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Dean Jones was an American actor.

Biography[]

Born in Decatur, Alabama, he had his own radio show - Dean Jones Sings - whilst in high school and made his Broadway debut in the play There Was a Little Girl. He also appeared in the play and subsequent film adaptation of Under the Yum-Yum Tree and films including The Ugly Dachsund, Blackbeard's Ghost and Snowball Express.

However Jones' most notable film role would be the race car driver Jim Douglas in The Love Bug series. He slso had roles in television seeies such as Ensign O'Toole and The Dean Jones Variety Hour.

Jones passed away in 2015.

Singing[]

Making early singing appearances on television shows such as The Steve Allen Plymouth Show and Play It Blue, Jones became known for originating such roles as Bobby in Company and James Prescott in Into the Light. He also played John Adams in 1776 and Cap'n Andy Hawkes in Show Boat.

Film[]

Gunsight Ridge (1957)[]

  • Gunsight Ridge (solo)

Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)[]

  • Heart of Oak

The Shaggy D.A. (1976)[]

Title Singer[]
  • The Shaggy D.A. (solo)

Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992)[]

  • Itsy Bitsy Spider (duet)

Television[]

The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957)[]

  • Without a Song (solo)
  • Summertime (solo)
  • Why Do I Love You? (solo)
  • Begin the Beguine (solo)
  • You'll Never Know (solo)

Play It Blue (1962)[]

  • I've Lost Her Love (solo)
  • Old Joe Clark (solo)

Stage[]

How Now, Dow Jones (1969)[]

  • Live a Little (contains solo lines)
  • The Pleasure's About To Be Mine (duet)
  • Goodbye, Failure, Goodbye (contains solo lines)
  • Step to the Rear (contains solo lines)
  • Touch and Go (solo)

Company (1970)(originated the role)[]

  • Company (contains solo lines)
  • Someone Is Waiting (solo)
  • Marry Me a Little (solo)
  • Side by Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You? (contains solo lines)
  • Barcelona (duet)
  • Being Alive (solo)
  • Finale Ultimo (Company)(contains solo lines)

Into the Light (1986)(originated the role)[]

  • Neat/Not Neat (contains solo lines)
  • It Can All Be Explained (duet)
  • The Data (contains solo lines)
  • A Talk About Time (duet)
  • Let There Be Light (contains solo lines)
  • The Three of Us (duet)
  • Rainbow Logic (solo)
  • To Measure the Darkness (duet)
  • The Testing (contains solo lines)
  • The Testing (Continued)(contains solo lines)
  • To Measure the Darkness (Reprise)(solo)
  • Be There (duet)
  • Into the Light

1776 (1990)[]

  • Sit Down, John (contains solo lines)
  • Piddle, Twiddle (solo)
  • Till Then (duet)
  • The Lees of Old Virginia (contains solo lines)
  • But, Mr. Adams (contains solo lines)
  • Yours, Yours, Yours (duet)
  • He Plays the Violin (contains solo lines)
  • The Egg (contains solo lines)
  • Is Anybody There? (duet)
  • Finale (contains solo lines)

Show Boat (1998)[]

  • Cap'n Andy's Ballyhoo (contains solo lines)
  • Act I Finale (Wedding Scene)(contains solo lines)
  • Why Do I Love You? (contains solo lines)

Gallery[]

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