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Dickie Jones
Actor
Born February 25, 1927Died July 7, 2014 (87 years)
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
Date of Death: 7 July 2014, Northridge, Los Angeles, California
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Filmography
| 2023 | Disney 100: Remember That · as Pinocchio |
| 1994 | The Our Gang Story · as Dickie |
| 1987 | Disney Sing-Along Songs: Heigh-Ho · as Pinocchio |
| 1986 | Disney Sing-Along Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah · as Pinocchio |
| 1975 | A Boy and His Dog · as Man With Shotgun |
| 1965 | Requiem for a Gunfighter · as Cliff Fletcher |
| 1959 | Little Rascals Varieties · as Dickie |
| 1958 | Flight (TV Series) · as Lt. Jerry Rowe |
| 1958 | The Cool and the Crazy · as Stu Summerville (as Dick Jones) |
| 1957 | The Gray Ghost (TV Series) · as Ned Underwood |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as John Hunter |
| 1956 | The Wild Dakotas · as Mike Mcgeehee |
| 1955 | Navy Log (TV Series) · as Eddie |
| 1955 | Buffalo Bill Jr. (TV Series) · as Buffalo Bill Jr. |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri · as Pilot |
| 1954 | The Bamboo Prison · as Jackie |
| 1954 | Annie Oakley (TV Series) · as Bob Neil |
| 1953 | Last of the Pony Riders · as Johnny Blair |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series) · as Chuck Walker |
| 1952 | Wagon Team · as Dave Weldon, Aka The Apache Kid (as Dick Jones) |
| 1952 | This Is The Life (TV Series) · as Mark Wilson |
| 1952 | The Old West · as Pinto |
| 1951 | Fort Worth · as Luther Wicks (as Dick Jones) |
| 1951 | The Range Rider (TV Series) |
| 1950 | Rocky Mountain · as Jim 'buck' Wheat |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show (TV Series) |
| 1949 | Sons of New Mexico · as Randy Pryor |
| 1949 | Sands of Iwo Jima · as Scared Marine (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Battleground · as Tanker |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Jim Douglas |
| 1948 | Angel on the Amazon · as George |
| 1948 | The Strawberry Roan · as Joe Bailey |
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain · as Young Samuel Clemens |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait · as Albert, Age 15 |
| 1943 | The Outlaw · as Boy (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Vanishing Virginian · as Robert Yancey, Jr. |
| 1941 | Adventure in Washington · as Abbott |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American · as Boy Captain (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Brigham Young · as Henry Kent |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia · as Matt Howard At 12 |
| 1940 | Maryland · as Lee Danfield, Age 12 |
| 1940 | Hi-Yo Silver · as The Boy |
| 1940 | Virginia City · as Cobby |
| 1940 | Pinocchio · as Pinocchio / Alexander (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Destry Rides Again · as Claggett Boy |
| 1939 | Beware Spooks! · as First Boy |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · as Richard Jones (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Sky Patrol · as Bobby Landis |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time · as Boy In Tree (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Young Mr. Lincoln · as Adam Clay As A Boy (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Man Who Dared · as Bill Carter |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden · as Dennis Madden, As A Boy |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Reporter · as Killer Parkins |
| 1938 | The Frontiersmen · as Artie Peters |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation · as Magazine Newsboy |
| 1938 | A Man to Remember · as Dick Abbott (as A Boy) |
| 1938 | The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · as Buddy |
| 1938 | The Devil's Party · as Young Joe |
| 1938 | Love, Honor and Behave · as Boy Playing With Young Ted |
| 1938 | Border Wolves · as Jimmie Benton |
| 1937 | The Kid Comes Back · as Bobby Doyle |
| 1937 | Our Gang Follies of 1938 · as Dickie, Curtain Operator |
| 1937 | Hollywood Round-Up · as Dickie Stevens |
| 1937 | Love Is on the Air · as Bill - Mouse's Friend |
| 1937 | Renfrew of the Royal Mounted · as Tommy Macdonald |
| 1937 | Stella Dallas · as Lee Morrison |
| 1937 | Flying Fists · as Dickie Martin |
| 1937 | Land Beyond the Law · as Bobby Skinner (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Ready, Willing and Able · as Junior |
| 1937 | Black Legion · as Buddy Taylor |
| 1937 | Blake of Scotland Yard · as Bobby Mason |
| 1937 | Blake of Scotland Yard · as Bobby Mason |
| 1936 | Daniel Boone · as Master Jerry Randolph |
| 1936 | Love Begins at 20 · as Boy On Streetcar |
| 1936 | Pepper · as Member Of Pepper's Gang |
| 1936 | 36 Hours to Kill · as Little Boy Selling The Garden Beautiful |
| 1936 | Little Lord Fauntleroy · as Ceddie At Age 7 |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold · as 2nd Newsboy |
| 1936 | Exclusive Story · as Higgins' Older Son |
| 1936 | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell · as Jimmy Mclaw |
| 1935 | Moonlight on the Prairie · as Dickie Roberts |
| 1935 | O'Shaughnessy's Boy · as Boy With Sling Shot At Parade |
| 1935 | Westward Ho · as Jim Wyatt As A Child |
| 1935 | The Hawk · as Dickie Thomas |
| 1935 | The Call of the Savage · as Jan Trevor As A Boy |
| 1935 | The Pecos Kid · as Donald Pecos - As A Boy |
| 1935 | Queen of the Jungle · as David Worth As A Child |
| 1934 | Life Returns · as Newsboy |
| 1934 | March of the Wooden Soldiers · as Schoolboy (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Little Men · as Dolly |
| 1934 | Kid Millions · as Little Boy In Ice Cream Number |
| 1934 | Burn 'Em Up Barnes · as Schoolboy [chs. 1, 7] |
| 1934 | Wonder Bar · as Singing Boy Angel-Trio |