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Dean Jones is a Actor and Makeup Artist American born on 25 january 1931 at Decatur (USA)

Dean Jones

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Birth name Dean Carroll Jones
Nationality USA
Birth 25 january 1931 at Decatur (USA)
Death 1 september 2015 (at 84 years)

Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor best known for his light-hearted leading roles in several Walt Disney films between 1965 and 1977, such as The Love Bug (1968). Jones also originated the role of Bobby in Stephen Sondheim's Company.

Biography

Jones' first marriage to Mae Inez Entwisle ended in divorce in 1970. They had two daughters. He was married to actress Lory Patrick from 1973 until his death in 2015. Lory had a son, Michael Pastick.

Jones became a devout born-again Christian in 1973–1974, before his father's death in 1979. His book Under Running Laughter (1982) recounts his experience of Christianity. He had had a history of suffering from depression. His wife, Lory, said, "One night he got down on his knees and prayed that God would free him from the miserable moods that he had always suffered. He told me that in an instant it was gone and he felt peace and joy flood into his heart." Jones appeared in several Christian films. He also voiced the narrator in Birdwing Records' 1979 studio album, Nathaniel the Grublet.

In 1998, Jones founded the Christian Rescue Committee (CRC), an organization that helps provide a "way of escape to Jews, Christians, and others persecuted for their faith."


Death
Jones died on September 1, 2015, at the age of 84, of Parkinson's disease.

Best films

Beethoven (1992)
(Actor)
The Love Bug (1968)
(Actor)
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
(Actor)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dean Jones (46 films)

