If it seemed at times that James Earl Jones was everywhere, it was perhaps because he really was. Over a 50-year career, Jones — who died on Monday at the age of 93 — acted prolifically on television747 live, in movies and under the spotlight of Broadway stages, one of which is now named after him.

An imposing man who stood taller than six feet, Jones was hard to miss. But it was his voice — deep, authoritative, powerful and sometimes menacing — that some fans may most remember. His voice work as Darth Vader in the original “Star Wars” trilogy and as Mufasa in “The Lion King” conveyed his presence to millions without audiences ever seeing him.

Here are some snapshots from his life and career.747 live

ImageJones with Jane Alexander in the movie version of “The Great White Hope” (1970).Credit...American Movie ClassicsImageCassius Clay, right, allowed himself to be tagged with a left thrown by Jones, star of the Broadway hit “The Great White Hope,” in Hollywood on Nov. 10, 1969.Credit...Associated PressImageJones with Lauren Bacall in 1969 after he won a Tony for lead actor in a play for his performance in “The Great White Hope” on Broadway.Credit...Bettmann Archive, via Getty ImagesImageJones playing the bugle in 1968.Credit...Bettman/Getty ImagesImageJones making an appearance on “Sesame Street” in 1970.Credit...Afro American Newspapers/Gado, via Getty ImagesImageJones in a scene from “The Man,” a 1972 film directed by Joseph Sargent.Credit...Everett CollectionImageJones with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson at a Broadway opening in 1978.Credit...Sonia Moskowitz/Getty ImagesImageJames Earl Jones in 1977.Credit...Lisa Leonelli/ShutterstockImageIn 1981, Jones; Jean Stapleton, center; and other performing artists waited to testify before a House subcommittee to protest President Ronald Reagan’s planned cuts to arts and humanities programs.Credit...Associated PressImageJones and Christopher Plummer in a production of “Othello” in 1981 at the American Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Conn.Credit...Martha Swope/New York Public LibraryImageJones in a Hollywood recording studio in 1991.Credit...Edmund Eckstein/Getty ImagesImageDarth Vader, voiced by Jones, in a scene from the 1980 film “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.”Credit...20th Century FoxImageJones in a scene from “Coming to America” (1988).Credit...AlamyImageJones with Kevin Costner in “Field of Dreams” (1989).Credit...AlamyImageMike Vitar, Tom Guiry and Jones in a scene from “The Sandlot” (1993).Credit...AlamyImageJones with his son, Flynn, and his father, Robert, in 1987.Credit...Michael Tighe/Donaldson Collection, via Getty ImagesImageJones as Norman Thayer in the play “On Golden Pond” at the Cort Theater on Broadway in 2005.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York TimesImageTerrence Howard as Brick and Jones as Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” at the Broadhurst Theater on Broadway in 2008.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York TimesImageAngela Lansbury and Jones in the play “Driving Miss Daisy” in 2013.Credit...Jeff BusbyImageJones and Cicely Tyson in the play “The Gin Game” at the Golden Theater on Broadway in 2015.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York TimesImageA Broadway theater was named after Jones in 2022.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times

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