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Dickie Jones
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Dickie Jones
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1927-02-25,Snyder, Texas, USA
Gender
Male
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

Filmography

Mountain Rhythm

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Mountain Rhythm
1943-01-08

Land of Fighting Men

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Land of Fighting Men
1938-11-03

7.1

Pinocchio
1940-02-23

4

Little Men
1934-01-01

6.9

Stella Dallas
1937-08-06

Queen of the Jungle

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Queen of the Jungle
1935-04-12

5.7

Rocky Mountain
1950-11-11

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

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When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979-06-05

The Pigskin Palooka

6.3

The Pigskin Palooka
1937-10-23

4.5

The Hawk
1935-05-13

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

4.3

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
1937-09-29

Last of the Pony Riders

6

Last of the Pony Riders
1953-11-03

5.3

Attila
1954-12-27

The Wild Dakotas

0

The Wild Dakotas
1956-02-28

Who's Looney Now

0

Who's Looney Now
1936-08-23

Blake of Scotland Yard

3

Blake of Scotland Yard
1937-01-30

A Man to Remember

6.5

A Man to Remember
1938-10-14

4.8

Daniel Boone
1936-10-16

Shadow of the Boomerang

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Shadow of the Boomerang
1961-08-07

Hollywood Round-Up

4.4

Hollywood Round-Up
1937-11-06

5

Flying Fists
1937-07-01

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

0

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938-06-30

Blake of Scotland Yard

2

Blake of Scotland Yard
1937-01-30

Adventure in Washington

6.5

Adventure in Washington
1941-05-29

The Howards of Virginia

6.3

The Howards of Virginia
1940-09-19

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

7.9

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19

The Night Rider

0

The Night Rider
1962-01-01

The Strawberry Roan

5

The Strawberry Roan
1948-08-01

The Man Who Dared

5

The Man Who Dared
1939-06-03

Ready, Willing and Able

5.2

Ready, Willing and Able
1937-03-06

0

Sutter's Gold
1936-03-01

36 Hours to Kill

5.3

36 Hours to Kill
1936-07-24

It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

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It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989-10-14

Love Is on the Air

5

Love Is on the Air
1937-10-02

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

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The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
2009-03-10

Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece

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Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece
1993-04-07

5.4

The Outlaw
1943-02-05

Girls on Probation

5.9

Girls on Probation
1938-10-22

6.1

Virginia City
1940-03-23

Nancy Drew... Reporter

6.2

Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939-02-18

Young Mr. Lincoln

7.2

Young Mr. Lincoln
1939-06-09

On Borrowed Time

7.5

On Borrowed Time
1939-07-07

0

Gasoloons
1936-01-03

The Call of the Savage

5

The Call of the Savage
1935-04-14

Destry Rides Again

7.1

Destry Rides Again
1939-11-30

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

6

O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935-09-27

Sergeant Madden

6

Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24

4

Sky Patrol
1939-09-11

Smoke Tree Range

0

Smoke Tree Range
1937-06-05

Wild Horse Round-Up

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Wild Horse Round-Up
1936-11-20

Sons of New Mexico

5

Sons of New Mexico
1949-12-20

5.3

Westward Ho
1935-08-19

5

The Old West
1952-09-29

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

4

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936-01-13

Babes in Toyland

6.4

Babes in Toyland
1934-12-14

A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio'

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A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio'
2000-12-22

Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang

6

Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950-04-27

Moonlight on the Prairie

5.5

Moonlight on the Prairie
1935-11-02

4.4

Brigham Young
1940-09-27

The Frontiersmen

5

The Frontiersmen
1938-12-16

6.6

Fort Worth
1951-07-14

Love Begins at Twenty

6

Love Begins at Twenty
1936-08-22

Requiem for a Gunfighter

6

Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965-06-30

Land Beyond the Law

7

Land Beyond the Law
1937-03-13

Knute Rockne All American

5.9

Knute Rockne All American
1940-10-05

6.2

Maryland
1940-07-19

Sands of Iwo Jima

6.381

Sands of Iwo Jima
1950-01-01

Redwood Forest Trail

0

Redwood Forest Trail
1950-09-18

6

Wagon Team
1952-09-29

1

Woman Doctor
1939-02-06

The Kid Comes Back

5.3

The Kid Comes Back
1938-02-12

The Vanishing Virginian

6

The Vanishing Virginian
1942-02-01

The Devil's Party

5.5

The Devil's Party
1938-06-02

0

Border Wolves
1938-02-25

The Devil's Bedroom

6

The Devil's Bedroom
1964-09-01

The Adventures of Mark Twain

6.6

The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944-07-20

6.5

Black Legion
1937-01-30

The Bamboo Prison

6.4

The Bamboo Prison
1954-06-15

The Cool and the Crazy

5.1

The Cool and the Crazy
1958-03-01

Musical Movieland

6

Musical Movieland
1944-09-09

Our Gang Follies of 1936

5.8

Our Gang Follies of 1936
1935-11-29

The Lone Ranger

6.8

The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15

The Range Rider

6.8

The Range Rider
1951-04-05

The Gene Autry Show

4.8

The Gene Autry Show
1950-07-23

Buffalo Bill Jr.

5

Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955-03-01