Gordon Jones (actor)

Gordon Jones
Born	April 5, 1911(1911-04-05) Alden, Iowa, United States
Died	June 12, 1963(1963-06-12) (aged 52) Tarzana, California, U.S.A.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1932–63

Gordon Jones (April 5, 1911; Alden, Iowa – June 12, 1963; Tarzana, California) was an American character actor who became best known as The Green Hornet in the first of two movie serials based on that old-time radio program.^[1][2]

Jones was well-known for his role as Mike the Cop on the classic The Abbott and Costello Show. He also starred with Mitzi Green and Virginia Gibson in the short-lived TV sitcom So This Is Hollywood (1955), and had a recurring role as neighbor Butch Barton during the early years of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Selected filmography

• Cimarron (1931) (uncredited)
• Out West with the Hardys (1938)
• The Green Hornet (1940)
• You Belong to Me (1941)
• The Feminine Touch (1941)
• The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
• My Sister Eileen (1942)
• Flying Tigers (1942)
• Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
• The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
• Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
• Easy Living (1949)
• Tokyo Joe (1949)
• The Marrying Kind (1952)
• The Winning Team (1952)
• Big Jim McLain (1952)
• Island in the Sky (1953)
• The Monster That Challenged The World (1957)
• Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)
• Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
• The Shaggy Dog (1959)
• McLintock! (1963)

References

1. ^ Lidz, Franz (January 7, 2011). "Float Like a Franchise, Sting Like a ...". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/movies/09hornet.html?_r=1&hpw. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
2. ^ "The Green Hornet". DVD Talk. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/40014/green-hornet-the/. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 

External links

Biography portal

• Gordon Jones at the Internet Movie Database
• Gordon Jones at the Internet Broadway Database
• Gordon Jones at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Jones, Gordon
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	April 5, 1911
Place of birth
Date of death	June 12, 1963
Place of death