Actor Dean Jones Dead at 84 – Starred in Many Walt Disney Movies

Anyone who saw a lot of kid’s movies in the ‘60s and ‘70s remembers Dean Jones. He was always a likable presence and a welcome sight, especially in the Disney family-friendly sort of films he excelled in such as THE UGLY DACHSHUND, BLACKBEARD’S GHOST , THE LOVE BUG, SNOWBALL EXPRESS, THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK, THAT DARN CAT! The list goes on and on and it’s hard to believe he was 84!  He was always so young-looking, sort of the Dick Clark of the movies! Dean Jones was 84 and had Parkinson’s disease.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

“Dean Jones, the affable actor who starred in such classic Disney family comedies as That Darn Cat!, The Love Bug and The Shaggy D.A., has died. He was 84. Jones died Tuesday of complications from Parkinson’s disease in Los Angeles, publicist Richard Hoffman announced. Jones’ film grosses exceeded $960 million, Hoffman noted. The actor was inducted into the Disney Legends Hall of Fame in 1995. A leading man with a light comic touch, Jones also appeared in the Disney films The Million Dollar Duck (1971), Snowball Express (1972) and the sequel Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) — as well as in the CBS series that it spawned — and in another family classic, Beethoven (1992), for Universal…….”

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