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How Did James Avery Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 68James La Rue Avery was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Philip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Judge Michael Conover on L.A. Law, Steve Yeager in The Brady Bunch Movie, and Dr. Crippen on The Closer (2005–2007); and as the voice actor for Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Haroud Hazi Bin in Aladdin.
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Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesMovie | Self | 69 |
| 2014 | Wish I Was HereMovie | Audition Actor #2 | 69 |
| 2011 | Harry's LawSeries | Fred Billings | 66 |
| 2008 | Eli StoneSeries | Mason Andrews | 63 |
| 2007 | Who's Your Caddy?Movie | Caddy Mack | 62 |
| 2005 | The CloserSeries | Dr. Crippen | 60 |
| 2005 | Grey's AnatomySeries | Sam | 60 |
| 2005 | Spider-Man: The Venom SagaMovie | Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice) | 60 |
| 2004 | Raise Your VoiceMovie | Mr. Gantry | 59 |
| 2004 | Hair ShowMovie | Seymour Gold | 59 |
| 2003 | That's So RavenSeries | Presto Jones | 58 |
| 2002 | Nancy DrewMovie | Prof. Shifflin | 57 |
| 2001 | The DivisionSeries | Charles Haysbert | 56 |
| 2001 | Star Trek: EnterpriseSeries | General K'Vagh | 56 |
| 2001 | Crossing JordanSeries | Dr. Erkhart | 56 |
| 2001 | RebaSeries | Judge Samuel Bennett | 56 |
| 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2Movie | Eldon | 56 |
| 2001 | The Nightmare RoomSeries | R.L. Stine | 56 |
| 2001 | The Proud FamilySeries | Crandall Smythe (voice) | 56 |
| 2001 | EpochMovie | Dr. Solomon Holt | 56 |
| 2001 | The Legend of TarzanSeries | Keewazi (voice) | 56 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries | Preston Cash | 55 |
| 2000 | GirlfriendsSeries | Dr. Couch | 55 |
| 2000 | Strong MedicineSeries | Harold Jenkins | 55 |
| 1999 | Family LawSeries | — | 54 |
| 1998 | The Wild ThornberrysSeries | Gorilla (voice) | 53 |
| 1998 | The Prince of EgyptMovie | Additional Voices (voice) | 53 |
| 1998 | Two Guys and a GirlSeries | Judge | 53 |
| 1998 | That '70s ShowSeries | Officer Kennedy | 53 |
| 1998 | CharmedSeries | Zola | 53 |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx ShowSeries | Reverend | 51 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeries | Father (voice) | 50 |
| 1995 | Murder OneSeries | Judge Nathaniel Alexander | 50 |
| 1995 | Jirimpimbira: An African Folk TaleMovie | The Headman | 50 |
| 1994 | DuckmanSeries | 'Beware!' Guy (voice) | 49 |
| 1994 | Spider-ManSeries | Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice) | 49 |
| 1994 | AladdinSeries | Haroud Hazi Bin (voice) | 49 |
| 1994 | GargoylesSeries | The Shaman (voice) | 49 |
| 1994 | Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never DieMovie | Chess Player | 49 |
| 1993 | Little Miss MillionsMovie | Agent Noah Hollander | 48 |
| 1992 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome EasterMovie | Shredder (voice) | 47 |
| 1991 | The Legend of Prince ValiantSeries | Sir Bryant (voice) | 46 |
| 1991 | RocSeries | Dale Hammers | 46 |
| 1991 | Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of TimeMovie | Lt. Coberly | 46 |
| 1991 | The Linguini IncidentMovie | Phil | 46 |
| 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the TurtleoidsMovie | Shredder (voice) | 46 |
| 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's CoreMovie | Splinter (voice) | 46 |
| 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACCMovie | Shredder (voice) | 46 |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirSeries | Philip Banks | 45 |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, ShredheadMovie | Shredder (voice) | 45 |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty BebopMovie | Shredder (voice) | 45 |
| 1990 | To My DaughterMovie | Ian Mellon | 45 |
| 1990 | Capital NewsSeries | Mr. Fairchild | 45 |
| 1989 | Family MattersSeries | (uncredited) | 44 |
| 1989 | Roe vs. WadeMovie | — | 44 |
| 1989 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking TurtlesMovie | Shredder (voice) | 44 |
| 1989 | Turn Back the ClockMovie | Fred (uncredited) | 44 |
| 1988 | American ExperienceSeries | Charles Hamilton Houston (voice) | 43 |
| 1988 | License to DriveMovie | Les' DMV examiner | 43 |
| 1988 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic BeginsMovie | Shredder (voice) | 43 |
| 1988 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a HalfshellMovie | Shredder (voice) | 43 |
| 1988 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding TeenagersMovie | Shredder (voice) | 43 |
| 1987 | A Different WorldSeries | The Pin Punisher | 42 |
| 1987 | Beauty and the BeastSeries | Winslow | 42 |
| 1987 | Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesSeries | Shredder (voice) | 42 |
| 1987 | Three for the RoadMovie | Clarence | 42 |
| 1986 | L.A. LawSeries | Michael Conover | 41 |
| 1986 | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder StoryMovie | Hank Dudney | 41 |
| 1986 | The Real GhostbustersSeries | Giant / Gingerbread House / White Rabbit (voice) | 41 |
| 1986 | The Ladies ClubMovie | Joe | 41 |
| 1985 | MoonlightingSeries | Reuben King | 40 |
| 1985 | Amazing StoriesSeries | Chief Hansen | 40 |
| 1985 | FletchMovie | Detective #2 | 40 |
| 1985 | Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' WrestlingSeries | (voice) | 40 |
| 1985 | StoogemaniaMovie | Gulch | 40 |
| 1985 | Appointment with FearMovie | Connors | 40 |
| 1984 | Night CourtSeries | Judge Hopkins | 39 |
| 1984 | BrothersSeries | Bubba | 39 |
| 1983 | The A-TeamSeries | Quint | 38 |
| 1983 | Reading RainbowSeries | Self - Narrator (voice) | 38 |
| 1982 | NewhartSeries | Construction Worker | 37 |
| 1982 | St. ElsewhereSeries | Man in E.R. | 37 |
| 1980 | The Blues BrothersMovie | Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop | 35 |
| 1980 | The Stunt ManMovie | Diner Patron (uncredited) | 35 |
| 1978 | DallasSeries | Judge J. Fowler | 33 |