Tuesday, December 31, 2013

James Avery obit

He was not on the list.

James Avery of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" fame dead at 68

James Avery, the bulky character actor who laid down the law as the Honorable Philip Banks in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," has died.

Avery's publicist, Cynthia Snyder, told The Associated Press that Avery died Tuesday in Glendale, Calif., following complications from open heart surgery. He was 68, Snyder said.

Avery's "Fresh Prince" co-star Alfonso Ribeiro, who played his son Carlton on the show, took to Twitter following Avery's death:

Avery played Will Smith's uncle on the popular TV series and was called Uncle Phil. His movie credits included "Fletch," "The Prince of Egypt" and "8 Million Ways to Die." He also appeared in "Grey's Anatomy," "That '70s Show" "Charmed" and "That's So Raven."

According to Snyder, he will be seen in the film "Wish I Was Here," directed by Zach Braff and scheduled to premiere later this month at the Sundance festival.

Avery grew up in Atlantic City, N.J., and served in the Navy in Vietnam in the late 1960s. After returning to the states, he settled in California and studied drama and literature at the University of California at San Diego.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and stepson Kevin Waters.


Filmography
Film
Year       Title       Role       Notes
1980      The Stunt Man       Man Playing Pinball         Uncredited
1980      The Blues Brothers          Man Dancing      Uncredited
1985      Fletch    Detective #2      
1985      Appointment with Fear Connors              
1985      Stoogemania      Gulch   
1986      Fist of the North Star      Fang      Voice, (1991 Streamline Pictures dub)
1986      The Eleventh Commandment     Larry     
1986      8 Million Ways to Die     Deputy D.A.       
1986      The Ladies Club                 Joe        
1986      Extremities         Security Guard
1987      Three for the Road          Clarence              
1987      Nightflyers          Darryl   
1987      Deadly Daphne's Revenge            Det. Wood         
1987      Jake's M.O.         Abel Barnes       
1988      License to Drive                Les' DMV Examiner         
1991      Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time           Lt. Coberly          
1991      Shout    Midnight Rider Voice
1991      The Linguini Incident       Phil        
1993      Little Miss Millions           Agent Noah Hollander   
1995      The Brady Bunch Movie                 Steve Yeager     
1997      Spirit Lost            Dr. Glidden        
1998      12 Bucks              Slow     
1998      The Prince of Egypt         Additional Characters     Voice
1999      Out in Fifty          Cappy   
1999      After Romeo                     
2000      Dancing in September   Mr. Warner        
2001      Honeybee           Larry Dukes        
2001      Dr. Dolittle 2       Eldon    
2001      Chasing Sunsets                Mr. Burken        
2004      Raise Your Voice               Mr. Gantry         
2004      Hair Show            Seymour Gold   
2005      Lethal Eviction   Gus Winter        
2005      The Third Wish George
2005      Wheelmen          Vice President  
2005      A Christmas Wish             Saint      Short
2006      Restraining Order             Judge Sanderson             
2006      Think Tank          Uncle John         
2006      Danika Teddy Johnson
2007      Who's Your Caddy?         Caddy Mack       
2007      Divine Intervention         Rev. Matthews
2008      His Good Will     Mr. Cooper         Short
2008      Leave with It      Dr. Leon               Short
2009      Steppin: The Movie         The Chancellor
2010      Let the Game Begin         Mark Hanley      
2010      Stride    George
2010      The Grind            Modelo Snipes
2012      Valediction         Edward                 Short
2014      Wish I Was Here               Audition actor #2            


