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
7.729
The Legend of Prince Valiant
6
Living with Fran
7
Star Trek: Enterprise
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.636
Sparks
9
Rambo
7.117
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
6.81
The Legend of Tarzan
6.81
The Wild Thornberrys
6.9
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
7.923
Amazing Stories
7.441
Going Bananas
5
Aladdin
6.936
Reading Rainbow
8.4
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
7.123
Moonlighting
7.5
Murder One
7.759
The A-Team
7.5
Iron Man
6.651
Spider-Man
8.287
The Proud Family
7.761
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
7.6
Philly
7
Grey's Anatomy
8.225
The Nightmare Room
7.8
Night Court
7.352
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
7.2
The Closer
7.9
Charmed
8.181
Crossing Jordan
7.166
Capital News
6
That '70s Show
7.94
Family Law
8.2
Two Guys and a Girl
7.2
Gargoyles
8.094
Harry's Law
7.3
Movies
Sunday Drive
0
Epoch
4.7
Dr. Dolittle 2
5.312
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
0
The Prince of Egypt
7.287
Kicks
6
License to Drive
6.6
Raise Your Voice
6.547
To My Daughter
0
A Friend to Die For
6.2
Shout
5.7
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
6.976
Dancing in September
6.5
Antony and Cleopatra
4
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
5.167
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
4.6
Little Miss Millions
5.4
Out in Fifty
3
The Linguini Incident
6.9
Who's Your Caddy?
3.4
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
6.104
Lethal Eviction
4.222
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
0
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
6.956
Extremities
6.1
Stars In Shorts
0
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
6.7
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
3
The 11th Commandment
3.9
Steppin: The Movie
4.344
Danika
5.107
Stoogemania
2.333
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
6.5
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
2
Wish I Was Here
6.545
Turn Back the Clock
5.6