Titan of stage and screen, he conquered a childhood stammer to become one of Hollywood’s most memorable voices
James Earl Jones once reflected that “one of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter”. Unable to find his voice as a child because of a severe stutter, he was brought out of his shell by poetry. His high school English teacher found that Jones was able to speak in front of the class when reciting his own verse. Before long, he was involved in debating and drama. His early years of introspection and isolation were over.
By then, his father was a moderately successful actor and the pair lived together and appeared on stage, though the gap of time meant a friendship was the most they could strike up. Jones’s early work included Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival. Being spotted by Stanley Kubrick in The Merchant of Venice led to his film debut in Dr Strangelove in 1964.
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