James Avery
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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7.733
The Legend of Prince Valiant
6
Living with Fran
7
Star Trek: Enterprise
7.558
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.636
Sparks
9
Rambo
7.205
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
5.8
Dallas
6.8
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
6.2
Sherri
5.5
The Legend of Tarzan
6.878
The Legend of Tarzan
6.878
The Wild Thornberrys
6.876
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
7.9
Amazing Stories
7.49
Going Bananas
5
Aladdin
6.969
Reading Rainbow
8.333
American Experience
7.4
American Experience
7.4
Roc
7.818
One World
10
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
6
A Different World
7.121
Moonlighting
7.5
Murder One
7.759
The A-Team
7.468
Iron Man
6.6
Spider-Man
8.292
The Proud Family
7.8
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
7.6
Philly
7
Grey's Anatomy
8.221
The Nightmare Room
7.8
Night Court
7.354
Brothers
7.2
The Real Ghostbusters
7.7
Eli Stone
6.8
Going Places
0
L.A. Law
7.1
Strong Medicine
7.1
That's So Raven
7.163
The Closer
7.849
Charmed
8.2
Crossing Jordan
7.2
Capital News
6
That '70s Show
7.946
Family Law
8.2
Two Guys and a Girl
7.175
Gargoyles
8.1
Harry's Law
7.3
The Division
7
The Jamie Foxx Show
6.7
Duckman
7.203
Duckman
7.203
Reba
6.53
Girlfriends
7.2
Movies
Sunday Drive
0
Epoch
4.7
Dr. Dolittle 2
5.314
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
0
The Prince of Egypt
7.3
Kicks
6
License to Drive
6.606
Raise Your Voice
6.5
To My Daughter
0
A Friend to Die For
6.239
Shout
5.8
Nightflyers
4.4
The Third Wish
2.2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
10
Timestalkers
5.3
The Advanced Guard
3.3
Condor
5.1
Divine Intervention
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
6.4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
7.182
Three for the Road
5.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
7.389
Wheelmen
0
Spirit Lost
2.3
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
7
Dancing in September
6.5
Antony and Cleopatra
4
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
5.167
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
4.59
Little Miss Millions
5.4
Out in Fifty
2.833
The Linguini Incident
6.9
Who's Your Caddy?
3.455
Laugh Busters
0
Not Your Time
1
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
0
The Blues Brothers
7.726
Roe vs. Wade
6.35
Appointment with Fear
2
The Brady Bunch Movie
6.1
Lethal Eviction
4.222
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
0
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
6.956
Extremities
6.112
Stars In Shorts
4.667
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
0
You Lucky Dog
5.6
Midnight Ramble
7
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
4.643
The Ladies Club
5.222
Nancy Drew
5.6
Honeybee
1
Deadly Daphne's Revenge
3.25
Fletch
6.739
8 Million Ways to Die
5.5
Hair Show
5.15
Think Tank
1.5
The Stunt Man
6.667
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
3
The 11th Commandment
3.9
Steppin: The Movie
4.344
Danika
5.1
Stoogemania
2.3
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
6.5
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
2
Wish I Was Here
6.538
Turn Back the Clock
6.333
The Fesh Pince of Blair
10