Dean Jones (actor)
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| Dean Jones | |
| Born | January 25, 1931 (age 76) Decatur, Alabama  United States |
| Notable roles | Jim Douglas in The Love Bug series |
Dean Jones (born January 25, 1931 in Decatur, Alabama) is an American actor. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War, after which he worked at the Bird Cage Theater at Knott's Berry Farm, California.
He was voluntarily replaced (by Larry Kert) in Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical Company after just one month. Jones' performance is preserved on the original cast album. He also appeared in many Disney films in the 1960s and 1970s, including, That Darn Cat! (1965), The Ugly Dachshund (1966), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), and Snowball Express (1972). Jones' signature Disney role would be that of race car driver Jim Douglas in the highly successful The Love Bug (1969) series. Jones appeared in two of the five feature films, a short-lived television series produced in 1982, and a made for TV movie in 1997. He also appeared as the evil vet Herman Varnick in the popular family film Beethoven in 1992.
Jones became a devout born-again Christian in 1973/1974 and has since appeared in several Christian movies. He is semi-retired, and currently resides in California.
He also testified in favor of a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to only heterosexuals.
[edit] Appeared on Broadway in:
- There Was a Little Girl - 1960
- Under the Yum-Yum Tree - 1960
- Company - 1970
- Into the Light - 1986
- Company (revival) - 1993
[edit] Appeared on film in:
- Handle with Care - 1955
- Tea and Sympathy - 1956
- Jailhouse Rock - 1957
- Under the Yum Yum Tree - 1963
- The New Interns - 1964
- Two on a Guillotine - 1965
- That Darn Cat! - 1965 (also appears in 1997 remake)
- The Ugly Dachshund - 1966
- Any Wednesday - 1966
- Monkeys, Go Home! - 1967
- Blackbeard's Ghost - 1968
- The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit - 1968
- The Love Bug - 1969(also appears in 1997 remake)
- The Million Dollar Duck - 1971
- Snowball Express - 1972
- The Shaggy DA - 1976
- Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo - 1977
- Born Again - 1978
- St. John in Exile - 1986
- Other People's Money - 1991
- Beethoven - 1992
- Clear and Present Danger - 1994
- That Darn Cat - 1997
