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3 | James [=LaRue=] Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor, voice actor, writer, television personality and poet. |
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5 | Having been active for over three decades, his most famous roles were as lovable patriarch Philip Banks on the popular sitcom ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' and as the [[TheOtherDarrin (first)]] voice of the Ninja Turtles' arch nemesis Shredder in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987''. |
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7 | He has has a few things in common with fellow actor and voice actor Creator/TonyJay: they both appeared on ''Series/BeautyAndTheBeast1987'' in their own separate story arcs, they both voiced the BigBad on ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and they both were ''exceptionally'' tall. |
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9 | !!'''Selected Film Roles:''' |
10 | * ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' |
11 | * ''Film/{{Fletch}}'' |
12 | * ''Film/EightMillionWaysToDie'' |
13 | * ''Film/LicenseToDrive'' |
14 | * ''Film/TheBradyBunchMovie'' |
15 | * ''Dr. Doolittle 2'' |
16 | * ''Film/RaiseYourVoice'' |
17 | * ''Who's Your Caddy?'' |
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19 | !!'''Selected Television Roles:''' |
20 | * ''Series/{{Newhart}}'' |
21 | * ''Series/TheJeffersons'' |
22 | * ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' |
23 | * ''Series/{{Webster}}'' |
24 | * ''Series/StElsewhere'' |
25 | * ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' |
26 | * ''Series/BeautyAndTheBeast1987'' |
27 | * ''Amen'' |
28 | * ''Series/LALaw'' |
29 | * ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' |
30 | * ''Roc'' |
31 | * ''In The House'' |
32 | * ''Series/FamilyLaw'' |
33 | * ''Sparks'' |
34 | * ''The Division'' |
35 | * ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' |
36 | * ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' |
37 | * ''Series/TheCloser'' |
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39 | !!'''Selected Voice Acting Roles:''' |
40 | * ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'' |
41 | * ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' |
42 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' |
43 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' |
44 | * ''WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries'' |
45 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfPrinceValiant'' |
46 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' |
47 | * ''Literature/TheNightmareRoom'' |
48 | * ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' (The English dub of the 1986 film, notably his only role in anime) |
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50 | !!'''Tropes associated with his work:''' |
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52 | * EvilSoundsDeep: As Shredder, his voice had a deep, menacing and raspy tone to it that virtually none of his subsequent voiceovers could replicate. |
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