Dean Jones, Legendary Disney Actor, Dies at 84
He was number 112 on the list.
Actor Dean Jones, perhaps best known for his acting work in
such Disney films as The Love Bug and That Darn Cat, died of Parkinson’s
disease Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 84.
In addition to his appearances in films like Under the
Yum-Yum Tree, The Shaggy D.A., The Million Dollar Duck, Snowball Express,
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo and Beethoven, Jones also had roles in five Broadway
shows and appeared in numerous television series and special. Overall, he
appeared in 46 films.
'The Love Bug' and 'That Darn Cat' actor Dean Jones has
passed away, following a battle with Parkinson's Disease.
Jones was born in Decatur, Ala., and served in the Navy
during the Korean War. He attended Asbury University in Kentucky, which awarded
him with an honorary degree in 2002.
The actor made his Broadway debut with There Was A Little
Girl with Jane Fonda in 1960, and would go on to star in Broadway’s Under the
Yum-Yum Tree that same year, before starring in the 1963 film adaptation with
Jack Lemmon.
Jones’ other Broadway credits include the original role of
Bobby in Harold Prince/Stephen Sondheim’s Company, and Cap’n Andy in the
national tour of Harold Prince’s Showboat.
Jones made his film debut by inking a contract with MGM, and
began with a small role in Somebody Up There Likes Me. He later played a DJ in
Elvis Presley’s 1957 movie Jailhouse Rock.
Other film credits include Any Wednesday, The New Interns,
Never So Few, Other People’s Money, When Every Day Was the Fourth of July, A
Brush With Time and Tom Clancy’s Clear and Present Danger.
Jones was inducted into the Disney Legends Hall of Fame in
1995.
His Filmography
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 David 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 Alternate title: Bachelor Girl Apartment
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 Alternate title: The Unseizable Invincible
Mr. Invisible
1971 The Million
Dollar 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" episode)
1992 Beethoven Dr. Herman Varnick
1994 Clear and
Present Danger Judge Moore
1994 The Visual
Bible: Acts Luke the Evangelist
1996 God's Story:
From Creation to Eternity The Storyteller
(voice) Direct-to-video, documentary
1996 A spasso nel
tempo Professor Mortimer / Joe English title: Getting Around in
Time
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 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"
1971 The Chicago
Teddy Bears Linc McCray 13 episodes
1972 The Great
Man's Whiskers James E. Cooper TV movie
1973 Walt Disney:
A Golden Anniversary Salute Himself
(Host) TV special
1973 Guess Who's
Sleeping in My Bed? George
Gregory TV movie
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 TV movie
1978 When Every
Day Was the Fourth of July Ed Cooper TV movie
1978 The Wonderful
World of Disney Himself Episode: "Mickey's 50"
1980 The Long Days
of Summer Ed Cooper TV movie
1981 Aloha
Paradise Alex Episode: "Alex and Annie"
1982 Kraft Salutes
Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary Mr.
Lane TV special
1982 Herbie, the
Love Bug Jim Douglas 5 episodes
1983 The Gospel
According to Scrooge Narrator
(voice) TV movie
1984 Don't Ask Me,
Ask God Future Father TV 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 TV movie
1992 Saved by the
Bell: Hawaiian Style Harry
Bannister TV movie
1994 Beethoven George Newton (voice) 26 episodes
1995 The Computer
Wore Tennis Shoes Dean Webster
Carlson TV movie
1995 Nowhere Man Jonathan Crane Episode: "Father"
1996 Special
Report: Journey to Mars Dr.
Scott Berlin TV movie
1996 The Real
Adventures of Jonny Quest Dr. Karel
(voice) Episode: "DNA
Doomsday"
1997 Superman: The
Animated Series Col. Sam
Lane (voice) Episode: "Monkey
Fun"
1997 The Love Bug Jim Douglas TV
movie
1998 Adventures
from the Book of Virtues Chauncey
(voice) Episode:
"Trustworthiness"
2001 Scrooge &
Marley Ebenezer Scrooge TV movie (final TV role)
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