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Dean Jones was born in Decatur on 25 January 1931 and was a citizen of the United States. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War, and was educated at Asbury University. Jones worked as a stage, film, television and voice actor from 1956 to 2009, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He received the Disney Legends award. He had three children and lived with Parkinson's disease, which was recorded as his cause of death. Jones died in Los Angeles on 1 September 2015.
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Film & TV
Decatur, Alabama, USA
Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor. He is best known for his leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977, most notably The Love Bug.
Known for
- Six by Sondheim — Self (archive footage)2013
- Mandie and the Secret Tunnel — Jason Bond2009
- The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics — Self2008
- That Loveable Bug — Self2003
- Scrooge and Marley — Ebenezer Scrooge2001
- Disney Through The Decades2001
- All About Jesus – Who Is This Jesus? — Self – Host2000
- Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero — Dean Arbagast (voice)1998
- That Darn Cat — Mr. Flint1997
- The Love Bug — Jim Douglas1997
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1931
- Active to
- 2015
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,341
- Total plays
- 28,361
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Dean Jones (born January 25, 1931) is an American actor. Jones is best known for his leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977. Jones was born in Decatur, the seat of Morgan County in northern Alabama, located southwest of the larger city of Huntsville. His parents were the former Nolia Elizabeth White (1902-1977) and Andrew Guy Jones (1901-1974), who was a traveling construction worker. Dean Jones served in the United States Navy during the Korean War <a href="https://w
Key facts
- Born
- Dean Carroll Jones , ( 1931-01-25 ) January 25, 1931, Decatur, Alabama , U.S.
- Died
- September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01) (aged 84), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1955–2009
- Spouses
- Mae Entwisle ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1971 ) Loretta Basham ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dean
- Family name
- Jones
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Decatur
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Asbury University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Disney Legends
- Record label
- Liberty Records
- Conflict
- Korean War
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- Dean Jones 1966.JPG
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1931-01-25
- date of death
- 2015-09-01
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- Commons category
- Dean Jones
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor. He was best known as the Walt Disney Company's main leading man in the 1970s with his roles as Agent Zeke Kelso in That Darn Cat! (1965), Jim Douglas in the Herbie franchise (1969–1997), and with other film companies such as Dr. Herman Varnick in Beethoven (1992). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Albert Dooley in The Million Dollar Duck (1971). In 1995, he was inducted as a Disney Legend for his film work.
Early life
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