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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Disney 100: Remember That
Character:Self - Pinocchio(archive footage) (archive sound) (voice)
Release Date:23/10/2023
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Character:Himself
Release Date:10/03/2009
A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio'
Character:Himself
Release Date:22/12/2000
Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece
Character:Self
Release Date:07/04/1993
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/1989
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/1979
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Character:Cliff Fletcher
Release Date:30/06/1965
The Devil's Bedroom
Character:Norm
Release Date:01/09/1964
The Night Rider
Character:Billy Joe
Release Date:01/01/1962
Shadow of the Boomerang
Character:Bob Prince
Release Date:07/08/1961
The Cool and the Crazy
Character:Stu Summerville (as Dick Jones)
Release Date:01/03/1958
The Wild Dakotas
Character:Mike McGeehee
Release Date:28/02/1956
Savage Fury
Character:Jan Trevor, as a boy
Release Date:01/01/1956
Attila
Character:
Release Date:27/12/1954
This My Son
Character:Steve Caldwell
Release Date:27/06/1954
The Bamboo Prison
Character:Jackie
Release Date:15/06/1954
Last of the Pony Riders
Character:Johnny Blair
Release Date:03/11/1953
The Old West
Character:Pinto
Release Date:29/09/1952
Wagon Team
Character:Dave Weldon
Release Date:29/09/1952
Fort Worth
Character:Luther Wicks (as Dick Jones)
Release Date:14/07/1951
Rocky Mountain
Character:Jim 'Buck' Wheat
Release Date:11/11/1950
Redwood Forest Trail
Character:Mighty Mite
Release Date:18/09/1950
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
Character:Richard Reilly (uncredited)
Release Date:27/04/1950
Sands of Iwo Jima
Character:Scared Marine (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1950
Sons of New Mexico
Character:Randy Pryor
Release Date:20/12/1949
The Strawberry Roan
Character:Joe Bailey
Release Date:01/08/1948
Musical Movieland
Character:Tourist (uncredited)
Release Date:09/09/1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Character:Young Samuel Clemens
Release Date:20/07/1944
The Outlaw
Character:Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:05/02/1943
Mountain Rhythm
Character:Darwood Gates Alton
Release Date:08/01/1943
The Vanishing Virginian
Character:Robert Yancey, Jr.
Release Date:01/02/1942
Adventure in Washington
Character:Abbott
Release Date:29/05/1941
Knute Rockne All American
Character:Boy Captain (uncredited)
Release Date:05/10/1940
Brigham Young
Character:Henry Kent
Release Date:27/09/1940
The Howards of Virginia
Character:Matt Howard at 12
Release Date:19/09/1940
Maryland
Character:Lee Danfield, Age 12
Release Date:19/07/1940
Virginia City
Character:Cobby
Release Date:23/03/1940
Pinocchio
Character:Pinocchio / Alexander (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:23/02/1940
Destry Rides Again
Character:Claggett Boy
Release Date:30/11/1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character:Richard Jones (uncredited)
Release Date:19/10/1939
Sky Patrol
Character:Bobby Landis
Release Date:11/09/1939
On Borrowed Time
Character:Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Release Date:07/07/1939
Young Mr. Lincoln
Character:Adam Clay as a Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:09/06/1939
The Man Who Dared
Character:Bill Carter
Release Date:03/06/1939
Sergeant Madden
Character:Dennis Madden, as a boy
Release Date:24/03/1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Character:Killer Parkins
Release Date:18/02/1939
Woman Doctor
Character:Johnny
Release Date:06/02/1939
The Frontiersmen
Character:Artie Peters
Release Date:16/12/1938
Land of Fighting Men
Character:Jimmy Mitchell
Release Date:03/11/1938
Girls on Probation
Character:Magazine Newsboy
Release Date:22/10/1938
A Man to Remember
Character:Dick Abbott (as a boy)
Release Date:14/10/1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Character:Buddy
Release Date:30/06/1938
The Devil's Party
Character:Young Joe
Release Date:02/06/1938
Border Wolves
Character:Jimmie Benton
Release Date:25/02/1938
The Kid Comes Back
Character:Bobby Doyle
Release Date:12/02/1938
Hollywood Round-Up
Character:Dickie Stevens
Release Date:06/11/1937
The Pigskin Palooka
Character:Spike
Release Date:23/10/1937
Love Is on the Air
Character:Bill - Mouse's Friend
Release Date:02/10/1937
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
Character:Tommy MacDonald
Release Date:29/09/1937
Stella Dallas
Character:Lee Morrison
Release Date:06/08/1937
Flying Fists
Character:Dickie Martin
Release Date:01/07/1937
Smoke Tree Range
Character:Teddy Page
Release Date:05/06/1937
Land Beyond the Law
Character:Bobby Skinner (uncredited)
Release Date:13/03/1937
Ready, Willing and Able
Character:Junior
Release Date:06/03/1937
Blake of Scotland Yard
Character:Bobby Mason
Release Date:30/01/1937
Blake of Scotland Yard
Character:Bobby Mason
Release Date:30/01/1937
Black Legion
Character:Buddy Taylor
Release Date:30/01/1937
Wild Horse Round-Up
Character:Dickie Williams
Release Date:20/11/1936
Daniel Boone
Character:Master Jerry Randolph
Release Date:16/10/1936
Who's Looney Now
Character:Sonny Brown
Release Date:23/08/1936
Love Begins at Twenty
Character:Boy on Streetcar
Release Date:22/08/1936
36 Hours to Kill
Character:Little Boy Selling The Garden Beautiful
Release Date:24/07/1936
Sutter's Gold
Character:2nd Newsboy
Release Date:01/03/1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Character:Jimmy McLaw
Release Date:13/01/1936
Gasoloons
Character:Wilbur
Release Date:03/01/1936
Our Gang Follies of 1936
Character:Dickie
Release Date:29/11/1935
Moonlight on the Prairie
Character:Dickie Roberts
Release Date:02/11/1935
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Character:Boy with Sling Shot at Parade
Release Date:27/09/1935
Westward Ho
Character:Jim Wyatt as a Child
Release Date:19/08/1935
The Hawk
Character:Dickie Thomas
Release Date:13/05/1935
The Call of the Savage
Character:Jan Trevor as a Boy
Release Date:14/04/1935
Queen of the Jungle
Character:David Worth as a child
Release Date:12/04/1935
Babes in Toyland
Character:Schoolboy (uncredited)
Release Date:14/12/1934
Little Men
Character:Dolly
Release Date:01/01/1934
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