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Actor

Coffin Baby
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Bruce Dern, Brian Krause, Clifton Powell, Ethan Philips, Chauntal Ralawna Lewis, Whitney Anderson
Roles H. Bogart
Rating33% 1.6952951.6952951.6952951.6952951.695295
In Hollywood, Samantha Forester (Chauntal Lewis) is kidnapped by "Coffin Baby" (Christopher Doyle), branded, locked in a cage, and forced to witness dozens upon dozens of other Los Angeles citizens being murdered in various brutal ways. When she is reported as missing, But, later, by unknown reason he cut off her left hand. After 10 days in captivity, Coffin Baby falls in love with Samantha and gives her an orchid. Becoming crazed by her confinement, she herself eats cooked human flesh from another blonde victim.
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, 1h7
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about children, Batman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Kevin Conroy, Michael Ansara, Loren Lester, Mary Kay Bergman, George Dzundza, Efrem Zimbalist II
Roles Dean Arbagast (voice)
Rating71% 3.594833.594833.594833.594833.59483
Since his last encounter against Batman, Mr. Freeze has found a home in the Arctic and started a family (of sorts) with the still cryogenically-encased Nora, an Inuit boy named Kunac, and two pet polar bears, Hotchka and Shaka. Nora's condition begins to rapidly deteriorate due to a submarine accidentally emerging from underwater directly underneath them, shattering her containment vessel. Freeze returns to Gotham City with his companions. He enlists the help of Dr. Gregory Belson to find a cure. Belson determines that Nora needs an organ transplant, but due to her rare blood type there are no suitable donors available.
That Darn Cat, 1h29
Directed by Bob Spiers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug, Dean Jones, Peter Boyle, Megan Cavanagh, Bess Armstrong
Roles Mr. Flint
Rating47% 2.3549352.3549352.3549352.3549352.354935
A pair of bumbling kidnappers break into the house of the president with the intention of kidnapping his wife and holding her for ransom. Things don't go according to plan when they mistakenly kidnap house maid Lizzie instead.
The Love Bug, 1h28
Directed by Peyton Reed
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Bruce Campbell, John Hannah, Alexandra Wentworth, Jeff Garlin, Kevin J. O'Connor, Dana Gould
Roles Jim Douglas
Rating52% 2.6156852.6156852.6156852.6156852.615685
La Coccinelle ne remporte plus aucune course. Abandonnée par son nouveau propriétaire, Simon Moore III, elle est sauvée par Hank Cooper, un pilote malchanceux devenu mécanicien. Pour aider ce dernier à retrouver la plus haute marche du podium et l'amour d'Alex, son ancienne fiancée, Choupette reprend la compétition. Elle va devoir affronter Horace, la nouvelle voiture de Simon...
Clear and Present Danger, 2h21
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Politic
Themes Spy films, Medical-themed films, Politique, Films about drugs, Political films
Actors Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Miguel Sandoval, Belita Moreno, Joaquim de Almeida, James Earl Jones
Roles Judge Moore
Rating68% 3.4482553.4482553.4482553.4482553.448255
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat stops a suspicious yacht, discovering that an American businessman and his family have been murdered by several men operating the craft. The murdered man happens to have been a close friend of the President. President Bennett (Moffat) learns that the man was murdered because of his ties to a drug cartel, having skimmed over $650 million from it. The President tells James Cutter (Yulin), his National Security Advisor, that Colombian drug cartels represent a "clear and present danger" to the U.S., indirectly giving him unofficial permission to kill the men responsible for his friend's murder. When Vice Admiral Jim Greer (Jones) is stricken with terminal cancer, Jack Ryan (Ford) is appointed Deputy Director of Intelligence and is asked to go before the U.S. Congress to request increased funding for ongoing (CIA) operations in Colombia.
Beethoven
Beethoven (1992)
, 1h27
Directed by Brian Levant
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Films about dogs, L'enfance marginalisée, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Films about school violence
Actors Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Nicholle Tom, Dean Jones, Christopher Castile, Oliver Platt
Roles Herman Varnick
Rating57% 2.851132.851132.851132.851132.85113
When the film opens, a St. Bernard puppy and a large group of others are stolen from a pet store by two thieves, Harvey (Oliver Platt) and Vernon (Stanley Tucci). After meeting a dog during his escape from the thieves, the St. Bernard sneaks into the home of the Newton family. The workaholic father, George Newton (Charles Grodin), doesn't want the responsibility of owning a dog, but his wife, Alice (Bonnie Hunt), and their children, Ryce, Ted and Emily, convince him otherwise. While trying to name him, Emily (Sarah Rose Karr), plays a portion of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and he barks along: thus they name him "Beethoven."
Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond, Elizabeth Berkley, Tiffani Thiessen, Lark Voorhies
Roles Harry Bannister
Rating61% 3.05133.05133.05133.05133.0513
Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style occurred during the continuity of the original series, during a summer holiday. In the movie, Kelly's grandfather, played by Dean Jones, invites the kids to stay at his hotel in Hawaii. However, someone else is out to buy his land and build a hotel/resort complex, and the group has to save it.
Other People's Money, 1h40
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper Laurie, Dean Jones, Tom Aldredge
Roles Bill Coles
