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1	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ja.png]]
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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.

Context Creator / JamesAvery