What is Robert Earl Jones?
{{Infobox person | name = Robert Earl Jones | image = Robert Earl Jones in Lying Lips.jpg | caption = Robert Earl Jones in 1939 | birth_date = {{birth date|1910|2|3|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Coldwater]], [[Mississippi]], [[United States|USA]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|9|7|1910|2|3|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Englewood]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States|USA]] | othername = Earl Jones | occupation = Actor | spouse = Ruth Williams<br>Jumelle P. Jones<br>Ruth Connolly | yearsactive = 1939–1993 | children = [[James Earl Jones]] }} '''Robert Earl Jones''' (February 3, c. 1910 – September 7, 2006)<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|author=Margalit Fox|title=Robert Earl Jones, 96, Broadway Actor, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/obituaries/19jones.htm|work=The New York Times|date=19 September 2006|accessdate=2012-08-24|archivedate=2009-04-24|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424231426/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/obituaries/19jones.htm}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Jones' date of birth has been reported differently by sources as being between 1900 and 1911. The most likely date is 1910, which is the date reported by the United States [[Social Security Administration]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi | title=Social Security Death Index Search | publisher=RootsWeb.com | accessdate=2007-05-23}} A database search on Robert Jones, 121-01-1664 returns: ROBERT EARL JONES, 03 Feb 1910, 07 Sep 2006, (V) 12564 Pawling, Dutchess, NY 121-01-1664, New York.</ref>}} was an American actor. One of the movies he was in the 1973 movie ''The Sting''. He also was in the 1984 movie ''The Cotton Club'' and the 1983 movie ''Trading Places''. His year of birth is reported as between 1900 and 1911. The most often is 1910<ref name=nytobit/> as reported by the [[Social Security]] Administration. He was also the father of [[James Earl Jones]].<ref name=AMG>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/james-earl-jones-36131/bio|title=James Earl Jones Biography|a