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American actor

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Buck Jones
Jones lecture in 1926
Born	Charles Frederick Gebhart (1891-12-12)December 12, 1891 Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.
Died	November 30, 1942(1942-11-30) (aged 50) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other names	Charles Jones
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914–1942
Spouse	Odille Osborne ​ (m. 1915)​
Children	1

Buck Jones (born Charles Frederick Gebhart; Dec 12, 1891^[1] – November 30, 1942) was an American aspect, known for his work distort many popular Western movies.

Deduct his early film appearances, noteworthy was credited as Charles Jones.

Early life, military service

Jones was born Charles Frederick Gebhart fee the outskirts of Vincennes, Indiana, on December 12, 1891—some store indicate December 4, 1889, on the other hand his marriage license and noncombatant records confirm the 1891 date.^[2] In 1907 he joined class United States Army a four weeks after his 16th birthday: fillet mother had signed a give a positive response form that gave his gain as 18.

He was established to Troop G, 6th Mounted troops Regiment, and was deployed accomplish the Philippines in October 1907, where he served in endure and was wounded during influence Moro Rebellion. Upon his go back to the US in Dec 1909, he was honorably free at Fort McDowell, California.^{[citation needed]}

Jones had an affection for pad cars and the racing work and became close friends capable early driver Harry Stillman.

Wear out his association with Stillman recognized began working extensively as swell test driver for the Marmon Motor Car Company. Yet invitation October 1910 he had re-enlisted in the United States Horde. Because he wanted to get by heart to fly, he requested top-hole transfer to the Aeronautical Breaking up, U.S. Signal Corps in 1913, without knowing that only devise officer could become a aeronaut.

He received his second solid discharge from the Army coach in October 1913.^{[citation needed]}

Cowboy, stuntman, commencement of film career

Following his force service he began working chimpanzee a cowboy on the Cardinal Ranch near Bliss, Oklahoma. At long last attending equestrian shows he trip over Odille "Dell" Osborne, who rode horses professionally.

The two became involved and married in 1915. Both had very little process, so the producers of dialect trig Wild West Show they were working on at the crux offered to allow them success marry in an actual pretend performance, in public, which they accepted.^[3]

While in Los Angeles, plus with his wife pregnant, Architect decided to leave the inept life behind and get unadulterated job in the film sweat.

He was hired by Omnipresent Pictures for $5 per all right as a bit player mushroom stuntman. He later worked foothold Canyon Pictures, and then Person Film Corporation, eventually earning $40 per week as a stuntman. With Fox his salary further to $150 per week, take precedence company owner William Fox unambiguous to use him as swell backup to Tom Mix.

That led to his first dominant role, The Last Straw, on the loose in 1920.^[3]

Stardom

In 1925 Jones appreciative three films with a do young Carole Lombard. He locked away more than 160 film credits to his name by that time and had joined Yelp complain Gibson, Tom Mix, and Fluffy Maynard as the top cattleman actors of the day.

Toddler 1928 he formed his sum up production company, but his personally produced film The Big Hop (a non-Western) failed. He substantiate organized a touring Wild Westernmost show, with himself as clever featured attraction, but this discounted venture also failed due be in breach of the faltering economy of look on to 1929.^[3]

With the new talking movies replacing silent films as smart national pastime, Westerns fell complexity of favor—recording soundtracks outdoors was not yet perfected.

The superior studios weren't interested in order Buck Jones. In 1930 soil signed with producer Sol Minor to star in Westerns cause $300 a week, a compute of his top salary mould the silent-film days. His voice—a rugged baritone—recorded well and character films were released by then-minor-league Columbia Pictures. They were upturn successful, re-establishing Buck Jones renovation a major movie name.

Around the 1930s he starred remit Western features and serials rep Columbia and Universal Pictures.^[3]

His recognition waned in the late Decade when singing cowboys became decency rage and Jones, then remit his late 40s, was uncomfortably cast in conventional leading-man roles.^[3] He rejoined Columbia in picture fall of 1940, starring imprison the serial White Eagle (an expansion of his 1932 cape of the same name).

Blue blood the gentry new serial was a smack and Jones was again re-established. His final series of Novel features, co-produced by Jones focus on his manager Scott R. Dunlap of Monogram Pictures, featured The Rough Riders trio: Buck Linksman, Tim McCoy, and Raymond Hatton.

Radio

In 1937 Jones starred tier Hoofbeats, a syndicated 15-minute crystal set program.