Television
Year       Title       Role       Notes
1983      Antony and Cleopatra    Mardian               TV movie
1983      Tales of the Gold Monkey             Gabriel Episode: "God Save the Queen"
1983      Newhart              Construction Guy             Episode: "Heaven Knows Mr. Utley"
1983      The Jeffersons   Coleman              Episode: "Father Christmas"
1983-1984          Simon & Simon Huey, Roy            2 episodes
1984      Hill Street Blues                Tolliver 3 episodes
1984      Legmen                No Neck               Episode: "I Shall Be Re-Released"
1984      Hardcastle and McCormick                           Episode: "Scared Stiff"
1984      Going Bananas Hank     
1984      Webster               Judge    Episode: "Webster Long" (2)
1984      Fist of the North Star      Fang      Voice; English dub
1984      The Dukes of Hazzard     Charlie Episode: "Cool Hands, Luke & Bo"
1984-1985          Brothers               Bubba Dean        2 episodes
1985      Street Hawk        Councilman Waters         Pilot
1985      St. Elsewhere     Mental Patient Episode: "Give the Boy a Hand"
1985      Cagney & Lacey                                 Episode: "Who Says It's Fair" (1)
1985      Kicks      Stanley TV movie
1985      Space    Jean-Marie         CBS miniseries
1985      Scarecrow and Mrs. King               Nabuti Episode: "Murder Between Friends"
1985      Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling Junkyard Dog     Voice
1985      George Burns Comedy Week                      Episode: "The Assignment"
1985      The A-Team                        Episode: "The Heart of Rock n' Roll"
1985      Moonlighting     Reuben King       Episode: "Twas the Episode Before Christmas"
1986      Karate Kommandos         Additional voices             
1986      Amazing Stories                Chief Hansen      Episode: "Hell Toupee"
1986      Rambo and the Forces of Freedom           Turbo    Voice
1986      Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Movie        Hank Dudney     TV movie
1986      Condor Cas         TV movie
1986      Sunday Drive      Oliver    TV movie
1986-1989          The Real Ghostbusters   Killerwatt / Judge             Voice, 3 episodes
1986-1989          Amen    Arnie Samples / Rev. Crawford   5 episodes
1987      Jake's M.O.         Abel Barnes        Unsold pilot / TV movie
1987      Timestalkers       Blacksmith          TV movie
1987      Jake and the Fatman                       Episode: "Fatal Attraction"
1987-1989          Valerie Judge N. Keller / Mr. Erdman       2 episodes
1987−1993          Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles    Shredder             Voice, 103 episodes
1988      Dallas    Judge Fowler      Episode: "Malice in Dallas"
1988      Beauty and the Beast      Winslow              
1988      227        Jo-Jo      Episode: "My Aching Back"
1988      Heart and Soul Harlan Sinclair   Pilot
1988-1992          L.A. Law                Judge Michael Conover 9 episodes
1989      Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal       Earl        TV movie
1989      Roe vs. Wade                     TV movie
1989      FM         Quentin Lamoreaux        TV Series
1989      A Different World             The Pin Punisher              Episode: "To Have and Have Not"
1989      Turn Back the Clock         Physical Therapist            TV movie
1990      Night Court         Judge Hopkins   Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues" (1)
1990      Capital News                      Pilot
1990      To My Daughter                                TV movie
1990-1996          The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air           Philip Banks        148 episodes
1991      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles    Shredder             Voice, TV movie
1991      The Legend of Prince Valiant       Sir Bryant             Voice, 9 episodes
1992      Roc         Dale Hammers   Episode: "The Car Accident from Heaven"
1993      Without Warning: Terror in the Towers Fred Ferby           TV movie
1993      Family Matters Little G's father Episode: "Scenes from a Mall"
1993-1994          American Experience      Charles Hamilton Houston / Narrator      2 episodes
1994      Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die          Chess Player       TV movie
1994      A Friend to Die For           Agent Gilwood TV movie
1994      Aladdin                 Haroud Hazi Bin                Voice, 9 episodes
1994-1995          Iron Man      War Machine     Voice, 7 episodes
