Buster Jones obit

Buster Jones, Voice Actor on ‘Super Friends,’ Dies at 71

 

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Buster Jones, an actor on Hanna-Barbera’s “Super Friends” cartoon, which ran on ABC on Saturday mornings from 1973-86, died on Sept. 16 in North Hollywood, Calif. He was 71.

He is probably best known from his role as Black Vulcan on “Super Friends.”

The actor also voiced Blaster in “The Transformers,” Doc in “G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero” and Winston Zeddemore in “The Real Ghostbusters” (subbing in for Arsenio Hall) and later in “Extreme Ghostbusters.”

While “Super Friends” featured the superheroes of the DC comicbook world, Jones’ character Black Vulcan was a creation of Hanna-Barbera.

Edward L. “Buster” Jones was born in Paris, Tennessee. “I got out of Paris by playing music,” he told Marc Tyler Nobleman in a 2011 interview.

Jones went to Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, then played in a series of bands, including in London.

He was a disk jockey in Washington, D.C., before he got into acting.

Jones did live-action work when he could, appearing in 1972 film “The Marshal of Windy Hollow,” a 1974 episode of “The Six Million Dollar Man,” the 1979 TV Movie “Captain America” and a 1987 episode of “Hill Street Blues.” He also did voice work for the video film “G.I. Joe: The Movie.”

Actor

Tara Strong, Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, and Mathew Valencia in The New Batman Adventures (1997)

The New Batman Adventures

8.4

TV Series

Judge (voice)

1998

1 episode

 

Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)

Extreme Ghostbusters

6.9

TV Series

Winston Zeddemore (voice)

1997

2 episodes

 

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995)

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

7.4

TV Series

Voices (voice)

1996

1 episode

 

Batman: The Animated Series (1992)

Batman: The Animated Series

9.0

TV Series

Night Manager (voice)

1992

1 episode

 

The Real Ghostbusters (1986)

The Real Ghostbusters

7.6

TV Series

Winston ZeddemoreGhost InsectsMuseum Crowd (voice) ...

1988–1991

49 episodes

 

The Karate Kid (1989)

The Karate Kid

5.0

TV Series

Additional Characters (voice)

1989

1 episode

 

Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters (1988)

Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters

5.9

TV Series

Winston Zeddemore (voice)

1988–1989

6 episodes

 

Jem (1985)

Jem

7.4

TV Series

Johnny Beldrix1944 G.IAdrian Lassiter ...

1986–1988

4 episodes

 

The Flintstone Kids (1986)

The Flintstone Kids

5.8

TV Series

Officer Quartz (voice)

1986–1987

4 episodes

 

G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)

G.I. Joe: The Movie

7.0

Video

Doc (voice)

1987

 

Robert Clohessy, Michael Warren, and Bruce Weitz in Hill Street Blues (1981)

Hill Street Blues

8.2

TV Series

Dog Owner

1987

1 episode

 

Defenders of the Earth (1986)

Defenders of the Earth

6.9

TV Series

Lothar (voice)

1986

61 episodes

 

Peter Cullen and Frank Welker in The Transformers (1984)

The Transformers

8.0

TV Series

BlasterChief TuranSoldier (voice) ...

1985–1986

26 episodes

 

G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986)

G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!

7.7

TV Movie

Doc (voice)

1986

 

G.I. Joe (1985)

G.I. Joe

7.7

TV Series

ComputerDr. WindigosDoc (voice) ...

1985–1986

13 episodes

 

Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness (1986)

Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness

7.8

Video

Blaster (voice)

1986

 

Orson Welles, Leonard Nimoy, Susan Blu, Robert Stack, and Lionel Stander in The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

The Transformers: The Movie

7.2

Blaster (voice)

1986

 

Adam West, Norman Alden, Jack Angel, Michael Rye, William Callaway, Danny Dark, Shannon Farnon, Casey Kasem, and Ted Knight in Super Friends (1973)

Super Friends

7.2

TV Series

Black VulcanGalactic PolicemanSkier (voice) ...

1977–1984

21 episodes

 

G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra (1984)

G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra

7.9

TV Mini Series

DocZap (voice)

1984

5 episodes

 

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - The M.A.S.S. Device (1983)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - The M.A.S.S. Device

8.0

TV Mini Series

DocZap (voice)

1983

5 episodes

 

Shirt Tales (1982)

Shirt Tales

6.8

TV Series

Additional Voices (voice)

1982

13 episodes

 

Spider-Man (1981)

Spider-Man

6.8

TV Series

(voice)

1981–1982

26 episodes

 

The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White (1980)

The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White

Li'l John (voice)

1980

 

The Super Globetrotters (1979)

The Super Globetrotters

5.7

TV Series

Twiggy SanderSpaghetti Man (voice)

1979

13 episodes

 

Reb Brown in Captain America (1979)

Captain America

3.5

TV Movie

Anesthetist

1979

 

Lee Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)

The Six Million Dollar Man

7.1

TV Series

Captain

1974

1 episode

 

Sunset Carson, Leonard Mann, and Glenn Huffman in The Marshal of Windy Hollow (1972)

The Marshal of Windy Hollow

8.5

Outlaw

1972

 

Production Manager

Wattstax (1973)

Wattstax

7.6

unit supervisor: concert

1973

 

Soundtrack

The Real Ghostbusters (1986)

The Real Ghostbusters

7.6

TV Series

performer: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"performer: "Touching Old Magic"

1989–1990

2 episodes

 

Self

American Bandstand (1952)

American Bandstand

7.5

TV Series

Self - Host

1973

3 episodes