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Dean Jones
Jones as race car driver Jim Douglas in The Love Bug.
Born	January 25, 1931 (1931-01-25) (age 76) Decatur, Alabama  United States

Dean Jones (born January 25, 1931 in Decatur, Alabama) is an American actor.

He served in the US Navy during the Korean War, after which he worked at the Bird Cage Theater at Knott's Berry Farm, California. He was voluntarily replaced (by Larry Kert) in Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical Company after just one month. Jones' performance is preserved on the original cast album.

Jones is best known for his work in several Disney films in the 1960s and 1970s, starting with That Darn Cat! (which was, ironically, actress Hayley Mills' last film at Disney). Jones' performance was so well-received that Disney continue to utilize him for future movies, such as The Ugly Dachshund, Blackbeard's Ghost and Snowball Express. Jones' signature Disney role would be that of race car driver Jim Douglas in the highly successful The Love Bug series. Jones appeared in two of the five feature films, a short-lived television series produced in 1982, and a made-for-TV movie in 1997.

He also appeared as the evil veterinarian Herman Varnick in the popular family film Beethoven in 1992. He also starred in the NBC TV sitcom Ensign O'Toole (1962).

Jones became a devout born-again Christian in 1973/1974 and has since appeared in several Christian movies. A noted conservative, Jones also testified in favor of a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to only heterosexuals.

Jones is semi-retired, and currently resides in California.

• There Was a Little Girl - 1960
• Under the Yum-Yum Tree - 1960
• Company - 1970
• Into the Light - 1986
• Company (revival) - 1993

• Handle with Care - 1955
• Tea and Sympathy - 1956
• Jailhouse Rock - 1957
• Never So Few - 1959
• Under the Yum Yum Tree - 1963
• The New Interns - 1964
• Two on a Guillotine - 1965
• That Darn Cat! - 1965 (also appears in 1997 remake)
• The Ugly Dachshund - 1966
• Any Wednesday - 1966
• Monkeys, Go Home! - 1967
• Blackbeard's Ghost - 1968
• The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit - 1968
• The Love Bug - 1969 (also appears in 1997 remake)
• The Million Dollar Duck - 1971
• Snowball Express - 1972
• The Shaggy DA - 1976
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo - 1977
• Born Again - 1978
• St. John in Exile - 1986
• Other People's Money - 1991
• Beethoven - 1992
• Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style - 1992
• Clear and Present Danger - 1994
• A spasso nel tempo (ITA) - 1996
• A spasso nel tempo, l'avventura continua (ITA) - 1997
• That Darn Cat - 1997

• Dean Jones at the Internet Movie Database