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Gordon Jones was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Jones's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Night Waitress" (1936), "Walking on Air" (1936) and "Devil's Squadron" (1936). He also appeared in the musical comedy "Strike Me Pink" (1936) with Eddie Cantor, "There Goes My Girl" (1937) and "Sea Devils" (1937) with Victor McLaglen. He continu...

Filmography

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Fever Pitch (1985)

Son of Flubber (1963)

McLintock! (1963)

Everything's Ducky (1961)

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)

The Shaggy Dog (1959)

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Trail Of Robin Hood (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Get A Christmas Tree For Johnny

My Sister Eileen (1942) -- (Movie Cilp) He's Not The Drug Store?

Biography

Gordon Jones was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Jones's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Night Waitress" (1936), "Walking on Air" (1936) and "Devil's Squadron" (1936). He also appeared in the musical comedy "Strike Me Pink" (1936) with Eddie Cantor, "There Goes My Girl" (1937) and "Sea Devils" (1937) with Victor McLaglen. He continued to act in productions like "They All Kissed the Bride" (1942), "Flying Tigers" (1942) and the Judy Canova comedy adaptation "True to the Army" (1942). He also appeared in the Rosalind Russell comedic adaptation "My Sister Eileen" (1942). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the Doris Day biopic "The Winning Team" (1952), the Gene Autry western "Wagon Team" (1952) and the action flick "Island in the Sky" (1953) with John Wayne. He also appeared in the Dana Andrews western "Smoke Signal" (1955) and "The Monster That Challenged the World" (1957). Jones was most recently credited in "History Vs. Hollywood" (History, 2001-02). Jones passed away in June 1963 at the age of 52.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Fever Pitch (1985)

Son of Flubber (1963)

McLintock! (1963)

Everything's Ducky (1961)

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)

The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)

Torpedoman Bates

Battle Flame (1959)

Sgt. "Mac" McKelvey

The Perfect Furlough (1959)

Live Fast, Die Young (1958)

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)

Pvt. Wilbur Clegg

Spring Reunion (1957)

The Monster that Challenged the World (1957)

Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)

Smoke Signal (1955)

Corporal Rogers

The Outlaw Stallion (1954)

Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)

Take the High Ground! (1953)

Island in the Sky (1953)

The Marrying Kind (1952)

Gobs and Gals (1952)

C.P.O. Mike Donovan

Sound Off (1952)

Big Jim McLain (1952)

Wagon Team (1952)

U.S. Marshal Taplan

The Winning Team (1952)

George Glasheen

Heart of the Rockies (1951)

Splinters McGonicle

Corky of Gasoline Alley (1951)

Spoilers of the Plains (1951)

Splinters Fedders

Yellow Fin (1951)

Belle of Old Mexico (1950)

Bodyhold (1950)

Dear Wife (1950)

The Arizona Cowboy (1950)

North of the Great Divide (1950)

Big Timber (1950)

Trail of Robin Hood (1950)

Splinters McGonigle

Sunset in the West (1950)

Trigger, Jr. (1950)

The Palomino (1950)

Easy Living (1949)

Bill ["Holly"] Holloran

Tokyo Joe (1949)

Black Midnight (1949)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

"Senator" catcher

The Untamed Breed (1948)

Sons of Adventure (1948)

Black Eagle: The Story of a Horse (1948)

A Foreign Affair (1948)

Military police

Black Eagle (1948)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

Tubby Wadsworth

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)

Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)

Youth Runs Wild (1944)

Buffalo Bill (1944)

True to the Army (1942)

My Sister Eileen (1942)

"The Wreck" Loomis

Highways by Night (1942)

They All Kissed the Bride (1942)

Flying Tigers (1942)

To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)

You Belong to Me (1941)

The Feminine Touch (1941)

Rubber-legs Ryan

The Blonde from Singapore (1941)

"Waffles" Billings

Among the Living (1941)

Reaching for the Sun (1941)

The Doctor Takes A Wife (1940)

