to attend the Infantry Officers Basic Course.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1982 to 1989period
Americaattested
“Beside the Star Wars sequels, Jones was featured in several other box office hits of the 1980s: the action/fantasy film Conan the Barbarian (1982), the Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America (1988), and the sports drama/fantasy Field of D…”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1985year
American Theater Hall of Fameattested
“In 1985, Jones was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame He was also the 1987 First recipient of the National Association for Hearing and Speech Action's Annie Glenn Award.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
March 2012month
Schoenfeld Theatreattested
“In March 2012, Jones played the role of President Art Hockstader in Gore Vidal's The Best Man on Broadway at the Schoenfeld Theatre: he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
2014year
Museum of the Moving Imageattested
“Jones won the 2014 Voice Icon Award sponsored by Society of Voice Arts and Sciences at the Museum of the Moving Image.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
9 September 2024exact date
Pawling (town), New Yorkattested
“Jones died at his home in Pawling, New York, on September 9, 2024, at the age of 93 from diabetes.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
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Places James Earl Jones is documented in
America1 presence · 1982
American Theater Hall of Fame1 presence · 1985
Arkabutla, Mississippi1 presence · 1931
Fort Benning1 presence · 1953
Museum of the Moving Image1 presence · 2014
Pawling (town), New York1 presence · 2024
Schoenfeld Theatre1 presence · 2012
Other places tied to James Earl Jones in the record
In each of these, a source puts James Earl Jones and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that James Earl Jones was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1949year
Brethren, Michiganmentioned
“In 1949, Jones graduated from Dickson Rural Agricultural School (now Brethren High School) in Brethren, Michigan, where he served as vice president of his class.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
January 1958month
Cort Theatrementioned
“The play ran only 21 performances, but three months later, in January 1958, Jones created the featured role of Edward the butler in Dore Schary's Sunrise at Campobello at the Cort Theatre.”
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December 1967month
Arena Stagementioned
“In December 1967, Jones starred with Jane Alexander in Howard Sackler's play, The Great White Hope, at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1973year
Circle in the Square Theatrementioned
“In 1973, Jones played Hickey on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh and starred in the title role of William Shakespeare's King Lear opposite Paul Sorvino, René Auberjonois, and…”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1973year
Central Parkmentioned
“In 1973, Jones played Hickey on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh and starred in the title role of William Shakespeare's King Lear opposite Paul Sorvino, René Auberjonois, and…”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1973year
New Yorkmentioned
“In 1973, Jones played Hickey on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh and starred in the title role of William Shakespeare's King Lear opposite Paul Sorvino, René Auberjonois, and…”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1973year
New York Citymentioned
“In 1973, Jones played Hickey on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh and starred in the title role of William Shakespeare's King Lear opposite Paul Sorvino, René Auberjonois, and…”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1987year
Matewan, West Virginiamentioned
“He also starred in the independent film Matewan (1987), which dramatized the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1988 to 2021period
Americamentioned
“It's a once-in-a-generation vocal quality." Jones also reprised the role of King Jaffe Joffer in Coming 2 America (2021), the sequel to Coming to America (1988); this was his final screen credit.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1993year
Baltimorementioned
“national anthem before the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Baltimore.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1994year
Morgan Library and Museummentioned
“In 1994, he performed the role of "Ebenezer Scrooge" alongside Martin Sheen and Robert MacNeil in a public reading of A Christmas Carol at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City, which was broadcast on PBS.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1994year
New Yorkmentioned
“In 1994, he performed the role of "Ebenezer Scrooge" alongside Martin Sheen and Robert MacNeil in a public reading of A Christmas Carol at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City, which was broadcast on PBS.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1994year
New York Citymentioned
“In 1994, he performed the role of "Ebenezer Scrooge" alongside Martin Sheen and Robert MacNeil in a public reading of A Christmas Carol at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City, which was broadcast on PBS.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
1995year
Seattlementioned
“In 1995, Jones starred in Under One Roof as Neb Langston, a widowed African-American police officer sharing his home in Seattle with his daughter, his married son and children, and Neb's newly adopted son.”
source: Wikipedia: James Earl Jones
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2013year
23 September 2015exact date
2017year
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