1995      ABC Weekend Special    Headman             Voice, Episode: "Jirimpimbira – An African Folk Tale"
1995      Murder One       Judge Nathaniel Alexander          Episode: "Chapter Five"
1996      Gargoyles            The Shaman       Voice, Episode: "Walk About"
1996      Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys              Gor-illa/Gor        Voice, 26 episodes
1996      Spider-Man        War Machine     Voice, 2 episodes
1996-1998          Sparks   Alonzo Sparks    40 episodes
1996-1998          In the House       Mediator / Sampson Stanton      2 episodes
1997      Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child      Father   Voice, Episode: "The Golden Goose"
1997      Extreme Ghostbusters   Danny   Voice, Episode: "Dry Spell"
1998      The Advanced Guard      Fred       TV movie
1998      You Lucky Dog   Calvin Bridges    TV movie
1998      The Wild Thornberrys            Gorilla   Voice, Episode: "Valley Girls"
1999      Vengeance Unlimited     Judge Christopher Washington   Episode: "Legalese"
1999      King's Pawn        Cecil       Pilot
1999      Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?      Malcolm Avalon                2 episodes
1999      For Your Love     Rev. Hicks            Episode: "Mother Load"
1999      Family Law                          Episode: "Damages"
1999-2000          Pepper Ann        Mr. Clapper        3 episodes
2000      Bull        Prof. Gilbert Granville     Episode: "What the Past Will Bring"
2000      One World          William Richard                 Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
2000      CSI: Crime Scene Investigation    Preston Cash      Episode: "Unfriendly Skies"
2000      Two Guys and a Girl        Judge    Episode: "Rescue Me"
2000-2002          Dharma & Greg                 Walter 2 episodes
2001      Epoch    Dr. Solomon Holt              TV movie
2001      The Jamie Foxx Show      Reverend            Episode: "Always and Forever"
2001      Strong Medicine               Harold Jenkins   Episode: "Wednesday Night Fever"
2001      The Legend of Tarzan     Chief Keewazi    Voice, 3 episodes
2001      The Proud Family             Crandall Smythe               Voice, Episode: "Spelling Bee"
2001-2002          The Nightmare Room     R.L. Stine              12 episodes
2001−2003          Soul Food            Walter Carter     4 episodes
2002      Philly     Dean Mark Clivner           Episode: "Here Comes the Judge"
2002      Judging Amy       Mr. Ruff               Episode: "Damage Control"
2002      Nancy Drew        Prof. Shifflin       TV movie
2002-2003          The Division        Charles Haysbert              9 episodes
2003      Reba      Judge Samuel Bennett   Episode: "The Feud"
2003      Crossing Jordan                 Dr. Erkhart          Episode: "Conspiracy"
2003      Street Smarts     Contestant          Episode: "May 16, 2003"
2003      All About the Andersons               Roscoe Episode: "Flo's Dream"
2003-2004          All of Us               Lucas     2 episodes
2004      That '70s Show Officer Kennedy               3 episodes
2004      Charmed              Zola        Episode: "A Call to Arms"
2004      NYPD Blue           Steve Pines         Episode: "Great Balls or Ire"
2004      Girlfriends           Dr. Couch            Episode: "Maybe Baby"
2004      That's So Raven                 Presto Jones       Episode: "Opportunity Shocks"
2005-2007          The Closer           Dr. Crippen         11 episodes
2005      My Wife and Kids             Professor Tillman             Episode: "Study Buddy"
2005      Star Trek: Enterprise       General K'Vagh 2 episodes
2005      Living With Fran                Mr. Bryant          Episode: "Learning with Fran"
2006      Take 3   Judge Sanderson              Episode: "Study Buddy"
2008      Eli Stone               Mason Andrews               Episode: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
2009      Sherri    Redmond            4 episodes
2011      The Problem Solverz       Go-Seeki Ninja Master / Ninja Master Head          Voice, Episode: "Hide and Seek Ninjaz"
2012      Grey's Anatomy                Sam       Episode: "One Step Too Far"
2012      The Young and the Restless         Judge Roy Daley                2 episodes
2013      Call Me Crazy: A Five Film             Dr. Beckett          TV movie, segment: "Eddie"
2013      Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer        Judge Parsons    TV movie
2013      Go, Bolivia, Go! Commissioner Morocco                 TV Movie
2015      Da Jammies        Covington            Voice, Episode: "Cello"
Posthumous release
 

No comments:

Post a Comment