Dean Jones
American actor (1931-2015) · United States · Actors · Died at 84
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Something wrong?Dean Carroll Jones 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).
A life in dates
Six by SondheimFilm1998
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZeroFilm, Dean Arbagast (voice)1996
Superman: The Animated SeriesSeries, Col. Sam Lane (voice)
A Walk in TimeFilm, 1996Professor Mortimer1995Disney LegendsAward1994
BeethovenSeries, George Newton (voice)
Clear and Present DangerFilm, 1994Judge Moore1992
BeethovenFilm, Dr. Varnick1990
Fire and RainFilm, Jack Ayers1984
Finder of Lost LovesSeries, Steve Marsh1976
The Shaggy D.A.Film, Wilby Daniels1972
Snowball ExpressFilm, Johnny Baxter1970
Mr. SuperinvisibleFilm, Peter Denwell1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeries1967
Monkeys, Go Home!Film, Hank Dussard1966
Any WednesdayFilm, Cass Henderson1963
Burke's LawSeries, Rudy Davis
Under the Yum Yum TreeFilm, 1963Dave Manning1961
Ben CaseySeries1960
OutlawsSeries1958
Torpedo RunFilm, Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Deputy Bill Devlin
Somebody Up There Likes MeFilm, 1956Private in Rocky's Tent (uncredited)1953
The OscarsSeries1931Born25 January 1931Photos 2
Filmography 40
SSSix by Sondheim
MTMandie and the Secret TunnelBSBatman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
TCThat Darn Cat
TBThe Love Bug
ACA Walk in Time: The Adventure ContinuesATA Walk in Time
TSThe Computer Wore Tennis ShoesCDClear and Present Danger
TAThe Visual Bible: ActsBEBeethoven
SSSaved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style
OMOther People's MoneyFRFire and Rain
HCHerbie Goes to Monte CarloTAThe Shaggy D.A.
TEThe Sugarland ExpressSESnowball Express
TDThe Million Dollar Duck
OCOriginal Cast Album: CompanyMSMr. Superinvisible
TBThe Love Bug
BGBlackbeard's Ghost
TSThe Horse in the Gray Flannel SuitMHMonkeys, Go Home!
TDThe Ugly DachshundAWAny Wednesday
TCThat Darn Cat!
TGTwo on a GuillotineUTUnder the Yum Yum Tree
NFNever So Few
NMNight of the Quarter MoonTRTorpedo Run
JRJailhouse Rock
DWDesigning Woman
TBTen Thousand BedroomsSMSomebody Up There Likes Me
TSTea and Sympathy
TSThe Opposite Sex
TYThese Wilder Years103 credits on file
Television 24
SSSuperman: The Animated Series
TQThe Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
NMNowhere ManBEBeethoven
MWMurder, She WroteFLFinder of Lost Loves
MCMedical Center
TSThe Dick Cavett ShowRIRowan & Martin's Laugh-InBLBurke's Law
KTKraft Suspense Theatre
TCThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TSThe Mike Douglas ShowBCBen Casey
TCTarget: The Corruptors!OUOutlaws
TAThe Aquanauts
BOBonanzaTPTonight Starring Jack PaarDTDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TSThe Steve Allen Show
TSThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TDThe Wonderful World of DisneyTOThe OscarsAwards
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About this person
Dean Carroll Jones 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.
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