Rating61% 3.099183.099183.099183.099183.09918
Lawrence "Larry the Liquidator" Garfield (Danny DeVito) is a successful corporate raider who has become rich buying up companies and selling off their assets. With the help of a computerized stock analyzing program, Garfield has identified New England Wire & Cable as his next target. The struggling company is run by the benevolent and folksy Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Gregory Peck) and is the primary employer in its small Rhode Island town.
Fire and Rain, 1h29
Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Charles Haid, Angie Dickinson, Penny Fuller, Tom Bosley, David Hasselhoff, Dean Jones
Roles Jack Ayers
Rating55% 2.770912.770912.770912.770912.77091
On August 2, 1985, Delta Airlines Flight 191, flown by Captain Connors (John Beck) and First Officer Rudy Price (Dick Christie) are preparing to land at Dallas on its single stop, flying from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Los Angeles. Air Traffic controllers advise that a thunderstorm is present. The flight crew surmise that the aircraft might get washed, but have no other worries about the storm being so near. Passengers such as Lucille Jacobson (Patti Labelle), who is terrified of flying, however, are fearful about landing in a storm. Others, like Marilyn (Gloria Hocking) and Mike Steinberg (Joe Berryman) are thinking more about their California vacation. As the rain pelts down on the airliner, there is no warning of an impending crisis.
Masque of the Red Death, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Patrick Macnee, Adrian Paul, Dean Jones, Tracy Reiner, Maria Ford, Brenda Vaccaro
Rating40% 2.0466652.0466652.0466652.0466652.046665
Machiavel (Patrick Macnee) is a mysterious masked rider in a red cape who roams the countryside of Prince Prospero's fiefdom. The appearance of the rider is followed by a deadly plague that scars its victims and decimates the peasantry. The rural people are becoming desperate and seek to escape the devastation. Meanwhile, Prospero (Adrian Paul) barricades himself at his palace, to avoid any villagers entering his immediate domain and disturbing him. He also organizes a masquerade ball where he invites the nobility of his land to participate. Village maidens are also brought into the castle to provide entertainment for his guests. Amongst them is Juliette (Clare Hoak), an innocent peasant girl, who continuously resists the prince's lustful pursuit. When Claudio (Jeff Osterhage), the prince's friend, advises Prospero to stop pursuing Juliette, the angry prince sends them both to be jailed in the dungeons of his palace. Meanwhile, desperate peasants are trying to breach the defences of Prospero's castle to escape the Red Death. In response to their attempts to enter the safety of his castle, the prince orders boiling oil to be poured on them from high atop the battlements, scorching many of them to death. The party is in full swing when a mysterious masked man in a red cape joins the fun unannounced.
The Long Days of Summer, 1h40
Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dean Jones, Joan Hackett, Ronnie Scribner, Louanne Sirota, Donald Moffat, Andrew Duggan
Roles Ed Cooper
Rating61% 3.0892353.0892353.0892353.0892353.089235
It's the summer of 1938 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and Jewish 13-year-old, Daniel Cooper (now portrayed by Ronnie Scribner) finds himself tangling with the bigoted playground bully, Freddy Landauer (David Baron). As the talk of Bridgeport centers around the pending rematch between boxing heavyweight champ Joe Louis and his German challenger, Danny is challenged to a boxing match with the Landauer boy, to which he feels he has no choice but to accept. Paralleling his plight, Danny's father (Dean Jones) also begins to experience antisemitism when he takes in a Jewish boarder from Germany (Donald Moffat) who has come to the United States to warn of the increasing menace overseas in the form of Adolf Hitler. As Danny and his family are faced with their own pressures from within their small-town community, they must each make difficult decisions about standing up for what is right in the face of discrimination and intimidation.
Born Again
Born Again (1978)
, 1h50
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Political films
Actors Dean Jones, Anne Francis, Jay Robinson, Dana Andrews, Raymond St. Jacques, Corey Feldman
Roles Charles W. Colson
Rating51% 2.578432.578432.578432.578432.57843
L'implication de Charles Colson, conseiller à la Maison-Blanche du président Richard Nixon, dans le scandale du Watergate, sa conversion ultérieure au christianisme et sa peine de prison découlant de Watergate.
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July, 1h40
Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dean Jones, Andrew Duggan, Louise Sorel, Chris Petersen, Katy Kurtzman, Harris Yulin
Roles Ed Cooper
Rating72% 3.6042853.6042853.6042853.6042853.604285
It's the summer of 1937 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and 12-year-old Daniel Cooper (Chris Petersen) along with his 10-year-old sister Sarah (Katy Kurtzman) are looking forward to summer vacation, most particularly, the annual 4th of July festivities. Sarah soon befriends the town's gentle misfit, Albert Cavanaugh, known by the town's children as "Snowman" (Geoffrey Lewis), a highly decorated and now brain-damaged World War I veteran, after she defends him from the town's resident bully, "Red" Doyle (Eric Shea). When Snowman finds himself accused of a terrible murder, Sarah, believing him to be innocent, convinces her successful attorney father, Ed Cooper (Dean Jones) to defend him. Amid courtroom allegations of communism and insinuations of a potentially inappropriate relationship with Sarah, Ed Cooper and the town's children must try to prove Snowman's innocence, before he can be sentenced to jail for the murder.