Gordon Jones

Gordon Jones

Known for

Acting

Born

April 5, 1911

Birthplace

Alden, Iowa, USA

Died

June 20, 1963 (aged 52)

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...

Best known work

McLintock!
McLintock!
1963
A Foreign Affair
A Foreign Affair
1948
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
1957
The Shaggy Dog
The Shaggy Dog
1959
Master of the World
Master of the World
1961
Island in the Sky
Island in the Sky
1953
Lassie
Lassie
1954
Flying Tigers
Flying Tigers
1942
The Monster That Challenged the World
The Monster That Challenged the World
1957

Filmography

  1. 2011

    The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?

    as Mike the Cop (archive footage)

  2. 1994

  3. 1963

    McLintock!

    as Matt Douglas

  4. 1962

    The Lucy ShowTV

    as Charlie Vantassel (1 episode)

  5. 1961

  6. 1961

    Master of the World

    as Talkative Townsman

  7. 1960

    The Case of the Dangerous RobinTV

    as Nels Bergstrom (1 episode)

  8. 1960

  9. 1960

    The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

    as Police Sgt. Joe Cassidy

  10. 1959

    Battle of the Coral Sea

    as Torpedoman Bates

  11. 1959

  12. 1959

  13. 1959

  14. 1959

  15. 1959

    Battle Flame

    as Sgt. McKelvey

  16. 1959

    The Shaggy Dog

    as Captain Scanlon

  17. 1958

  18. 1958

  19. 1958

  20. 1958

    Live Fast, Die Young

    as Pop Winters

  21. 1957

  22. 1957

    Perry MasonTV

    as Deputy Gillis (1 episode)

  23. 1957

    SugarfootTV

    as Wasco Wolters (1 episode), as Sheriff (1 episode)

  24. 1957

  25. 1957

    Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveTV

    as Mike Gower (1 episode), as Joel Finlay (1 episode)

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