Gordon Jones (actor)

Gordon Wynnivo Jones (April 5, 1911 – June 20, 1963)^[3] was an American character actor, a member of John Wayne's informal acting company best known for playing Lou Costello's TV nemesis "Mike the Cop" and appearing as The Green Hornet in the first of two movie serials based on that old-time radio program.^[4][5]

Gordon Jones
Gordon Jones in I Take This Oath (1940)
Born	(1911-04-05)April 5, 1911 Alden, Iowa, U.S.
Died	June 20, 1963(1963-06-20) (aged 52) Tarzana, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California at Los Angeles[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931–1963
Spouse	Lucile Van Winkle (1935–1940)[2]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1931	Cimarron	Teamster	(uncredited)
1932	Wild Girl	Vigilante
1933	The Monkey's Paw	Soldier
1935	Car 99	Mechanic
1935	Let 'Em Have It	Tex
1935	Red Salute	Michael (Lefty) Jones
1936	Strike Me Pink	Butch Carson
1936	Captain Calamity	Henchman	(uncredited)
1936	Devil's Squadron	Tex
1936	Walking on Air	Joe
1936	Don't Turn 'Em Loose	Joe Graves
1936	Night Waitress	Martin Rhodes
1937	We Who Are About to Die	Slim Tolliver
1937	They Wanted to Marry	Jim
1937	Sea Devils	Puggy
1937	China Passage	Joe Dugan
1937	There Goes My Girl	Reporter Dunn
1937	Forlorn River	Lem Watkins	(uncredited)
1937	The Big Shot	Chester 'Chet' Scott
1937	Fight for Your Lady	Mike Scanlon
1937	Quick Money	Bill Adams
1938	Night Spot	Riley
1938	Rich Man, Poor Girl	Tom Grogan
1938	I Stand Accused	Blackie
1938	Out West with the Hardys	Ray Holt
1939	Long Shot	Jeff Clayton
1939	Pride of the Navy	Joe Falcon
1939	Big Town Czar	Chuck Hardy	(uncredited)
1939	Invitation to Happiness	Dutch Arnold
1939	Grand Jury Secrets	Billy Hargraves
1939	When Tomorrow Comes	Radio Technician
1939	Disputed Passage	Bill Anderson
1939	Henry Goes Arizona	Tug Evans	(uncredited)
1940	The Green Hornet	Britt Reid / The Green Hornet	Serial
1940	The Doctor Takes a Wife	O'Brien
1940	I Take This Oath	Steve Hanagan
1940	Up in the Air	Tex
1940	Girl from Havana	Tubby Waters
1940	Texas Rangers Ride Again	Ranger Radio Man	(uncredited)
1941	Reaching for the Sun	Sailor
1941	The Blonde from Singapore	'Waffles' Billings
1941	You Belong to Me	Robert Andrews
1941	The Feminine Touch	Rubber-Legs Ryan
1941	Among the Living	Bill Oakley
1942	True to the Army	Pvt. Dugan
1942	To the Shores of Tripoli	Military Policeman at Main Gate	(uncredited)
1942	They All Kissed the Bride	Taxi Driver
1942	My Sister Eileen	'The Wreck' Loomis
1942	Highways by Night	'Footsy' Fogarty
1942	Flying Tigers	Alabama Smith
1944	Buffalo Bill	Trooper	(uncredited)
1944	Youth Runs Wild	Truck Driver
1945	Wanderer of the Wasteland	Sheriff
1947	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Tubby Wadsworth
1947	The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap	Jake Frame
1948	A Foreign Affair	Military Policeman
1948	Sons of Adventure	Andy Baldwin
1948	Black Eagle	Benjy Laughton
1948	The Untamed Breed	Happy Keegan
1949	Take Me Out to the Ball Game	Senator Catcher	(uncredited)
1949	Mr. Soft Touch	Muggles
1949	Easy Living	Bill Holloran
1949	Black Midnight	Roy
1949	Tokyo Joe	Idaho
1949	Dear Wife	Taxi Cab Driver
1949	Bodyhold	Pat Simmons
1950	Belle of Old Mexico	Tex Barnet
1950	The Palomino	Bill Hennessey
1950	The Arizona Cowboy	I.Q. Barton
1950	Trigger, Jr.	Splinters McGonagle
1950	Big Timber	Jocko
1950	Sunset in the West	Splinters McGonagle
1950	North of the Great Divide	Splinters McGonigle
1950	Trail of Robin Hood	Splinters McGonigle
1951	Spoilers of the Plains	Splinters McGonigle
1951	Heart of the Rockies	Splinters McGonigle
1951	Corky of Gasoline Alley	Elwood Martin
1951	Yellow Fin	Breck
1952	The Marrying Kind (1952)	Steve	(uncredited)
1952	Gobs and Gals	CPO Mike Donovan
1952	Sound Off	Sgt. Crockett
1952	The Winning Team	George Glasheen
1952	Big Jim McLain	Olaf
1952	Wagon Team	Marshal Sam Taplin
1953	Woman They Almost Lynched	Yankee Sergeant
1953	Island in the Sky	Walrus
1953	Take the High Ground!	Moose	(uncredited)
1954	The Outlaw Stallion	Wagner
1955	Treasure of Ruby Hills	Jack Voyle
1955	Smoke Signal	Cpl. Rogers
1957	Spring Reunion	Jack Frazer
1957	Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend	Pvt. Wilbur 'Will' Clegg
1957	The Monster That Challenged the World	Sheriff Josh Peters
1958	Live Fast, Die Young	Pop Winters
1958	The Perfect Furlough	'Sylvia', MP #1
1959	The Shaggy Dog	Captain Scanlon, Police Chief
1959	Battle Flame	Sgt. McKelvey
1959	The Big Fisherman		(uncredited)
1959	Battle of the Coral Sea	Torpedoman Bates
1960	The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond	Sgt. Joe Cassidy
1961	Master of the World	Talkative Morgantown townsperson	(uncredited)
1961	The Absent-Minded Professor	Rutland Coach
1963	Son of Flubber	Rutland Coach
1963	McLintock!	Matt Douglas	(released posthumously, final film role)