Gordon Jones
Known for Acting · 117 credits
- Born
- 1911-04-05
- Died
- 1963-06-20
- Place of birth
- Alden, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Gordon Wynnivo Jones · Gordon W. Jones
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gordon Wynnivo Jones (April 5, 1911 – June 20, 1963) was an American character actor, a member of John Wayne's informal acting company best known for playing Lou Costello's TV nemesis "Mike the Cop" and appearing as The Green Hornet in the first of two movie serials based on that old-time radio program.
Iowa-born Jones had been a student athlete and star football guard ("Bull" Jones) at University of California, Los Angeles, and had also played a few seasons of professional football. He started out playing small roles in Wesley Ruggles' and Ernest B. Schoedsack's The Monkey's Paw (1933), his first credited role in Sam Wood's Let 'Em Have It (1935), and Sidney Lanfield's Red Salute (1935). By 1937, he had moved on to a contract at RKO Radio Pictures. In 1940, Jones had the title role in The Green Hornet but did not reprise the role in the sequel.
Jones held a reserve commission in the army and was called into the service after filming his roles as "The Wreck" in My Sister Eileen (1942) and "Alabama Smith" in Flying Tigers (1942), a John Wayne vehicle that was one of the most popular action films of the war. This picture began Jones' 20-year onscreen association with Wayne, who was also a former football player at the University of Southern California.
Jones remained associated with the service after the war, encouraging college students to consider the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. After resuming his acting career in the late 1940s, Jones appeared in prominent roles in the John Wayne features Big Jim McLain (1952) and Island in the Sky (1953).
Known For
TV Shows (27)
Perry Mason
1957
as Deputy Gillis
The Rifleman
1958
Lassie
1954
Maverick
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Cheyenne
1955
The Lucy Show
1962
as Charlie Vantassel
Hawaiian Eye
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Sugarfoot
1957
as Wasco Wolters / Sheriff
Surfside 6
1960
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Mike Gower / Joel Finlay
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Dennis the Menace
1959
Laramie
1959
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Mike Kelly
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Lt. Treusch
The Gene Autry Show
1950
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
as Curly Wolf
Racket Squad
1951
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Captain Scanlon - Chief of Police
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960
as Nels Bergstrom
Dangerous Assignment
1952
I'm the Law
1953
Movies (90)
McLintock!
1963
as Matt Douglas
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Tubby Wadsworth
Red Salute
1935
as Michael (Lefty) Jones
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Radio Technician (uncredited)
The Shaggy Dog
1959
as Captain Scanlon
A Foreign Affair
1948
as Military Police
Flying Tigers
1942
as Alabama Smith
Wild Girl
1932
as Vigilante (uncredited)
The Monster That Challenged the World
1957
as Sheriff Josh Peters
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960
as Police Sgt. Joe Cassidy
Tokyo Joe
1949
as Idaho
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Muggles (Uncredited)
The Winning Team
1952
as George Glasheen
Island in the Sky
1953
as Walrus
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Master of the World
1961
as Talkative Townsman
Smoke Signal
1955
as Corporal Rogers
Easy Living
1949
as Bill 'Holly' Holloran
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
as Jake Frame
Live Fast, Die Young
1958
as Pop Winters
Sea Devils
1937
as Puggy
Black Midnight
1949
as Roy
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Slim Tolliver
My Sister Eileen
1942
as 'The Wreck' Loomis
Big Jim McLain
1952
as Olaf
Fight for Your Lady
1937
as Mike Scanlon
The Green Hornet
1940
as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
You Belong to Me
1941
as Robert Andrews
Among the Living
1941
as Bill Oakley
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957
as Pvt. Wilbur Clegg
Out West with the Hardys
1938
as Ray Holt
China Passage
1937
as Joe Dugan
Spring Reunion
1957
as Jack Frazer
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
1952
as Curly Wolf
The Perfect Furlough
1958
as MP "Sylvia"
Treasure of Ruby Hills
1955
as Jack Voyle
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as O'Brien
Take the High Ground!
1953
as Moose (uncredited)
The Feminine Touch
1941
as Rubber-Legs Ryan
Battle Flame
1959
as Sgt. McKelvey
The Long Shot
1939
as Jeff Clayton
Dear Wife
1949
as Taxi Cab Driver
Battle of the Coral Sea
1959
as Torpedoman Bates
Gobs and Gals
1952
as CPO Mike Donovan
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
as Yankee Sergeant
Invitation to Happiness
1939
as Dutch Arnold (uncredited)
Sound Off
1952
as Crockett
Night Waitress
1936
as Martin Rhodes
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
as Ranger Radio Man (uncredited)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
as Tom Grogan
They Wanted to Marry
1937
as Jim Tyler
Trigger, Jr.
1950
as Splinters
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
as Joe Graves
Three Rogues
1931
as Teamster (uncredited)
The Arizona Cowboy
1950
as I.Q. Barton
There Goes My Girl
1937
as Dunn
Highways by Night
1942
as 'Footsy' Fogarty
Wagon Team
1952
as Marshal Sam Taplin
Disputed Passage
1939
as Bill Anderson
The Big Shot
1937
as Chester Scott
Strike Me Pink
1936
as Butch Carson
Pride of the Navy
1939
as Joe Falcon
Trail of Robin Hood
1950
as Splinters McGonigle
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
as Tex Barnet
Big Timber
1950
as Jocko
Big Town Czar
1939
as Chuck Hardy
Everything's Ducky
1961
as Conroy
Girl from Havana
1940
as Tubby Waters
Devil's Squadron
1936
as Tex
Sons of Adventure
1948
as Andy Baldwin
Let 'em Have It
1935
as Tex
The Untamed Breed
1948
as Happy Keegan
Quick Money
1937
as Bill Adams
Sunset in the West
1950
as Splinters
Whispering City
1947
as Reporter
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
2011
as Mike the Cop (archive footage)
Henry Goes Arizona
1939
as Tug Evans (uncredited)
Spoilers of the Plains
1951
as Splinters
North of the Great Divide
1950
as Splinters McGonagle
The Palomino
1950
as Bill Hennessey
Up in the Air
1940
as Tex Barton
Walking on Air
1936
as Joe
Youth Runs Wild
1944
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
1940
as Steve Hanagan
I Stand Accused
1938
as Blackie
Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951
as Elwood Martin
Heart of the Rockies
1951
as Splinters McGonigle
The Blonde from Singapore
1941
as 'Waffles' Billings
Black Eagle
1948
as Benjy Laughton
The Outlaw Stallion
1954
as Wagner
About Gordon Jones
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gordon Wynnivo Jones (April 5, 1911 – June 20, 1963) was an American character actor, a member of John Wayne's informal acting company best known for playing Lou Costello's TV nemesis "Mike the Cop" and appearing as The Green Hornet in the first of two movie serials based on that old-time radio program. Iowa-born Jones had been a student athlete and star football guard ("Bull" Jones) at University of California, Los Angeles, and had also played a few seasons of professional football. He started out playing… With 117 credits spanning from 1931 to 2011, Gordon Jones has appeared in 90 films and 27 TV shows.
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- McLintock! (1963) — as Matt Douglas
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) — as Tubby Wadsworth
- Red Salute (1935) — as Michael (Lefty) Jones
- When Tomorrow Comes (1939) — as Radio Technician (uncredited)
- The Shaggy Dog (1959) — as Captain Scanlon
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