Dean Jones

Dean Jones

Dean Jones (1931–2015) was an American actor. Jones is best known for his leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977, most notably The Love Bug.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 • as Self - Guest

TV

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957 • as Self

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984 • as Leonard Palmer

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984 • as Marcus Boswell

Filmography

2013

Six by Sondheim
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/9/2013

2009

Mandie and the Secret Tunnel
Mandie and the Secret Tunnel
as Jason Bond
Movie - Released: 9/22/2009

2001

Scrooge and Marley
Scrooge and Marley
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Movie - Released: 12/1/2001
Movie
Disney Through The Decades
Movie - Released: 1/1/2001

2000

All About Jesus – Who Is This Jesus?
All About Jesus – Who Is This Jesus?
as Self – Host
Movie - Released: 12/26/2000

1998

Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
as Dean Arbagast (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/11/1998

1997

That Darn Cat
That Darn Cat
as Mr. Flint
Movie - Released: 2/14/1997
The Love Bug
The Love Bug
as Jim Douglas
Movie - Released: 11/29/1997
A Walk in Time - The Adventure Continues
A Walk in Time - The Adventure Continues
as professor Mortimer
Movie - Released: 12/11/1997

1996

A Walk in Time
A Walk in Time
as Professor Mortimer
Movie - Released: 12/13/1996
Special Report: Journey to Mars
Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Dr. Scott Berlin
Movie - Released: 3/25/1996
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series
as Col. Sam Lane (voice)
TV - Released: 9/6/1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Dr. Karel (voice)
TV - Released: 8/26/1996

1995

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Webster Carlson
Movie - Released: 1/18/1995
Nowhere Man
Nowhere Man
as Jonathan Crane
TV - Released: 8/28/1995

1994

Clear and Present Danger
Clear and Present Danger
as Judge Moore
Movie - Released: 8/3/1994
The Visual Bible: Acts
The Visual Bible: Acts
as Luke
Movie - Released: 10/1/1994
Beethoven
Beethoven
as George Newton (voice)
TV - Released: 9/10/1994

1992

Beethoven
Beethoven
as Herman Varnick
Movie - Released: 4/3/1992
Queen Esther
Queen Esther
as King Ahasuerus (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/27/1992
Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style
Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style
as Harry Bannister
Movie - Released: 11/27/1992

1991

Other People's Money
Other People's Money
as Bill Coles
Movie - Released: 10/18/1991

1990

Fire and Rain
Fire and Rain
as Jack Ayers
Movie - Released: 10/26/1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/2/1990

1986

St. John in Exile
St. John in Exile
as John
Movie - Released: 1/1/1986

1985

America, You're Too Young to Die
America, You're Too Young to Die
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/31/1985

1984

Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
as Future Father
Movie - Released: 1/1/1984
Finder of Lost Loves
Finder of Lost Loves
as Steve Marsh
TV - Released: 9/22/1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Leonard Palmer
TV - Released: 9/30/1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Marcus Boswell
TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1982

Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
as Mr. Lane
Movie - Released: 1/21/1982
Herbie, the Love Bug
Herbie, the Love Bug
as Jim Douglas
TV - Released: 3/17/1982

1981

Aloha Paradise
Aloha Paradise
TV - Released: 2/25/1981

1980

The Long Days of Summer
The Long Days of Summer
as Ed Cooper
Movie - Released: 5/23/1980

1978

Born Again
Born Again
as Charles W. Colson
Movie - Released: 10/1/1978
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
as Ed Cooper
Movie - Released: 3/12/1978
Mickey's 50
Mickey's 50
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/19/1978

1977

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
as Jim Douglas
Movie - Released: 6/24/1977
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Jacob Grimm
Movie - Released: 11/23/1977

1976

The Shaggy D.A.
The Shaggy D.A.
as Wilby Daniels
Movie - Released: 12/17/1976
Good Heavens
Good Heavens
TV - Released: 2/29/1976

1975

Mitzi & 100 Guys
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/24/1975

1974

The Sugarland Express
The Sugarland Express
as Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 3/31/1974

1973

Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?
Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?
as George Gregory
Movie - Released: 10/31/1973

