Biography
Mark Jones was born on December 9, 1889 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Why Worry? (1923), Never Weaken (1921) and Family Life (1924). He was married to Edna Mae. He died on April 14, 1965 in Los Angeles.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Keystone Kop
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for ...
Pay the Cashier
1926
The penniless tourist, "Appetite Andy" (Paul Parrott) stops by at the Hollywood Cafateria (sic) where the gullible boss (Mark Jones) welcomes him in t...
Soft Pedal
1926
as Worried
An opportunistic umbrella salesman attempts to save a musician and his daughter from blackmail.
Don't Butt In
1926
James Parrott doing all kinds of handy work.
Are Parents Pickles?
1925
James Parrott joins every lodge in town to get in good with people as he tries to sell his fire extinguishers.
Family Life
1924
as Mr. Duff
The Duff family can't seem to get along with their neighbors, an obsessed policeman and his wife.
Scorching Sands
1923
as Arab leader
The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
Save The Ship
1923
as Father-in-law
'Save the Ship' is a plotless silent short film which has the 33 year old Stan Laurel acting in a run of the mill production to pay his bills and as a...
It's a Gift
1923
as Swindler
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devi...
No Pets
1923
James Parrott having a lot of pets destroying the place.
A Man About Town
1923
as Cross-eyed Barber
A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.
Why Worry?
1923
as Mounted Captain
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Take the Air
1923
James Parrott, little Sammy Brooks, Baker and Jones ("the strong guy" = the drunk) are all workers on a construction-sit run by violent and exploitati...
Short Orders
1923
as Customer
Stan plays a waiter at a crappy restaurant and frankly such fare was better done by Chaplin and others. However, in two cute scenes, the film shines. ...
Oranges and Lemons
1923
as Worker
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with h...
Post No Bills
1923
Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria Sno...
Kill or Cure
1923
Laurel portrays a commercial traveller, hawking a patent medicine cried Professor I.O. Dine's Knox-All: that name is the funniest joke in this movie, ...
The Uncovered Wagon
1923
Hal Roach short is a spoof of the 1923 Western COVERED WAGON, which was a huge hit for Paramount. In this film a group of people are heading out West ...
Collars and Cuffs
1923
as Foreman
Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
White Wings
1923
as Dental Patient
Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.
Tight Shoes
1923
The setting is a shoe store and the action is pretty frenetic. You get to see Paul lose the store's money, catch a shoe thief, knock down a bunch of s...
Watch Your Wife
1923
A James Parrott comedy short.
The Sleuth
1922
as Hotel manager
Paul Parrott stars as a detective in a hotel trying to recognize a fake sheik
Strictly Modern
1922
as Hotel Proprietor
A visiting New Yorker inspires the hotel keeper toward improving his establishment.
Punch the Clock
1922
Eddie suspects his wife of having an affair with Snub. Snub, meanwhile, just wants to get to work on time.
Do Me a Favor
1922
as The Musical Cop
Marie's inebriated husband refuses to go to bed, so she asks Snub, a homeless man she finds sleeping in the park, to assist.
On Location
1921
Snub is an street sweeper with OCD, living in a neighborhood full of fussy people. He is sweeping the street when he anticipates a cop who is about to...
Never Weaken
1921
as The Acrobat
Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend inj...
High Rollers
1921
An auto accident hurls Snub into a skating rink, where he encounters Rowe and Marie. Among the various slip-and-falling going on, two frisky escaped m...
Now or Never
1921
as Passenger who throws shoe (uncredited)
A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
Run 'Em Ragged
1920
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s E...
High and Dizzy
1920
as Hotel Bellboy Number 2 (uncredited)
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
An Eastern Westerner
1920
as (uncredited)
A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranc...
Haunted Spooks
1920
as Kitchen Staff Member (uncredited)
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to s...