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'''James Earl Jones''' is an Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning actor known for his work on stage, in film, and on television since the 1960s. However, his greatest contribution to pop culture is supplying the deep, menacing voice of Darth Vader in the ''Star Wars'' films.
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|name = James Earl Jones
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|image = [[File:James Earl Jones.jpg|200px]]
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|gender = {{Male cast}}
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|birth = January 17, 1931
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|death = {{deathdate|2024|9|9|1931|1|17}}
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|nationality = American
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|claim = Actor
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|character = [[Removalist]]<br>[[Serak the Preparer]]<br>[[The Raven narrator]]<br>[[Maggie Simpson]]<br>Narrator
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|appearance = "[[Treehouse of Horror]]"
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Jones made his first vocal appearance on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in "[[Treehouse of Horror]]," where he was heard in all three segments, the only special guest voice to date who holds that distinction: as the moving man in "Bad Dream House," [[Serak]] the preparer in "Hungry Are the Damned" and [[The Raven Narrator|the narrator]] in "The Raven." He later voiced an alternate-universe [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] in "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]" and the closing narrator in "[[Das Bus]]," explaining that the children were rescued by, "oh, let's say [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]]."
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'''James Earl Jones''' (January 17, 1931 - September 9, [[2024]]) was an American actor. He voiced a [[removalist]], [[the Raven narrator]], and [[Serak the Preparer]] in the [[season 2]] episode "[[Treehouse of Horror]]", [[Maggie Simpson]] in the [[season 6]] episode "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]", and narrated the [[season 9]] episode "[[Das Bus]]".
  
== References ==
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James Earl Jones was voted 7th in [[IGN]]'s [http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p1.html "Top 25 Simpsons Guest Stars"].
In "[['Round Springfield]]," when [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] speaks to Lisa from a cloud, he is joined by Mufasa from ''The Lion King'', Darth Vader, and a CNN announcer: all voice-over roles originally portrayed by James Earl Jones, bit in this instance imitated by Harry Shearer.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:58, September 9, 2024

This article is about the guest star. For the character, see James Earl Jones (character).
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones.jpg
Guest Star Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Born: January 17, 1931
Died: September 9, 2024 (aged 93)
Nationality: American
Claim to fame: Actor
Character(s): Removalist
Serak the Preparer
The Raven narrator
Maggie Simpson
Narrator
First appearance: "Treehouse of Horror"


James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 - September 9, 2024) was an American actor. He voiced a removalist, the Raven narrator, and Serak the Preparer in the season 2 episode "Treehouse of Horror", Maggie Simpson in the season 6 episode "Treehouse of Horror V", and narrated the season 9 episode "Das Bus".

James Earl Jones was voted 7th in IGN's "Top 25 Simpsons Guest Stars".

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