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James Avery
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American actor (1945–2013)
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James Avery (1945–2013) was an American screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, and poet. Born James La Rue Avery in Suffolk, Virginia, he served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He received education at Virginia State University and the University of California, San Diego. His professional career spanned from 1980 until his death in 2013.
Avery was a native English speaker who wrote in English. He died of natural causes in Glendale. The provided records also list a separate author named James A. Worden (1841–1917) and a musical artist from London associated with genres such as acid house and ambient music, though these entries appear to refer to different individuals or entities sharing similar names.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1841
- Died
- 1917
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Sabbath schools of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America
- A pastor's memorial
- The Sabbath-school and the church session
- The Bible-teacher's guide; or, Methods of work in the Sabbath- school
- The young pastor's position and work in the Sabbath school
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
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…
Known for
- Wish I Was Here — Audition Actor #22014
- Call Me Crazy: A Five Film — Dr. Beckett2013
- Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer — Judge Parsons2013
- Stars in Shorts — Haig2012
- Harry's Law — Fred Billings2011
- The Problem Solverz — Ninja Master Head (voice)2011
- Not Your Time — Haig2010
- Steppin: The Movie — The Chancellor2009
- Sherri — Redmond2009
- Divine Intervention — Rev. Matthews2008
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- London
- Active from
- 1986-09-30
Discography
- Airstrike2012
- Movement EP2012
- Nylon Icon2012
- Need Electric2012
- Water Jump2012
- Drone Logic2013
- Drone Logic EP2014
- Slow Fade2018
- Song for Alpha2018
- Projector2018
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 169
- Total plays
- 440
Tags
James Avery (1937 – March 8, 2009) was an American classical pianist and conductor. He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas and studied at the University of Kansas, and then at Indiana University (Bloomington) under Tibor Kozma. From 1967 to 1980 he taught at [University of Iowa (Iowa City)], and from 1980 until 2002 at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in Germany. From 1992 he headed Ensemble SurPlus, playing mostly new music. Avery recorded works by Stefan Wolpe, Charles Wuorinen, Brian Ferneyhough,
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,252x
- Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations
· 1976 · cited 68,314x
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,908x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,562x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,724x
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Key facts
- Born
- James La Rue Avery , ( 1945-11-27 ) November 27, 1945, Pughsville, Virginia , U.S.
- Died
- December 31, 2013 (2013-12-31) (aged 68), Glendale, California , U.S.
- Education
- University of California, San Diego ( BA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1978–2013
- Spouse
- Barbara Waters ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
James La Rue Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Philip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Judge Michael Conover on L.A. Law, Steve Yeager in The Brady Bunch Movie, and Dr. Crippen on The Closer (2005–2007); and as the voice actor for Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Haroud Hazi Bin in Aladdin.
Early life
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