Girl from Havana (1940)

I Take This Oath (1940)

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

Radio technician

Invitation to Happiness (1939)

Big Town Czar (1939)

Disputed Passage (1939)

Henry Goes Arizona (1939)

Pride of the Navy (1939)

The Long Shot (1939)

Grand Jury Secrets (1939)

Billy Hargraves

Night Spot (1938)

Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)

Out West with the Hardys (1938)

I Stand Accused (1938)

Sea Devils (1937)

We Who Are About to Die (1937)

Fight for Your Lady (1937)

Quick Money (1937)

They Wanted to Marry (1937)

There Goes My Girl (1937)

China Passage (1937)

The Big Shot (1937)

Chester "Chet" Scott

Forlorn River (1937)

Strike Me Pink (1936)

Devil's Squadron (1936)

Walking on Air (1936)

Night Waitress (1936)

Don't Turn 'Em Loose (1936)

Let 'Em Have It (1935)

Red Salute (1935)

Wild Girl (1932)

Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931)

Beau Bandit (1930)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Cowboys (1972)

Big Jake (1971)

Cimarron (1931)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Stingaree (1934)

Stand-in for Andy Devine

Music (Special)

St. Peter's Lutheran Church -- A Live Christmas Eve Celebration (1985)

Life Events

Videos

Trail Of Robin Hood (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Get A Christmas Tree For Johnny Christmas party in the fictional California mountain town, Jack Holt as himself, a Christmas tree benefactor, with local lass Sis (Carol Nugent) catching a song by star Roy Rogers (with the Riders Of The Purple Sage, composed by Jack Elliott), Penny Edwards as the charming villainess in the holiday-themed Roy feature Trail Of Robin Hood 1950.

My Sister Eileen (1942) -- (Movie Cilp) He's Not The Drug Store? Random gent (Chick Chandler) arrives looking for the previous tenant, confusing Eileen (Janet Blair) then Ruth (Rosalind Russell), "Wreck" (Gordon Jones) and wife (Jeff Donnell) then summoned, in My Sister Eileen, 1942.

Feminine Touch, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) If Gorillas Had Puppies Jock Rubberlegs (Gordon Jones), growing a beard with the rest of the football team, has seized the opportunity to pick up Julie Hathaway (Rosalind Russell), pretty wife of his professor John (Don Ameche), who was summoned by the dean, and who’s writing a book on jealousy, early in The Feminine Touch, 1941.

Winning Team, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Show Me A Curve! Newly scolded Grover Cleveland Alexander (Ronald Reagan) and betrothed Aimeee (Doris Day) are at a Nebraska hometown travel lecture when recruiter Glasheen (Gordon Jones) drives up, keeping that pesky baseball dream alive, in the Warner Bros.' bio-pic The Winning Team, 1952.

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Hold The Formation Merchant Priscilla (Angie Dickinson) has doubts about the back-story of her employee Devlin (Randolph Scott) who, though posing a Quaker, is on a revenge mission with fellow veterans Maitland (James Garner) and Clegg (Gordon Jones), in Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend, 1957.

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Better Off Throwing Rocks Devlin (Randolph Scott), with fellow Union vets Maitland (James Garner) and Clegg (Gordon Jones), concludes that bad ammo led to his brother getting killed by Indians and resolves (with Ann Doran, the widow) to set things straight, in Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend, 1957.

Wagon Team (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Back In The Saddle Again Stage-coach line detective Gene Autry (using his own name as usual), steps up to front the band with his signature song (co-written with Ray Whitley), drama surrounding "The Kid" (Dick Jones) continuing, in Wagon Team, 1952.

Wagon Team ((1952) -- (Movie Clip) In And Out Of The Jailhouse Marshal Taplan (Gordon Jones) is chasing escapee Dave "The Apache Kid" Weldon (Dick Jones), when Gene Autry (this time, a detective for a stage-coach line) rides up singing, with sidekick Cyclone (Pat Buttram), in Wagon Team, 1952.

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