James Avery
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Sunday Drive
1986
Epoch
2001
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
The Prince of Egypt
1998
Kicks
1985
License to Drive
1988
Raise Your Voice
2004
To My Daughter
1990
A Friend to Die For
1994
Shout
1991
Nightflyers
1987
The Third Wish
2005
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
1992
Timestalkers
1987
The Advanced Guard
1998
Condor
1986
Divine Intervention
2008
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
1991
Three for the Road
1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
1988
Wheelmen
2005
Spirit Lost
1997
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Dancing in September
2001
Antony and Cleopatra
1983
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
2013
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
1991
Little Miss Millions
1993
Out in Fifty
1999
The Linguini Incident
1991
Who's Your Caddy?
2007
Laugh Busters
1984
Not Your Time
2010
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
1998
The Blues Brothers
1980
Roe vs. Wade
1989
Appointment with Fear
1985
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
Lethal Eviction
2005
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
1991
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005
Extremities
1986
Stars in Shorts
2012
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
2001
You Lucky Dog
1998
Midnight Ramble
1994
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
The Ladies Club
1986
Nancy Drew
2002
Honeybee
2001
Deadly Daphne's Revenge
1987
Fletch
1985
8 Million Ways to Die
1986
Hair Show
2004
Think Tank
2006
The Stunt Man
1980
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
1993
The 11th Commandment
1986
Steppin: The Movie
2009
Danika
2006
Stoogemania
1985
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
1995
Wish I Was Here
2014
Turn Back the Clock
1989
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Shredhead
1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop
1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers
1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles
1989
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
Living with Fran
2005
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Sparks
1996
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
1986
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996
Dallas
1978
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
1985
Sherri
2009
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Amazing Stories
1985
Going Bananas
1984
Aladdin
1994
Reading Rainbow
1983
American Experience
1988
American Experience
1988
Roc
1991
One World
1998
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
A Different World
1987
Moonlighting
1985
Murder One
1995
The A-Team
1983
Iron Man
1994
Spider-Man
1994
The Proud Family
2001
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
1988
Philly
2001
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Nightmare Room
2001
Night Court
1984
Brothers
1984
The Real Ghostbusters
1986
Eli Stone
2008
Going Places
1997
L.A. Law
1986
Strong Medicine
2000
That's So Raven
2003
The Closer
2005
Charmed
1998
Crossing Jordan
2001
Capital News
1990
That '70s Show
1998
Family Law
1999
Two Guys and a Girl
1998
Gargoyles
1994
Harry's Law
2011
The Division
2001
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
Duckman
1994
Duckman
1994
Reba
2001
Girlfriends
2000
Newhart
1982
Family Matters
1989
The Problem Solverz
2011
FM
1989
St. Elsewhere
1982