Dean Jones (actor)

Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor. He was born in Decatur, Alabama.

Jones was best known for his light-hearted leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977. He was known for his roles in The Love Bug and in Beethoven. 

Jones died from Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles, California, aged 84.

Filmography

Film
 Year Title Role Notes 1956  Somebody Up There Likes Me  Private in Rocky's Tent  Uncredited 1956  These Wilder Years  Hardware Clerk  1956  Tea and Sympathy  Ollie  1956  The Opposite Sex  Assistant Stage Manager  Uncredited 1956  The Rack  Lieutenant  Uncredited 1956  The Great American Pastime  Buck Rivers  1957  Slander  Newscaster  Uncredited 1957  Ten Thousand Bedrooms  Dan  1957  Designing Woman  Assistant Stage Manager (Boston)  Uncredited 1957  Until They Sail  US Marine Lt.  Uncredited 1957  Jailhouse Rock  Teddy Talbot  1958  Handle with Care  Zachary Davis  1958  Imitation General  Cpl. Terry Sellers  1958  Torpedo Run  Lt. Jake "Fuzz" Foley  1959  Night of the Quarter Moon  Lexington Nelson  1959  Never So Few  Sgt. Jim Norby  1963  Under the Yum Yum Tree  Dave Manning  1964  The New Interns  Dr. Lew Worship  1965  Two on a Guillotine  Val Henderson  1965  That Darn Cat!  FBI Agent Zeke Kelso  1966  The Ugly Dachshund  Mark Garrison  1966  Any Wednesday  Cass Henderson  1967  Monkeys, Go Home!  Hank Dussard  1968  Blackbeard's Ghost  Steve Walker  1968  The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit  Fred Bolton  1968  The Love Bug  Jim Douglas  1970  Mr. Superinvisible  Peter Denwell  1971  The $1,000,000 Duck  Professor Albert Dooley  1972  Snowball Express  Johnny Baxter  1974  The Sugarland Express  Policeman at Football Game  Uncredited 1976  The Shaggy D.A.  Wilby Daniels  1977  Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo  Jim Douglas  1978  Born Again  Charles W. Colson  1986  St. John in Exile  St. John  1991  Other People's Money  Bill Coles  1992  The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible  King Ahasuerus (voice)  Direct-to-video ("Queen Esther" segment) 1992  Beethoven  Dr. Herman Varnick  1994  Clear and Present Danger  Judge Moore  1994  The Visual Bible: Acts  Luke the Evangelist  Direct-to-video 1996  Getting Around in Time  Professor Mortimer  1997  That Darn Cat  Mr. Flint  1998  Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero  Dean Arbagast (voice)  Direct-to-video 2007  Lavinia's Heist  Tony Cavaletti  Short film 2009  Mandie and the Secret Tunnel  Jason Bond   2009  God Provides  Abraham  Direct-to-video (final film role)

Television
 Year Title Role Notes 1960  Zane Grey Theatre  Deputy Bill Devlin  Episode: "The Sunday Man" 1960  The Aquanauts  John Anderson  Episode: "The Stowaway" 1960  Outlaws  Danny Cannon  Episode: "Beat the Drum Slowly" 1960  Stagecoach West  Joe Brady  Episode: "Red Sand" 1961  The Dick Powell Show  Detective Phil Winslow  Episode: "Who Killed Julie Greer?" 1961  Bonanza  Danny Kidd  Episode: "The Friendship" 1961  Tales of Wells Fargo  Jamie Coburn  Episode: "A Killing in Calico" 1962  Target: The Corruptors!  Barry Steele  Episode: "Play It Blue" 1962  Wagon Train  Lt. Burton  Episode: "The Lieutenant Burton Story" 1962–63  Ensign O'Toole  Ensign O'Toole  Main role (32 episodes) 1963  Ben Casey  Dr. Richard Connell  Episode: "Fire in a Sacred Fruit Tree" 1963  Burke's Law  Rudy Davis  Episode: "Who Killed Eleanora Davis?" 1965  Kraft Suspense Theatre  Eddie Carew  Episode: "The Rise and Fall of Eddie Carew" 1965  Vacation Playhouse  Alec Tate  Episode: "Alec Tate" 1968  Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color  Narrator (voice)  Episode: "The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show" 1969  What's It All About, World? || Himself || Host (13 episodes)
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| 1971 || The Chicago Teddy Bears || Linc McCray || Main role (13 episodes)
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| 1972 || The Great Man's Whiskers || James E. Cooper || Television film
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| 1973 || Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed? || George Gregory || Television film
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| 1974 || Medical Center || Dr. Ronston || Episode: "Spectre"
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| 1976 || Good Heavens || Brad || Episode: "Coffee, Tea, or Gloria"
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| 1977 || Once Upon a Brothers Grimm || Jacob Grimm, Grandmother || Television film
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| 1978 || When Every Day Was the Fourth of July || Ed Cooper || Television film
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| 1980 || The Long Days of Summer || Ed Cooper || Television film
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| 1981 || Aloha Paradise || Alex || Episode: "Alex and Annie"
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| 1982 || Herbie, the Love Bug || Jim Douglas || Main role (5 episodes)
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| 1983 || The Gospel According to Scrooge || Narrator (voice) || Television film
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| 1984 || Don't Ask Me, Ask God  Future Father  Television special 1984  The Love Boat  Marty Chenault  Episode: "Julie and the Producer" (Parts 1 & 2) 1984  Finder of Lost Loves  Steve Marsh  Episode: "Yesterday's Child" 1984  Murder, She Wrote  Marcus Boswell  Episode: "It's a Dog's Life" 1988  Murder, She Wrote  Leonard Palmer  Episode: "Harbinger of Death" 1989  Fire and Rain  Jack Ayers  Television film 1992  Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style  Harry Bannister  Television film 1994  Beethoven  George Newton (voice)  Main role (26 episodes) 1995  Nowhere Man  Jonathan Crane  Episode: "Father" 1995  The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes  Dean Webster Carlson  Television film 1996  Special Report: Journey to Mars  Dr. Scott Berlin  Television film 1996  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest  Dr. Karel (voice)  Episode: "DNA Doomsday" 1996  Superman: The Animated Series  Col. Sam Lane (voice)  Episode: "Monkey Fun" 1997  The Love Bug  Jim Douglas  Television film 1998  Adventures from the Book of Virtues  Chauncey (voice)  Episode: "Trustworthiness" 2001  Scrooge & Marley  Ebenezer Scrooge  Television special

Broadway appearances
 Title Role Dates Theatre There Was a Little Girl  Stan Walters  February 29 – March 12, 1960  Cort Theatre Under the Yum Yum Tree  Dave Manning  November 16, 1960 – April 15, 1961  Henry Miller's Theatre Company  Robert  April 26 – May 28, 1970  Alvin Theatre Into the Light  James Prescott  October 22 – October 26, 1986  Neil Simon Theatre Company  Robert  April 11 – April 12, 1993  Vivian Beaumont Theater

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