Biography
Dean Jones (1931–2015) was an American actor. Jones is best known for his leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977, most notably The Love Bug.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

Mandie and the Secret Tunnel
2009
as Jason Bond
In 1899, Mandie's life changes when her Cherokee friends help her escape to a mansion that holds the hidden secrets of her past and the key to her fut...

Scrooge and Marley
2001
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge is back in a made-for-TV film produced by Coral Ridge Ministries. The ill-tempered miser is played by skilled Christian actor Dean Jo...
Disney Through The Decades
2001
features a look through the different decades of the disney company with old footage hosted by Disney stars. appeared on the 2009 Blu-Ray release of S...

All About Jesus – Who Is This Jesus?
2000
as Self – Host
Hosted by D. James Kennedy, PH.D. and Dean Jones. Enriched with scenes from the dramatic mini-series A.D., this fast pace documentary provides excitin...

Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
1998
as Dean Arbagast (voice)
When Mr. Freeze kidnaps Barbara Gordon, as an involuntary organ donor to save his dying wife, Batman and Robin must find her before the operation can ...

A Walk in Time: The Adventure Continues
1997
as professor Mortimer
The back-in-time misadventures of Walter and Ascanio are not finished. The defective time-travel machine will bring them from prehistory all the way t...

The Love Bug
1997
as Jim Douglas
The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life....

That Darn Cat
1997
as Mr. Flint
While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enl...

A Walk in Time
1996
as Professor Mortimer
While visiting Universal Studios in Hollywood along with their respective families, two Italian tourists get on a real time machine and got lost in ti...

Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Dr. Scott Berlin
When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN begins its live coverage of the last two hours of the mission and the...

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1995
as Webster Carlson
By accident, the content of a computer encyclopedia is transferred into the brain of Dexter Riley, a less than average college boy. Because of his new...

The Visual Bible: Acts
1994
as Luke
The Visual Bible: Acts is a 1994 film that depicts the events of Book of Acts from the Bible's New Testament. All of the dialogue is word-for-word Scr...

Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Judge Moore
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, ...

Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style
1992
as Harry Bannister
Kelly's grandpa invites the whole gang to his little hotel "The Hideaway" in Hawaii for summer vacation. They expect a marvelous time at the beach - w...

Beethoven
1992
as Dr. Varnick
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their h...

Queen Esther
1992
as King Ahasuerus (voice)
This Hanna-Barbera animated video tells a version of the Bible story about Esther, whose heroism is commemorated annually by the feast of Purim. Esthe...

Other People's Money
1991
as Bill Coles
When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractiv...

Fire and Rain
1990
as Jack Ayers
This movie is based on the actual events on the tragic day of August 2nd, 1985. Delta Airlines flight 191 en route to Los Angeles Via Dallas Ft Worth ...

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never staye...

St. John in Exile
1986
as John
Dean Jones is Saint John in this intimate, inspiring one-man presentation of John in exile on Patmos. Full of humor, strong in spirit, and resolutely ...

America, You're Too Young to Die
1985
as Narrator
An historical and patriotic film focusing on the conservative moral and religious view of American life. The documentary was based on the original sta...

Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984
as Future Father
Don't Ask Me, Ask God is a TV Special starring Michael J. Fox.

Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
1982
as Mr. Lane
The Lane family from Evansville Indiana is about to embark on its annual vacation, let's join them. In this 1982 television special we celebrate Walt...

The Long Days of Summer
1980
as Ed Cooper
In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of...

Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th bi...

Born Again
1978
as Charles W. Colson
Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.

When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
1978
as Ed Cooper
A little girl convinces her attorney father to defend a mute war veteran accused of murdering a store owner.

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
as Jacob Grimm
While traveling to meet with the Hessian King, the famed Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, travel through an enchanted forest where they find themsel...

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977
as Jim Douglas
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie...

The Shaggy D.A.
1976
as Wilby Daniels
Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Somehow he has to...

Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
as Self
Mitzi Gaynor in a song and dance hour with an all-male, star-studded ensemble featuring her main guests Michael Landon (Little House on the Prairie) a...

The Sugarland Express
1974
as Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Je...

Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?
1973
as George Gregory
A divorcee wakes up one morning to find her penniless ex-husband, his new wife and baby and their big dog camped out on her doorstep, looking for a pl...

Snowball Express
1972
as Johnny Baxter
When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the...

The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
as James E. Cooper
A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.

The Million Dollar Duck
1971
as Professeur Albert Dooley
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.

Original Cast Album: Company
1970
as Self / Bobby
In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his dir...

Mr. Superinvisible
1970
as Peter Denwell
A superhero becomes invisible after he swallows an Indian potion.

The Love Bug
1968
as Jim Douglas
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky riv...

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
1968
as Fredrick 'Fred' Bolton
Frederick Bolton has to solve two problems. First, his boss has instructed him to come up with a reasonable campaign to promote a new product, a stoma...

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
as Steve Walker
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their gr...

Monkeys, Go Home!
1967
as Hank Dussard
Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational aga...

Any Wednesday
1966
as Cass Henderson
Ellen Gordon, a New York executive's mistress falls for the executive's young business associate when the young man is accidentally sent to use the ap...

The Ugly Dachshund
1966
as Mark Garrison
The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself...

That Darn Cat!
1965
as Zeke Kelso
A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wristwatch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than s...

Two on a Guillotine
1965
as Val Henderson
The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a guillotine trick must spend the night in his house in...

The New Interns
1964
as Dr. Lew Worship
Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.

Under the Yum-Yum Tree
1963
as Dave Manning
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.

Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961
as Phil Winslow
Amos Burke is an L.A. cop who's inherited millions and usually arrives at crime scenes in a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce. Investigating the death of a...

Never So Few
1959
as Sgt. Jim Norby
A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

Night of the Quarter Moon
1959
as Lexington Nelson
A POW marries a woman he meets in Mexico. Controversy erupts when people find out that she's one-quarter black.

Torpedo Run
1958
as Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.

Imitation General
1958
as Cpl. Terry Sellers
An officer poses as a general after the death of his commanding officer and inspires his troops to victory.

Handle with Care
1958
as Zachary Davis
A law student working on a class project discovers a real-life crime.

Jailhouse Rock
1957
as Teddy Talbot
After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.

Designing Woman
1957
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the othe...

Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
as Dan
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying ...

The Great American Pastime
1956
as Buck Rivers
Bruce Hallerton becomes coach of the Panthers, a little league baseball team. The fact that an attractive widow has her son in the team causes problem...

The Opposite Sex
1956
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ...

Tea and Sympathy
1956
as Ollie
A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards with him was his housemaster's wife.

These Wilder Years
1956
as Hardware Clerk
A man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago.

Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
as Private in Rocky's Tent (uncredited)
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.