Dean Jones
Acting1931Decatur, Alabama, USA
Biography
Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor. He is best known for his leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977, most notably The Love Bug.
Known For
Beethoven
Dr. Varnick
Clear and Present Danger
Judge Moore
The Love Bug
Jim Douglas
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Dean Arbagast (voice)
Bonanza
Danny Kidd
The Sugarland Express
Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
Leonard Palmer / Marcus Boswell
Superman: The Animated Series
Col. Sam Lane (voice)
Acting History
2013
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Mandie and the Secret Tunnel
as Jason Bond
2003
That Loveable Bug
as Self
2001
Scrooge and Marley
as Ebenezer Scrooge
2000
All About Jesus – Who Is This Jesus?
as Self – Host
1998
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
as Dean Arbagast (voice)
1997
A Walk in Time: The Adventure Continues
as professor Mortimer
That Darn Cat
as Mr. Flint
The Love Bug
as Jim Douglas
Superman: The Animated Series
TVas Col. Sam Lane (voice)• 1 eps
1996
A Walk in Time
as Professor Mortimer
Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Dr. Scott Berlin
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TVas Dr. Karel (voice)• 1 eps
1995
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Webster Carlson
Nowhere Man
TVas Jonathan Crane• 1 eps
1994
Clear and Present Danger
as Judge Moore
The Visual Bible: Acts
as Luke
Beethoven
TVas George Newton (voice)• 26 eps
1992
Queen Esther
as King Ahasuerus (voice)
Beethoven
as Dr. Varnick
Saved By The Bell: Hawaiian Style
as Harry Bannister
1991
Other People's Money
as Bill Coles
1990
Fire and Rain
as Jack Ayers
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
1986
St. John in Exile
as John
1985
America, You're Too Young to Die
as Narrator
1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
as Future Father
Finder of Lost Loves
TVas Steve Marsh• 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Leonard Palmer / Marcus Boswell• 1 eps
1982
Herbie, the Love Bug
TVas Jim Douglas
1981
1980
The Long Days of Summer
as Ed Cooper
1978
1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
as Jim Douglas
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Jacob Grimm
1976
The Shaggy D.A.
as Wilby Daniels
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
as Narrator
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1974
The Sugarland Express
as Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
1973
Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?
as George Gregory
1972
Snowball Express
as Johnny Baxter
The Great Man's Whiskers
as James E. Cooper
1971
The Million Dollar Duck
as Professeur Albert Dooley
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self (uncredited)• 1 eps
1970
Mr. Superinvisible
as Peter Denwell
Original Cast Album: Company
as Self / Bobby
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
1968
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Fredrick 'Fred' Bolton
The Love Bug
as Jim Douglas
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Steve Walker
1967
Monkeys, Go Home!
as Hank Dussard
The Danny Thomas Hour
TVas Himself• 1 eps
1966
1965
Two on a Guillotine
as Val Henderson
That Darn Cat!
as Zeke Kelso
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Eddie Carew• 1 eps
Vacation Playhouse
TVas Alec Tate• 1 eps
1964
The New Interns
as Dr. Lew Worship
1963
1962
Ensign O'Toole
TVas Ensign O'Toole• 32 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TVas Self• 2 eps
1961
Who Killed Julie Greer?
as Phil Winslow
Bonanza
TVas Danny Kidd• 1 eps
1960
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Deputy Bill Devlin• 1 eps
The Aquanauts
TVas John Anderson• 1 eps
1959
1958
Torpedo Run
as Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley
Imitation General
as Cpl. Terry Sellers
Handle with Care
as Zachary Davis
1957
Jailhouse Rock
as Teddy Talbot
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Dan
Designing Woman
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Steve Allen Show
TVas Self - Singer• 2 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
1956
Tea and Sympathy
as Ollie
Somebody Up There Likes Me
as Private in Rocky's Tent (uncredited)
These Wilder Years
as Hardware Clerk
The Great American Pastime
as Buck Rivers
The Opposite Sex
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)