![]() ![]() During the 1955–1957 seasons he was an actor and stage manager. In 1953 he found a part-time stage crew job at the Ramsdell Theatre in Manistee, Michigan, which marked the beginning of his acting career. ![]() After four years of college, Jones left without his degree. Instead he focused himself on drama, with the thought of doing something he enjoyed, before, he assumed, he would have to go off to fight in the Korean War. During the course of his studies, Jones discovered he was not cut out to be a doctor. While there, he joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps, and excelled. Jones attended the University of Michigan where he was a pre-med major. He credits his high school teacher, Donald Crouch, who discovered he had a gift for writing poetry, with helping him out of his silence. He remained functionally mute for eight years until he reached high school. When he moved to Brethren, Michigan in later years a teacher at the Brethren schools started to help him with his stutter. At the age of five, he moved to Jackson, Michigan, to be raised by his maternal grandparents, but the adoption was traumatic and he developed a stutter so severe he refused to speak aloud. James Earl Jones was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, the son of Ruth (née Connolly) and Robert Earl Jones. He is known for providing the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise and the tagline for CNN. James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is a multi-award-winning American actor of theater and film, well known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership. ![]()
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