Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Alive Hair: Gray Occupation: Literary critic Professor Historian Filmmaker First appearance: "Carl Carlson Rides Again" Voiced by: Himself

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker and host of the show Finding Your Roots.

History

Dr. Gates bought Carl Carlson's belt buckle from the Rich Texan. When Carl wanted to track it down, he found that Dr. Gates had bought it and was invited onto the show. Dr. Gates researched Carl's family history and found that he was descended from a former slave called Ellis. After leaving his former slavers, Ellis became a cowboy and his ancestor was Wyatt, the father of Carl.

After Carl learned about his history, he went to ride a bull like his father did. Dr. Gates went with him and told Carl's friends that he saw this sort of thing a lot, mentioning that he had to pull Laurence Fishburne out of a jet cockpit. After Carl got injured during the bull ride, a woman said that she'd fix him as her great-great-grandfather was a doctor during the Civil War, and Dr. Gates shooed her away.

Appearances

• Episode – "Carl Carlson Rides Again"
• Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" (opening sequence)

Doctors

Medical Bostonian doctor • Dr. H. Boyle • Dr. Burns • Mr. Burns' doctor • Dr. Chang • Colorectal surgeon • Dr. Egoyan • Elmer Hartman • Julius Hibbert • Hippocrates • Hong Kong doctor • C. Everett Koop • Mayo Clinic doctor • Nick Riviera • Royal physician • Richie Sakai • Derek Shepherd • Dr. Simpson • Mark Sloan • Dr. Soybean • Surgeon fiancé • Robert Terwilliger, Sr. • Dr. Velimirovic • Irving Zitsofsky • Zoidberg Psychiatric and therapy Annette • Dr. L. Bastinado • Dr. Brentano • Joyce Brothers • Dr. Carlock • Child therapist • Dr. Foster • Lydia Hansen • Clarity Hoffman-Roth • Kenneth Humphries • Virginia Johnson • Bob Kaufman • Dr. Lund • William Masters • Phil McGraw • Marvin Monroe • Dr. Nussbaum • Drew Pinsky • Fenton Pooltoy • Prison psychiatrist • J. Loren Pryor • Dr. Raufbold • Wendy Sage • Support group therapist • Stacey Swanson • Therapist • Dr. Thurston • Sally Wexler • Dr. Wilmore • Elaine Wolff • Dr. Zander • Janet Zilowitz • Dr. Zweig Dentistry Dr. Kidzrule • Dr. Wolfe Veterinary Lionel Budgie • Dr. Callas • Veterinarian Fictional Stradivarius Cain • Clown doctor • Dr. Crab • John Dolittle • Samuel Elkins • Doctor Griffin • Alan Harper • Hedrick Hertzmann • Gregory House • Indiana Jones • Dr. Morton • Dr. Nerd • Dr. Schulman • Dr. Swartzwelder • Virtual doctor • Patrick Waters • Tad Winslow • Dr. Zaius Other Dr. Bartley • Eugene Blatz • Joan Bushwell • Doctor Colossus • Jonathan Frink • Jane Goodall • Dr. Kissingher • Hilton Lakebottom • The Abominable Dr. Lenny • Dr. Olberman • Henshaw Pinetree • Brad Pitt • Mr. Sakamoto • Lori Spivak • Dr. Steve

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