1972

Snowball Express
Snowball Express
as Johnny Baxter
Movie - Released: 12/22/1972
The Great Man's Whiskers
The Great Man's Whiskers
as James E. Cooper
Movie - Released: 5/2/1972

1971

The Million Dollar Duck
The Million Dollar Duck
as Professeur Albert Dooley
Movie - Released: 6/30/1971
TV
The Chicago Teddy Bears
TV - Released: 9/17/1971

1970

Original Cast Album: Company
Original Cast Album: Company
as Self / Bobby
Movie - Released: 10/28/1970
Mr. Superinvisible
Mr. Superinvisible
as Peter Denwell
Movie - Released: 9/17/1970

1969

Medical Center
Medical Center
TV - Released: 9/24/1969
TV
What's It All About, World?
TV - Released: 2/6/1969

1968

The Love Bug
The Love Bug
as Jim Douglas
Movie - Released: 12/23/1968
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Fredrick 'Fred' Bolton
Movie - Released: 12/16/1968
Blackbeard's Ghost
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Steve Walker
Movie - Released: 2/8/1968
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 6/6/1968

1967

Monkeys, Go Home!
Monkeys, Go Home!
as Hank Dussard
Movie - Released: 2/8/1967
The Danny Thomas Hour
The Danny Thomas Hour
as Himself
TV - Released: 9/11/1967

1966

The Ugly Dachshund
The Ugly Dachshund
as Mark Garrison
Movie - Released: 2/16/1966
Any Wednesday
Any Wednesday
as Cass Henderson
Movie - Released: 10/13/1966

1965

That Darn Cat!
That Darn Cat!
as Zeke Kelso
Movie - Released: 12/2/1965
Two on a Guillotine
Two on a Guillotine
as Val Henderson
Movie - Released: 1/13/1965
Hullabaloo
Hullabaloo
as Self
TV - Released: 1/12/1965
Hullabaloo
Hullabaloo
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 1/12/1965

1964

The New Interns
The New Interns
as Dr. Lew Worship
Movie - Released: 6/1/1964

1963

Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Dave Manning
Movie - Released: 10/23/1963
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
as Rudy Davis
TV - Released: 9/20/1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Eddie Carew
TV - Released: 10/10/1963
TV
Vacation Playhouse
as Alec Tate
TV - Released: 7/22/1963

1962

Ensign O'Toole
Ensign O'Toole
as Ensign O'Toole
TV - Released: 9/23/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

Who Killed Julie Greer?
Who Killed Julie Greer?
as Phil Winslow
Movie - Released: 9/26/1961
Target: The Corruptors!
Target: The Corruptors!
TV - Released: 9/29/1961
Ben Casey
Ben Casey
TV - Released: 10/2/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

Outlaws
Outlaws
TV - Released: 9/26/1960
The Aquanauts
The Aquanauts
as John Anderson
TV - Released: 9/14/1960

1959

Never So Few
Never So Few
as Sgt. Jim Norby
Movie - Released: 12/7/1959
Night of the Quarter Moon
Night of the Quarter Moon
as Lexington Nelson
Movie - Released: 3/4/1959
Bonanza
Bonanza
as Danny Kidd
TV - Released: 9/12/1959

1958

Torpedo Run
Torpedo Run
as Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley
Movie - Released: 10/24/1958
Imitation General
Imitation General
as Cpl. Terry Sellers
Movie - Released: 8/20/1958
Handle with Care
Handle with Care
as Zachary Davis
Movie - Released: 4/18/1958

1957

Jailhouse Rock
Jailhouse Rock
as Teddy Talbot
Movie - Released: 11/8/1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Dan
Movie - Released: 4/3/1957
Designing Woman
Designing Woman
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 5/16/1957
TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
TV - Released: 7/29/1957

1956

Tea and Sympathy
Tea and Sympathy
as Ollie
Movie - Released: 9/27/1956
These Wilder Years
These Wilder Years
as Hardware Clerk
Movie - Released: 8/17/1956
The Great American Pastime
The Great American Pastime
as Buck Rivers
Movie - Released: 11/28/1956
The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/15/1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Somebody Up There Likes Me
as Private in Rocky's Tent (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 7/4/1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/5/1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Deputy Bill Devlin
TV - Released: 10/5/1956
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
TV - Released: 6/24/1956

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953