Dean Jones (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Dean Jones (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 â€" September 1, 2015) was an

American actor best known for his roles as Agent Zeke Kelso in That

Darn Cat! (1965), Jim Douglas in The Love Bug (1968) and Herbie Goes

to Monte Carlo (1977) and Dr. Herman Varnick in Beethoven (1992). He

was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Albert

Dooley in The Million Dollar Duck (1971). In 1995, Jones was inducted

as a Disney Legends award winner for his film work.Jones was born in

Decatur, Alabama, to Andrew Guy Jones (1901â€"1979), a traveling

construction worker, and the former Nolia Elizabeth Wilhite

(1902â€"1977).As a student at Riverside High School in Decatur, Jones

had his own local radio show, Dean Jones Sings. Jones served in the

United States Navy during the Korean War, and after his discharge

worked at the Bird Cage Theater at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park,

California.Jones attended Asbury University in Wilmore near Lexington,

Kentucky. A member of its Class of 1953, he did not graduate, but the

university in 2003 awarded him an honorary degree. On March 4, 2011,

he addressed the community during the dedication ceremony of Asbury's

Andrew S. Miller Center for Communications Arts.
Dean Jones (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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