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|Name = James Earl Jones
 
|Name = James Earl Jones
 
|image = [[File:James Earl Jones 2010.jpg]]
 
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|Gender = Male
 
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|Birth = {{Birthdate|1931|1|17}}
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|Nationality = American
 
|Nationality = American
 
|Claim to Fame = Actor
 
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|Character = [[Moving Man]]<br>[[Serak the Preparer]]<br>[[The Raven Narrator]]<br>[[Maggie Simpson]]<br>Das Bus Narrator
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|Character = [[Moving man]]<br>[[Serak the Preparer]]<br>[[The Raven narrator]]<br>[[Maggie Simpson]]<br>[[Das Bus narrator]]
 
|Appearance = "[[Treehouse of Horror]]"
 
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'''James Earl Jones''' (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor, well-known for his distinctive bass voice.
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'''James Earl Jones''' (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor, best known for his distinctive bass voice and for his role as [[Darth Vader]] on ''[[Star Wars]]''. He voiced a [[moving man]], a [[The Raven Narrator|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 a [[Das Bus narrator|narrator]] in the [[season 9]] episode "[[Das Bus]]".
  
== Biography ==
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James Earl Jones was voted 7th in {{w|IGN}}'s [http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p1.html "Top 25 Simpsons Guest Stars"].
Jones's acting career spans five decades and includes numerous roles on stage, in film, and on television. He has won {{w|Tony Awards}}, {{w|Emmy Awards}}, and a {{w|Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe}}; and has been nominated for an {{w|Academy Awards|Academy Award}}. However, his greatest contribution to pop culture is supplying the deep, menacing voice of [[Darth Vader]] in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' films.
 
 
 
== On ''The Simpsons'' ==
 
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|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]] in "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]" and the closing narrator in "[[Das Bus]]", explaining that the children were rescued by, "...oh, let's say [[Moe]]."
 
 
 
James Earl Jones was voted 7th in {{W|IGN}}'s [http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p1.html "Top 25 Simpsons Guest Stars"].
 
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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This article is about the guest star. For the character, see James Earl Jones (character).
James Earl Jones
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James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor, best known for his distinctive bass voice and for his role as Darth Vader on Star Wars. He voiced a moving man, a 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 a narrator in the season 9 episode "Das Bus".

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

Trivia

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 three of which are voice roles originally portrayed by James Earl Jones, but in this instance imitated by Harry Shearer.

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