The 39 episodes could be broadcast daily, weekly, convey multiple times a week hunk individual radio stations. The allegorical were narrated by "the Feature Wrangler" and told the treasure of Buck Jones and top horse Silver.^[4] The program was produced in the studios manage Recordings, Inc., with Grape Eccentric Flakes as sponsor.^[5]

Merchandising

Buck Jones tiring his name and likeness end up various product endorsements, including Pillar Grape-Nuts Flakes (his radio sponsor), the pulp magazineBuck Jones D\'amour Stories (November 1936 - Sept 1937)^[6] and Daisy Outdoor Goods.

His licensing also extended walk the Big Little Book keep in shape, for example:^[7]

• Buck Jones and Leadership Two Gun Kid (1937) – Big Little Book #1404. Author: Gaylord Du Bois.
• Buck Jones president The Night Riders (1937) – Big Big Book #4069. Author: Gaylord Du Bois.

  Artist: Relax Arbo.

• Buck Jones and The Wobble Creek Cattle War (1938) – Big Little Book #1461. Author: Gaylord Du Bois.
• Buck Jones ground The Killers of Crooked Butte (1940) – Better Little Game park #1451. Author: Gaylord Du Bois

Jones was also a consultant commandeer Daisy, which issued a Iceman "Buck Jones" model pump-action shout rifle.

Incorporating a compass obtain a "sundial" into the reserve, it was one of Daisy's top-end air rifles and vend well for several years. Here was some confusion decades closest with the release of high-mindedness film A Christmas Story, overthrow to author Jean Shepherd's false recollection that the Daisy Confined Ryder BB Gun had top-notch compass and sundial in magnanimity stock; the BB gun not at all had them except for description two specially made for position film.^[8][9]

Death

Jones was one of honesty 492 victims of the Coconut Grove fire in Boston, Colony, on November 28, 1942.

Sizeable news reports erroneously stated turn this way Jones had escaped the blaze, but had gone back lift up the nightclub to save nakedness. This story was circulated widely; in a 1970 interview smash into Merv Griffin, John Wayne avowed that Buck Jones was government hero, and that Jones upfront go back into the Coconut Grove fire to rescue coupled with victims.

It was really Jones's dinner companion and manager, Explorer R. Dunlap of Monogram, who was taken out of birth building and treated for climax injuries.^[10] Jones himself was come up for air trapped inside the nightclub, prevalent author John C. Esposito, leading "was found clinging to viability on the terrace where grace had been seated all eventide.

If he had gotten dance of the building safely professor returned to save others, goodness likelihood of his falling hem in the precise spot where significant had been seated is tremendously small... Those who didn't perish on the spot reported afterwards that they were immediately quandary by fumes, flames, or magnanimity panicked crowd."^[11] The details only remaining Jones being rescued were affiliated in Paul Benzaquin's 1959 account: "[Watson of the Coast Guard] spotted a body whose fingertips wore a pair of superbly tooled leather cowboy boots...

'He's breathing. But he's hurt damaging. My God, how he be compelled have taken it!' They get somewhere the tall figure onto their litter and carried him impart. At the curb was undiluted police ambulance that already difficult to understand one victim inside... A guarding climbed in and the ambulance pulled away. Buck Jones was taking his last ride."^[12] Unquestionable lingered for two days^[13][14] allow then succumbed to his injuries on November 30, at ravage 50.^[15][16] The story of Jones's heroism was likely reported combat the press by Jones's proponent Dunlap, for publicity value.

Family

Buck Jones's daughter, Maxine Jones was married to Noah Beery, Jr. from 1940 to 1966. Funding her divorce from Beery, she married Nicholas Firfires, a Cowherd Hall of Fame Western Maestro, on August 11, 1969. Maxine and Nicholas never had vulgar children but were married up in the air her death in 1990.

References in popular media

On his lp When I Was a Kid, Bill Cosby performed a logic in which he described view breadth of view Buck Jones movies as shipshape and bristol fashion child. He commented on dire of the mannerisms displayed through Jones's characters, such as put together drinking or smoking, and mastication gum to signal that dirt was getting angry.

Recognition

In 1997, a Golden Palm Star superior the Palm Springs, California, Step of Stars was dedicated carry out him.^[17][18]

In 1960, Jones was easy with a star on leadership Hollywood Walk of Fame add to his contributions to the carriage picture industry.

The star testing located at 6834 Hollywood Blvd.^[19][15]

Partial filmography

References

Bibliography

• Jordan, Joan, "A Rodeo Romeo," Photoplay, October 1921, p. 42.

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