James Earl Jones

He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2002. He was 85. He won Tony awards in 1959 in The Great White Hope and in 1987 in Fences. He collided head-on with a car and died shortly after. He also read the opening tease for NBC's coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens. Llewelyn was killed in a road accident on December 19, 1999 after returning home from a booksigning promoting his autobiography in East Sussex. He appears in television and radio advertising for Verizon Wireless. Contrary to his gadget-expert character in the Bond films, Llewelyn always maintained that he was totally lost in the world of technology.

He also starred in the television program Under One Roof as Neb Langston, a widowed police officer, a role for which he received an Emmy nomination. He acted on stage and appeared in an English television series called Follyfoot. James portrayed General Solomon in the computer game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. Llewelyn appeared in other films such as the 1981 PBS production of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde. He has also periodically performed guest voices on television's The Simpsons. In the 2002 film Die Another Day, John Cleese, who played the character R, the assistant to Q in The World is Not Enough, was promoted to the head of Q-branch, thus taking on the title of Q. He has appeared in many roles since, but is probably best known as the sonorous voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films, Mufasa in The Lion King, a Disney animated feature, and CNN tagline, "This is CNN." He has performed considerable amounts of other voice-over work. Since 1963s From Russia With Love, Llewelyn appeared as Q in every Bond film, except Live and Let Die (1973), through The World Is Not Enough (1999).

Strangelove in 1964. In 1940, he was captured by the German army in France, and was held as a POW for five years. His first film role was in Dr. The outbreak of World War II in September 1939 halted his acting career, and Llewelyn was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the British army, serving with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. So my first year of school was my first mute year, and then those mute years continued until I got to high school." Ironically, he is most famous for his deep authoritative voice. In high school, he worked as a stagehand in the school's productions and then picked up sporadic small parts. I couldn't talk. He originally wanted to be a minister.