OK Why Did I Not Know

[moon_custafer]

that James Earl Jones’ father, Robert Earl Jones, was also an actor, and that judging by this clip (Lying Lips, 1939) he looked a bit like him and sounded almost exactly like him?

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[sovay]

James Earl Jones’ father, Robert Earl Jones, was also an actor, and that judging by this clip (Lying Lips, 1939) he looked a bit like him and sounded almost exactly like him?

I knew he was an actor, but I'd only seen him much later in life (he's Redford's mentor in The Sting (1973), his death avenged by the sting itself) and the voice did not register with me! That's like Stan and Nathan Rogers. Wow.