Dean Jones (actor)

Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor.^[1] He was born in Decatur, Alabama.

Dean Jones
Dean Jones in 1966
Born	Dean Carroll Jones (1931-01-25)January 25, 1931 Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama, U.S.
Died	September 1, 2015(2015-09-01) (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Parkinson's disease
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1956–2009
Spouses	Mae Inez Entwisle ​ ​ (m. 1954; div. 1971)​ Lory Patrick ​ (m. 1973)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	Andrew Guy and Nolia Elizabeth Wilhite Jones

Jones was best known for his light-hearted leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977. He was known for his roles in The Love Bug and in Beethoven.

Jones died from Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles, California, aged 84. ^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	Somebody Up There Likes Me	Private in Rocky's Tent	Uncredited
1956	These Wilder Years	Hardware Clerk
1956	Tea and Sympathy	Ollie
1956	The Opposite Sex	Assistant Stage Manager	Uncredited
1956	The Rack	Lieutenant	Uncredited
1956	The Great American Pastime	Buck Rivers
1957	Slander	Newscaster	Uncredited
1957	Ten Thousand Bedrooms	Dan
1957	Designing Woman	Assistant Stage Manager (Boston)	Uncredited
1957	Until They Sail	US Marine Lt.	Uncredited
1957	Jailhouse Rock	Teddy Talbot
1958	Handle with Care	Zachary Davis
1958	Imitation General	Cpl. Terry Sellers
1958	Torpedo Run	Lt. Jake "Fuzz" Foley
1959	Night of the Quarter Moon	Lexington Nelson
1959	Never So Few	Sgt. Jim Norby
1963	Under the Yum Yum Tree	Dave Manning
1964	The New Interns	Dr. Lew Worship
1965	Two on a Guillotine	Val Henderson
1965	That Darn Cat!	FBI Agent Zeke Kelso
1966	The Ugly Dachshund	Mark Garrison
1966	Any Wednesday	Cass Henderson
1967	Monkeys, Go Home!	Hank Dussard
1968	Blackbeard's Ghost	Steve Walker
1968	The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit	Fred Bolton
1968	The Love Bug	Jim Douglas
1970	Mr. Superinvisible	Peter Denwell
1971	The $1,000,000 Duck	Professor Albert Dooley
1972	Snowball Express	Johnny Baxter
1974	The Sugarland Express	Policeman at Football Game	Uncredited
1976	The Shaggy D.A.	Wilby Daniels
1977	Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo	Jim Douglas
1978	Born Again	Charles W. Colson
1986	St. John in Exile	St. John
1991	Other People's Money	Bill Coles
1992	The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible	King Ahasuerus (voice)	Direct-to-video ("Queen Esther" segment)
1992	Beethoven	Dr. Herman Varnick
1994	Clear and Present Danger	Judge Moore
1994	The Visual Bible: Acts	Luke the Evangelist	Direct-to-video
1996	Getting Around in Time	Professor Mortimer
1997	That Darn Cat	Mr. Flint
1998	Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero	Dean Arbagast (voice)	Direct-to-video
2007	Lavinia's Heist	Tony Cavaletti	Short film
2009	Mandie and the Secret Tunnel	Jason Bond
2009	God Provides	Abraham	Direct-to-video (final film role)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	Zane Grey Theatre	Deputy Bill Devlin	Episode: "The Sunday Man"
1960	The Aquanauts	John Anderson	Episode: "The Stowaway"
1960	Outlaws	Danny Cannon	Episode: "Beat the Drum Slowly"
1960	Stagecoach West	Joe Brady	Episode: "Red Sand"
1961	The Dick Powell Show	Detective Phil Winslow	Episode: "Who Killed Julie Greer?"
1961	Bonanza	Danny Kidd	Episode: "The Friendship"
1961	Tales of Wells Fargo	Jamie Coburn	Episode: "A Killing in Calico"
1962	Target: The Corruptors!	Barry Steele	Episode: "Play It Blue"
1962	Wagon Train	Lt. Burton	Episode: "The Lieutenant Burton Story"
1962–63	Ensign O'Toole	Ensign O'Toole	Main role (32 episodes)
1963	Ben Casey	Dr. Richard Connell	Episode: "Fire in a Sacred Fruit Tree"
1963	Burke's Law	Rudy Davis	Episode: "Who Killed Eleanora Davis?"
1965	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Eddie Carew	Episode: "The Rise and Fall of Eddie Carew"
1965	Vacation Playhouse	Alec Tate	Episode: "Alec Tate"
1968	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Narrator (voice)	Episode: "The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show"
1969	What's It All About, World?	Himself	Host (13 episodes)
1971	The Chicago Teddy Bears	Linc McCray	Main role (13 episodes)
1972	The Great Man's Whiskers	James E. Cooper	Television film
1973	Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?	George Gregory	Television film
1974	Medical Center	Dr. Ronston	Episode: "Spectre"
1976	Good Heavens	Brad	Episode: "Coffee, Tea, or Gloria"
1977	Once Upon a Brothers Grimm	Jacob Grimm, Grandmother	Television film
1978	When Every Day Was the Fourth of July	Ed Cooper	Television film
1980	The Long Days of Summer	Ed Cooper	Television film
1981	Aloha Paradise	Alex	Episode: "Alex and Annie"
1982	Herbie, the Love Bug	Jim Douglas	Main role (5 episodes)
1983	The Gospel According to Scrooge	Narrator (voice)	Television film
1984	Don't Ask Me, Ask God	Future Father	Television special
1984	The Love Boat	Marty Chenault	Episode: "Julie and the Producer" (Parts 1 & 2)
1984	Finder of Lost Loves	Steve Marsh	Episode: "Yesterday's Child"
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Marcus Boswell	Episode: "It's a Dog's Life"
1988	Murder, She Wrote	Leonard Palmer	Episode: "Harbinger of Death"
1989	Fire and Rain	Jack Ayers	Television film
1992	Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style	Harry Bannister	Television film
1994	Beethoven	George Newton (voice)	Main role (26 episodes)
1995	Nowhere Man	Jonathan Crane	Episode: "Father"
1995	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes	Dean Webster Carlson	Television film
1996	Special Report: Journey to Mars	Dr. Scott Berlin	Television film
1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Dr. Karel (voice)	Episode: "DNA Doomsday"
1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Col. Sam Lane (voice)	Episode: "Monkey Fun"
1997	The Love Bug	Jim Douglas	Television film
1998	Adventures from the Book of Virtues	Chauncey (voice)	Episode: "Trustworthiness"
2001	Scrooge & Marley	Ebenezer Scrooge	Television special

Broadway appearances

Title	Role	Dates	Theatre
There Was a Little Girl	Stan Walters	February 29 – March 12, 1960	Cort Theatre
Under the Yum Yum Tree	Dave Manning	November 16, 1960 – April 15, 1961	Henry Miller's Theatre
Company	Robert	April 26 – May 28, 1970	Alvin Theatre
Into the Light	James Prescott	October 22 – October 26, 1986	Neil Simon Theatre
Company	Robert	April 11 – April 12, 1993	Vivian Beaumont Theater