{"id":39268,"date":"2015-09-03T23:19:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T13:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=39268"},"modified":"2015-09-03T23:19:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T13:49:48","slug":"vale-dean-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2015\/09\/03\/vale-dean-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Dean Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dean Jones – 1931-2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

American actor Dean Jones, best known for his co-starring roles in the Herbie<\/em> movies, has passed away.<\/p>\n

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\"DeanJones-Obit\"Mr Jones began his acting career predominantly on Broadway and in television commercials, before signing on to a major studio contract with MGM. Jones’ first feature film role would be in 1956’s Somebody Up There Likes Me<\/em>. This was followed by a number of films including Tea & Sympathy, The Rack, The Great American Pastime<\/em> and Slander<\/em>, all of which debuted in 1956 as well. The following year, Jones would appear alongside Elvis Presley as a DJ in Jailhouse Rock<\/em>, and appeared alongside Frank Sinatra in Never So Few<\/em>, in 1959.<\/p>\n

Disney films began to feature Jones throughout the 60’s, predominantly co-starring with animals: That Darn Cat<\/em> in 1965, The Ugly Dachshund<\/em> in 1966, Monkeys Go Home<\/em> in 1967, and The Horse In The Grey Flannel Suit<\/em> in 1968 provided a string of mild box-office hits for Disney, and kept Jones’ name in the limelight. It would be his starring role alongside a sentient\u00a0 Volkswagen Beetle, in 1969’s The Love Bug<\/em>, that came to define Jones’ career. The Love Bug<\/em> was a monster<\/em> smash, raking in over $50m against a $5m budget – handsome coin for the day – and naturally sequels followed. Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo<\/em>, in 1977, and Herbie The Love Bug<\/em>, in 1982, were the two sequels Jones appeared in (a 1974 sequel, Herbie Rides Again<\/em>, and Herbie Goes Bananas<\/em>, in 1981, did not feature Jones at all), as well as a minor cameo in the long-forgotten 1997 “reboot” of The Love Bug<\/em>, while the franchise was retooled completely<\/em> in 2005 with the Lindsay Lohan vehicle (ha), Herbie: Fully Loaded<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mr Jones appeared in a swathe of other Disney films, including The $1,000,000 Duck<\/em> in 1971, and The Shaggy DA<\/em>, in 1976, before serious roles, including 1978’s Born Again<\/em>, and a cameo in Clear & Present Danger<\/em>, provided non-comedic fare.<\/p>\n

Jones provided a voice in the animated television series spin-off of Beethoven<\/em>, following his appearance as a doctor in the 1992 live-action film of the same name. A remake of That Darn Cat<\/em> in 1997, as well as numerous Christian film projects (Jones was a born-again Christian, converting in the early 70’s), rounded out his later career.<\/p>\n

A noted thespian of the stage and screen, Dean Jones passed away on September 1, aged 84, from Parkinson’s Disease.<\/p>\n

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Michelle Lee (L) and Dean Jones (R) in The Love Bug, 1969.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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