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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA, 1945-11-27

Died: 2013-12-31

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	The Blues Brothers	Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop	77
2	1980	The Stunt Man	Man Playing Pinball (uncredited)	67
3	1983	Antony and Cleopatra	Mardian	40
4	1984	Laugh Busters		0
5	1985	Kicks	Stanley	60
6	1985	Fletch	Detective #2	67
7	1985	Appointment with Fear	Connors	22
8	1986	Stoogemania	Gulch	30
9	1986	The 11th Commandment	Attendant	42
10	1986	The Ladies Club	Joe	63
11	1986	8 Million Ways to Die	Deputy D.A.	55
12	1986	Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story	Hank Dudney	0
13	1986	Condor	Cas	51
14	1986	Extremities	Security Guard	61
15	1986	Sunday Drive	Oliver	0
16	1987	Timestalkers	Blacksmith	52
17	1987	Three for the Road	Clarence	56
18	1987	Nightflyers	Darryl	47
19	1987	Deadly Daphne's Revenge	Detective Wood	31
20	1988	License to Drive	Les' DMV examiner	66
21	1988	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell	Shredder (voice)	69
22	1988	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins	Shredder (voice)	74
23	1989	Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal	Earl	51
24	1989	Roe vs. Wade		68
25	1990	To My Daughter	Ian Mellon	0
26	1991	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC	Shredder (voice)	0
27	1991	The Linguini Incident	Phil	67
28	1991	Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time	Lt. Coberly	47
29	1991	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core	Splinter (voice)	0
30	1991	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids	Shredder (voice)	60
31	1991	Shout	Midnight Rider (voice)	57
32	1992	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter	Shredder (voice)	0
33	1993	Without Warning: Terror in the Towers	Fred Derby	30
34	1993	Little Miss Millions	Agent Noah Hollander	54
35	1994	Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die	Chess Player	65
36	1994	A Friend to Die For	Agent Gilwood	62
37	1994	Midnight Ramble	Narrator	70
38	1995	The Brady Bunch Movie	Mr. Steve Yeager	61
39	1995	Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale	The Headman	20
40	1997	Spirit Lost	Dr. Glidden	23
41	1998	The Advanced Guard	Fred, Captive Security Guard	33
42	1998	Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years	Self	0
43	1998	You Lucky Dog	Calvin Bridges	56
44	1998	The Prince of Egypt	Additional Voices (voice)	73
45	1999	Out in Fifty	Cappy	35
46	2001	Dancing in September	Mr. Warner	65
47	2001	Honeybee		10
48	2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Eldon	53
49	2001	The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For	R.L. Stine	0
50	2001	Epoch	Dr. Solomon Holt	47
51	2002	Nancy Drew	Prof. Shifflin	56
52	2004	Raise Your Voice	Mr. Gantry	65
53	2004	Hair Show	Seymour Gold	56
54	2005	Lethal Eviction	Gus Winter	42
55	2005	The Third Wish	George	25
56	2005	Wheelmen	Vice President	0
57	2005	Danika	Teddy Johnson	52
58	2005	Spider-Man: The Venom Saga	Jim Rhodes / War Machine	68
59	2006	Think Tank	Uncle John	20
60	2007	Who's Your Caddy?	Caddy Mack	36
61	2008	Divine Intervention	Rev. Matthews	10
62	2009	Steppin: The Movie	The Chancellor	46
63	2010	Not Your Time	Haig	10
64	2012	Stars In Shorts	Haig	0
65	2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Dr. Beckett	69
66	2013	Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer	Judge Parsons	55
67	2014	Wish I Was Here	Audition Actor #2	65

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Dallas	Judge J. Fowler	68
2	1983	The A-Team	Quint	75
3	1983	Reading Rainbow	Himself - Narrator (voice)	84
4	1984	Night Court	Judge Hopkins	73
5	1984	Brothers	Bubba	72
6	1984	Going Bananas	Hank	50
7	1985	Moonlighting	Reuben King	75
8	1985	Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling		62
9	1985	Amazing Stories	Chief Hansen	75
10	1986	Rambo		66
11	1986	The Real Ghostbusters	Killerwatt (voice)	77
12	1986	L.A. Law	Judge Michael Conover	71
13	1987	A Different World	The Pin Punisher	70
14	1987	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Shredder (voice)	77
15	1988	A Pup Named Scooby-Doo	Count Shockula (voice)	76
16	1988	American Experience	Narrator (voice)	75
17	1988	American Experience	Charles Hamilton Houston (voice)	75
18	1990	Capital News	Mr. Fairchild	60
19	1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Philip Banks	79
20	1991	Roc	Dale Hammers	78
21	1991	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Sir Bryant	57
22	1994	Aladdin	Haroud Hazi Bin (voice)	69
23	1994	Iron Man	War Machine (voice)	66
24	1994	Spider-Man	Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)	83
25	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Father (voice)	60
26	1995	Murder One	Judge Nathaniel Alexander	78
27	1996	Sparks	Alonzo Sparks	90
28	1996	Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys	Gor-illa (voice)	58
29	1997	Going Places	Host	0
30	1998	That '70s Show	Officer Kennedy	80
31	1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Gorilla (voice)	68
32	1998	One World	William Richard	100
33	1998	Charmed	Zola	82
34	1999	Family Law		82
35	2000	Strong Medicine	Harold Jenkins	71
36	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Preston Cash	76
37	2001	The Nightmare Room	R.L. Stine	78
38	2001	The Legend of Tarzan	(voice)	68
39	2001	The Legend of Tarzan	Keewazi (voice)	68
40	2001	The Proud Family	Crandall Smythe (voice)	78
41	2001	Crossing Jordan	Dr. Erkhart	72
42	2001	Philly	Dean Mark Clivner	67
43	2001	Star Trek: Enterprise	General K'Vagh	76
44	2003	That's So Raven	Presto	72
45	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Sam	82
46	2005	Living with Fran		70
47	2005	The Closer	Dr. Crippen	79
48	2008	Eli Stone	Mason Andrews	68
49	2009	Sherri	Redmond	55