Dickie Jones

Dickie Jones

Biography: American actor who achieved some success as a child and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns and in television. The son of a Texas newspaper editor, Jones was a prodigious horseman from infancy, billed at the age of four as the World's Youngest Trick Rider and Trick Roper. At the age of six, he was hired to perform riding and lariat tricks in the rodeo owned by western star Hoot Gibson. Gibson convinced young Jones and his parents that there was a place for him in Hollywood, and the boy and his mother went west. Gibson arranged for some small parts for the boy, whose good looks, energy, and pleasant voice quickly landed him more and bigger parts, both in low-budget Westerns and in more substantial productions. In 1940, he had one of his most prominent (although invisible) roles, as the voice of Pinocchio (1940) in Walt Disney's animated film of the same name. Jones attended Hollywood High School and, at 15, took over the role of Henry Aldrich on the hit radio show "The Aldrich Family." He learned carpentry and augmented his income with jobs in that field. He served in the Army in Alaska during the final months of World War II. Gene Autry, who before the war had cast Jones in several Westerns, put him back to work in films and particularly in television, on programs produced by Autry's company. Now billed as Dick Jones, the handsome young man starred as Dick West, sidekick to the Western hero known as The Range Rider (1951), in a TV series that ran for 76 episodes in 1951 (and for decades in syndication). Then Autry gave Jones his own series, Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955), which ran for 40 episodes. Jones continued working in films throughout the 1950s, then retired and entered the business world. Date of Death: 7 July 2014, Northridge, Los Angeles, California

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: February 25, 1927

Deathday: July 07, 2014

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Known For

Mountain Rhythm
Mountain Rhythm

1943-01-08

Land of Fighting Men
Land of Fighting Men

1938-11-03

Pinocchio
Pinocchio

1940-02-23

Little Men
Little Men

1934-01-01

Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas

1937-08-06

Queen of the Jungle
Queen of the Jungle

1935-04-12

Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain

1950-11-11

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979-06-05

The Pigskin Palooka
The Pigskin Palooka

1937-10-23

The Hawk
The Hawk

1935-05-13

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

1937-09-29

Last of the Pony Riders
Last of the Pony Riders

1953-11-03

Attila
Attila

1954-12-27

The Wild Dakotas
The Wild Dakotas

1956-02-28

Who's Looney Now
Who's Looney Now

1936-08-23

Blake of Scotland Yard
Blake of Scotland Yard

1937-01-30

A Man to Remember
A Man to Remember

1938-10-14

Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone

1936-10-16

Shadow of the Boomerang
Shadow of the Boomerang

1961-08-07

The Howards of Virginia
The Howards of Virginia

1940-09-19

Adventure in Washington
Adventure in Washington

1941-05-29

Flying Fists
Flying Fists

1937-07-01

Hollywood Round-Up
Hollywood Round-Up

1937-11-06

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1938-06-30

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939-10-19

Blake of Scotland Yard
Blake of Scotland Yard

1937-01-30

The Night Rider
The Night Rider

1962-01-01

The Strawberry Roan
The Strawberry Roan

1948-08-01

The Man Who Dared
The Man Who Dared

1939-06-03

Ready, Willing and Able
Ready, Willing and Able

1937-03-06

Sutter's Gold
Sutter's Gold

1936-03-01

36 Hours to Kill
36 Hours to Kill

1936-07-24

It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

1989-10-14

Love Is on the Air
Love Is on the Air

1937-10-02

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

2009-03-10

Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece
Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece

1993-04-07

The Outlaw
The Outlaw

1943-02-05

Girls on Probation
Girls on Probation

1938-10-22

Virginia City
Virginia City

1940-03-23

Nancy Drew... Reporter
Nancy Drew... Reporter

1939-02-18

Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln

1939-06-09

On Borrowed Time
On Borrowed Time

1939-07-07

Gasoloons
Gasoloons

1936-01-03

The Call of the Savage
The Call of the Savage

1935-04-14

Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again

1939-11-30

O'Shaughnessy's Boy
O'Shaughnessy's Boy

1935-09-27

Sergeant Madden
Sergeant Madden

1939-03-24

Sky Patrol
Sky Patrol

1939-09-11

Smoke Tree Range
Smoke Tree Range

1937-06-05

Wild Horse Round-Up
Wild Horse Round-Up

1936-11-20

Sons of New Mexico
Sons of New Mexico

1949-12-20

Westward Ho
Westward Ho

1935-08-19

The Old West
The Old West

1952-09-29

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936-01-13

Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland

1934-12-14

A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio'
A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio'

2000-12-22

Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang

1950-04-27

Moonlight on the Prairie
Moonlight on the Prairie

1935-11-02

Brigham Young
Brigham Young

1940-09-27

The Frontiersmen
The Frontiersmen

1938-12-16

Fort Worth
Fort Worth

1951-07-14

Love Begins at Twenty
Love Begins at Twenty

1936-08-22

Requiem for a Gunfighter
Requiem for a Gunfighter

1965-06-30

Land Beyond the Law
Land Beyond the Law

1937-03-13

Knute Rockne All American
Knute Rockne All American

1940-10-05

Maryland
Maryland

1940-07-19

Sands of Iwo Jima
Sands of Iwo Jima

1950-01-01

Redwood Forest Trail
Redwood Forest Trail

1950-09-18

Wagon Team
Wagon Team

1952-09-29

Woman Doctor
Woman Doctor

1939-02-06

The Kid Comes Back
The Kid Comes Back

1938-02-12

The Vanishing Virginian
The Vanishing Virginian

1942-02-01

The Devil's Party
The Devil's Party

1938-06-02

Border Wolves
Border Wolves

1938-02-25

The Devil's Bedroom
The Devil's Bedroom

1964-09-01

The Adventures of Mark Twain
The Adventures of Mark Twain

1944-07-20

Black Legion
Black Legion

1937-01-30

The Bamboo Prison
The Bamboo Prison

1954-06-15

The Cool and the Crazy
The Cool and the Crazy

1958-03-01

Musical Movieland
Musical Movieland

1944-09-09

Our Gang Follies of 1936
Our Gang Follies of 1936

1935-11-29