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Dickie Jones

Acting
Known For

87 Years Old

Dickie Jones (February 25, 1927 – July 7, 2014) was 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.

Born

Snyder, Texas, USA on 25th February 1927

Died

7th July 2014

All Credits

The Lone Ranger Image
The Lone Ranger
Jim Douglas
The Range Rider Image
The Range Rider
The Gene Autry Show Image
The Gene Autry Show
Buffalo Bill Jr. Image
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Pinocchio Image
Pinocchio
Pinocchio / Alexander (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Image
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Richard Jones (uncredited)
The Outlaw Image
The Outlaw
Boy (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again Image
Destry Rides Again
Claggett Boy
Sands of Iwo Jima Image
Sands of Iwo Jima
Scared Marine (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln Image
Young Mr. Lincoln
Adam Clay as a Boy (uncredited)
Virginia City Image
Virginia City
Cobby
Babes in Toyland Image
Babes in Toyland
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Stella Dallas Image
Stella Dallas
Lee Morrison
Daniel Boone Image
Daniel Boone
Master Jerry Randolph
On Borrowed Time Image
On Borrowed Time
Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Rocky Mountain Image
Rocky Mountain
Jim 'Buck' Wheat
Attila Image
Attila
Nancy Drew... Reporter Image
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Killer Parkins
Brigham Young Image
Brigham Young
Henry Kent
Black Legion Image
Black Legion
Buddy Taylor
Westward Ho Image
Westward Ho
Jim Wyatt as a Child
Sutter's Gold Image
Sutter's Gold
2nd Newsboy
The Howards of Virginia Image
The Howards of Virginia
Matt Howard at 12
Last of the Pony Riders Image
Last of the Pony Riders
Johnny Blair
Sky Patrol Image
Sky Patrol
Bobby Landis
Knute Rockne All American Image
Knute Rockne All American
Boy Captain (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Image
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Jimmy McLaw
Fort Worth Image
Fort Worth
Luther Wicks (as Dick Jones)
The Strawberry Roan Image
The Strawberry Roan
Joe Bailey
The Adventures of Mark Twain Image
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Young Samuel Clemens
Girls on Probation Image
Girls on Probation
Magazine Newsboy
The Wild Dakotas Image
The Wild Dakotas
Mike McGeehee
O'Shaughnessy's Boy Image
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Boy with Sling Shot at Parade
The Frontiersmen Image
The Frontiersmen
Artie Peters
No Image
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
The Devil's Party Image
The Devil's Party
Young Joe
Flying Fists Image
Flying Fists
Dickie Martin
Love Is on the Air Image
Love Is on the Air
Bill - Mouse's Friend
Sons of New Mexico Image
Sons of New Mexico
Randy Pryor
Ready, Willing and Able Image
Ready, Willing and Able
Junior
The Old West Image
The Old West
Pinto
Requiem for a Gunfighter Image
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Cliff Fletcher
Sergeant Madden Image
Sergeant Madden
Dennis Madden, as a boy
The Bamboo Prison Image
The Bamboo Prison
Jackie
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached Image
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Himself
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story Image
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Self
Border Wolves Image
Border Wolves
Jimmie Benton
Mountain Rhythm Image
Mountain Rhythm
Darwood Gates Alton
A Man to Remember Image
A Man to Remember
Dick Abbott (as a boy)
Maryland Image
Maryland
Lee Danfield, Age 12
Savage Fury Image
Savage Fury
Jan Trevor, as a boy
Love Begins at Twenty Image
Love Begins at Twenty
Boy on Streetcar
Adventure in Washington Image
Adventure in Washington
Abbott
The Hawk Image
The Hawk
Dickie Thomas
Little Men Image
Little Men
Dolly
36 Hours to Kill Image
36 Hours to Kill
Little Boy Selling The Garden Beautiful
Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece Image
Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece
Self
The Man Who Dared Image
The Man Who Dared
Bill Carter
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Image
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Buddy
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted Image
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
Tommy MacDonald
Blake of Scotland Yard Image
Blake of Scotland Yard
Bobby Mason
Moonlight on the Prairie Image
Moonlight on the Prairie
Dickie Roberts
Musical Movieland Image
Musical Movieland
Tourist (uncredited)
The Pigskin Palooka Image
The Pigskin Palooka
Spike
Hollywood Round-Up Image
Hollywood Round-Up
Dickie Stevens
Our Gang Follies of 1936 Image
Our Gang Follies of 1936
Dickie
The Kid Comes Back Image
The Kid Comes Back
Bobby Doyle
The Vanishing Virginian Image
The Vanishing Virginian
Robert Yancey, Jr.
Blake of Scotland Yard Image
Blake of Scotland Yard
Bobby Mason
Wagon Team Image
Wagon Team
Dave Weldon, aka The Apache Kid (as Dick Jones)
The Cool and the Crazy Image
The Cool and the Crazy
Stu Summerville (as Dick Jones)
The Call of the Savage Image
The Call of the Savage
Jan Trevor as a Boy
Redwood Forest Trail Image
Redwood Forest Trail
Mighty Mite
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang Image
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
Richard Reilly (uncredited)
Who's Looney Now Image
Who's Looney Now
Sonny Brown
Smoke Tree Range Image
Smoke Tree Range
Teddy Page
Shadow of the Boomerang Image
Shadow of the Boomerang
Bob Prince
No Image
Gasoloons
Wilbur
Land Beyond the Law Image
Land Beyond the Law
Bobby Skinner (uncredited)
Woman Doctor Image
Woman Doctor
Johnny
The Night Rider Image
The Night Rider
Billy Joe
Queen of the Jungle Image
Queen of the Jungle
David Worth as a child
Wild Horse Round-Up Image
Wild Horse Round-Up
Dickie Williams
The Devil's Bedroom Image
The Devil's Bedroom
Norm
Land of Fighting Men Image
Land of Fighting Men
Jimmy Mitchell
No Image
This My Son
Steve Caldwell
A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio' Image
A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio'
Himself