Dickie Jones
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1927-02-25
- Died
- 2014-07-07
- Place of birth
- Snyder, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Richard Percy Jones · Dick Jones · Dicky Jones
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (84)
Pinocchio
1940
as Pinocchio / Alexander (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Richard Jones (uncredited)
The Outlaw
1943
as Boy (uncredited)
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
as Scared Marine (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
as Adam Clay as a Boy (uncredited)
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
as Self
Westward Ho
1935
as Jim Wyatt as a Child
Attila
1954
Stella Dallas
1937
as Lee Morrison
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Claggett Boy
Virginia City
1940
as Cobby
Disney 100: Remember That
2023
as Self - Pinocchio(archive footage) (archive sound) (voice)
Maryland
1940
as Lee Danfield, Age 12
Brigham Young
1940
as Henry Kent
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Matt Howard at 12
Black Legion
1937
as Buddy Taylor
Sky Patrol
1939
as Bobby Landis
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
as Dickie Roberts
Fort Worth
1951
as Luther Wicks (as Dick Jones)
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
as Young Samuel Clemens
The Frontiersmen
1938
as Artie Peters
Love Is on the Air
1937
as Bill - Mouse's Friend
Border Wolves
1938
as Jimmie Benton
On Borrowed Time
1939
as Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Sutter's Gold
1936
as 2nd Newsboy
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Dennis Madden, as a boy
Adventure in Washington
1941
as Abbott
The Devil's Party
1938
as Young Joe
Musical Movieland
1944
as Tourist (uncredited)
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989
as Self
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
as Junior
Knute Rockne All American
1940
as Boy Captain (uncredited)
The Bamboo Prison
1954
as Jackie
Rocky Mountain
1950
as Jim 'Buck' Wheat
Girls on Probation
1938
as Magazine Newsboy
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
as Killer Parkins
Flying Fists
1937
as Dickie Martin
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Buddy
The Strawberry Roan
1948
as Joe Bailey
Hollywood Round-Up
1937
as Dickie Stevens
A Man to Remember
1938
as Dick Abbott (as a boy)
The Old West
1952
as Pinto
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
as Boy with Sling Shot at Parade
The Hawk
1935
as Dickie Thomas
The Vanishing Virginian
1942
as Robert Yancey, Jr.
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950
as Richard Reilly (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
1936
as Master Jerry Randolph
Blake of Scotland Yard
1937
as Bobby Mason
Land Beyond the Law
1937
as Bobby Skinner (uncredited)
Wagon Team
1952
as Dave Weldon
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
2009
as Self
Woman Doctor
1939
as Johnny
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965
as Cliff Fletcher
The Wild Dakotas
1956
as Mike McGeehee
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
1937
as Tommy MacDonald
Blake of Scotland Yard
1937
as Bobby Mason
Savage Fury
1956
as Jan Trevor, as a boy
The Devil's Bedroom
1964
as Norm
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
as Jimmy McLaw
Mountain Rhythm
1943
as Darwood Gates Alton
The Pigskin Palooka
1937
as Spike
Love Begins at Twenty
1936
as Boy on Streetcar
Redwood Forest Trail
1950
as Mighty Mite
Gasoloons
1936
as Wilbur
36 Hours to Kill
1936
as Little Boy Selling The Garden Beautiful
Little Men
1934
as Dolly
This My Son
1954
as Steve Caldwell
Shadow of the Boomerang
1961
as Bob Prince
Our Gang Follies of 1936
1935
as Dickie
The Cool and the Crazy
1958
as Stu Summerville (as Dick Jones)
A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio'
2000
as Himself
Sons of New Mexico
1949
as Randy Pryor
Who's Looney Now
1936
as Sonny Brown
The Kid Comes Back
1938
as Bobby Doyle
Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece
1993
as Self
Queen of the Jungle
1935
as David Worth as a child
The Call of the Savage
1935
as Jan Trevor as a Boy
Last of the Pony Riders
1953
as Johnny Blair
Land of Fighting Men
1938
as Jimmy Mitchell
The Man Who Dared
1939
as Bill Carter
The Night Rider
1962
as Billy Joe
Wild Horse Round-Up
1936
as Dickie Williams
Smoke Tree Range
1937
as Teddy Page
About Dickie Jones
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… With 88 credits spanning from 1934 to 2023, Dickie Jones has appeared in 84 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dickie Jones Movies
- Pinocchio (1940) — as Pinocchio / Alexander (voice) (uncredited)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — as Richard Jones (uncredited)
- The Outlaw (1943) — as Boy (uncredited)
- Sands of Iwo Jima (1950) — as Scared Marine (uncredited)
- Babes in Toyland (1934) — as Schoolboy (uncredited)
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