Dickie Jones

Dickie Jones

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1927-02-25
Deathday: 2014-07-07 (87 years old)

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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

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Filmography

all 85

Movies 81

self 5

TV Shows 4

Voice 1

Self
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached (2009)

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

A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio' (2000)

Movie
Self
Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece

Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece (1993)

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

It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story (1989)

Movie
Self
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979)

Movie
Pinocchio
A Lesson in Honesty

A Lesson in Honesty (1978)

Movie
Cliff Fletcher
Requiem for a Gunfighter

Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965)

Movie
Norm
The Devil's Bedroom

The Devil's Bedroom (1964)

Movie
Billy Joe
The Night Rider

The Night Rider (1962)

Movie
Bob Prince
Shadow of the Boomerang

Shadow of the Boomerang (1961)

Movie
Stu Summerville
The Cool and the Crazy

The Cool and the Crazy (1958)

Movie
Mike McGeehee
The Wild Dakotas

The Wild Dakotas (1956)

Movie
Buffalo Bill Jr. / Buffalo Bill, Jr.
Buffalo Bill Jr.

Buffalo Bill Jr. (1955)

TV
Attila

Attila (1954)

Movie
Jackie
The Bamboo Prison

The Bamboo Prison (1954)

Movie
Johnny Blair
Last of the Pony Riders

Last of the Pony Riders (1953)

Movie
Dave Weldon, aka The Apache Kid
Wagon Team

Wagon Team (1952)

Movie
Pinto
The Old West

The Old West (1952)

Movie
Luther Wicks (as Dick Jones)
Fort Worth

Fort Worth (1951)

Movie
Dick West / Jimmy the Kid
The Range Rider

The Range Rider (1951)

TV
Jim 'Buck' Wheat
Rocky Mountain

Rocky Mountain (1950)

Movie
Mighty Mite
Redwood Forest Trail

Redwood Forest Trail (1950)

Movie
The Gene Autry Show

The Gene Autry Show (1950)

TV
Scared Marine (uncredited)
Sands of Iwo Jima

Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)

Movie
Randy Pryor
Sons of New Mexico

Sons of New Mexico (1949)

Movie
Jim Douglas
The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger (1949)

TV
Joe Bailey
The Strawberry Roan

The Strawberry Roan (1948)

Movie
Tourist (uncredited)
Musical Movieland

Musical Movieland (1944)

Movie
Young Samuel Clemens
The Adventures of Mark Twain

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

Movie
Boy (uncredited)
The Outlaw

The Outlaw (1943)

Movie
Darwood Gates Alton
Mountain Rhythm

Mountain Rhythm (1943)

Movie
Robert Yancey, Jr.
The Vanishing Virginian

The Vanishing Virginian (1942)

Movie
Abbott
Adventure in Washington

Adventure in Washington (1941)

Movie
Boy Captain (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American (1940)

Movie
Henry Kent
Brigham Young

Brigham Young (1940)

Movie
Matt Howard at 12
The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia (1940)

Movie
Lee Danfield, Age 12
Maryland

Maryland (1940)

Movie
Cobby
Virginia City

Virginia City (1940)

Movie
Pinocchio / Alexander (voice) (uncredited)
Pinocchio

Pinocchio (1940)

Movie
7
Boy
A Boy, a Gun and Birds

A Boy, a Gun and Birds (1940)

Movie
Claggett Boy
Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again (1939)

Movie
6
Hillbilly Child
Mountain Ears

Mountain Ears (1939)

Movie
Richard Jones (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Movie
5.27
Bobby Landis
Sky Patrol

Sky Patrol (1939)

Movie
Boy in Tree (uncredited)
On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time (1939)

Movie
Adam Clay as a Boy (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Movie
6
Bill Carter
The Man Who Dared

The Man Who Dared (1939)

Movie
Dennis Madden, as a boy
Sergeant Madden

Sergeant Madden (1939)

Movie
Killer Parkins
Nancy Drew... Reporter

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

Movie
3
Johnny
Woman Doctor

Woman Doctor (1939)

Movie
Artie Peters
The Frontiersmen

The Frontiersmen (1938)

Movie
Jimmy Mitchell
Land of Fighting Men

Land of Fighting Men (1938)

Movie
Magazine Newsboy
Girls on Probation

Girls on Probation (1938)

Movie
Dick Abbott (as a boy)
A Man to Remember

A Man to Remember (1938)

Movie
Buddy
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)

Movie
Young Joe
The Devil's Party

The Devil's Party (1938)

Movie
Jimmie Benton
Border Wolves

Border Wolves (1938)

Movie
Bobby Doyle
The Kid Comes Back

The Kid Comes Back (1938)

Movie
Dickie Stevens
Hollywood Round-Up

Hollywood Round-Up (1937)

Movie
Spike (as Our Gang)
The Pigskin Palooka

The Pigskin Palooka (1937)

Movie
Bill - Mouse's Friend
Love Is on the Air

Love Is on the Air (1937)

Movie
Tommy MacDonald
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)

Movie
Lee Morrison
Stella Dallas

Stella Dallas (1937)

Movie
Dickie Martin
Flying Fists

Flying Fists (1937)

Movie
Teddy Page
Smoke Tree Range

Smoke Tree Range (1937)

Movie
Bobby Skinner (uncredited)
Land Beyond the Law

Land Beyond the Law (1937)

Movie
Junior
Ready, Willing and Able

Ready, Willing and Able (1937)

Movie
Buddy Taylor
Black Legion

Black Legion (1937)

Movie
6
Bobby Mason
Blake of Scotland Yard

Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)

Movie
Dickie Williams
Wild Horse Round-Up

Wild Horse Round-Up (1936)

Movie
Master Jerry Randolph
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone (1936)

Movie
6.75
Sonny Brown
Who's Looney Now

Who's Looney Now (1936)

Movie
Boy on Streetcar
Love Begins at Twenty

Love Begins at Twenty (1936)

Movie
Little Boy Selling The Garden Beautiful
36 Hours to Kill

36 Hours to Kill (1936)

Movie
2nd Newsboy
Sutter's Gold

Sutter's Gold (1936)

Movie
Jimmy McLaw
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)

Movie
Wilbur
Gasoloons

Gasoloons (1936)

Movie
Dickie Roberts
Moonlight on the Prairie

Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)

Movie
Boy with Sling Shot at Parade
O'Shaughnessy's Boy

O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935)

Movie
Jim Wyatt as a Child
Westward Ho

Westward Ho (1935)

Movie
Dickie Thomas
The Hawk

The Hawk (1935)

Movie
Jan Trevor as a Boy
The Call of the Savage

The Call of the Savage (1935)

Movie
David Worth as a child
Queen of the Jungle

Queen of the Jungle (1935)

Movie
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland (1934)

Movie
8
Dolly
Little Men

Little Men (1934)

Movie

Ratings

Average 4.97
Based on 370 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1927-02-25

Deathday
2014-07-07 (87 years old)

Birth Name
Richard Percy Jones

Birth Place
Scurry County, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Richard Percy Jones, Dick Jones, Dicky Jones

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Disney Legends


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