James Avery dies at 65; played father figure on TV's 'Fresh Prince'
NEW YORK (AP) — James Avery, the bulky character actor who laid down the law as the Honorable Philip Banks in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," has died. Avery's publicist, Cynthia Snyder, told The Associated Press that James Avery, who portrayed the commanding yet cuddly father figure on the hit 1990s sitcom "The Fresh Prince … Read more