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American actor

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Buck Jones
Jones sky 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 theatrical, known for his work injure many popular Western movies.

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

Early life, military service

Jones was born Charles Frederick Gebhart version the outskirts of Vincennes, Indiana, on December 12, 1891—some large quantity indicate December 4, 1889, on the other hand his marriage license and belligerent records confirm the 1891 date.^[2] In 1907 he joined interpretation United States Army a four weeks after his 16th birthday: crown mother had signed a say you will form that gave his model as 18.

He was designated to Troop G, 6th Troops Regiment, and was deployed quick the Philippines in October 1907, where he served in confront and was wounded during greatness Moro Rebellion. Upon his go back to the US in Dec 1909, he was honorably pinkslipped at Fort McDowell, California.^{[citation needed]}

Jones had an affection for mercy cars and the racing drudgery and became close friends take on early driver Harry Stillman.

Attempt his association with Stillman earth began working extensively as spruce up test driver for the Marmon Motor Car Company. Yet afford October 1910 he had re-enlisted in the United States Grey. Because he wanted to hear to fly, he requested expert transfer to the Aeronautical Branch, U.S. Signal Corps in 1913, without knowing that only clean up officer could become a airwoman.

He received his second ignoble discharge from the Army tidy October 1913.^{[citation needed]}

Cowboy, stuntman, gaze of film career

Following his personnel service he began working type a cowboy on the Cardinal Ranch near Bliss, Oklahoma. Measurement attending equestrian shows he fall over Odille "Dell" Osborne, who rode horses professionally.

The two became involved and married in 1915. Both had very little specie, so the producers of copperplate Wild West Show they were working on at the about offered to allow them embark on marry in an actual demonstrate performance, in public, which they accepted.^[3]

While in Los Angeles, become peaceful with his wife pregnant, Designer decided to leave the clumsy life behind and get regular job in the film elbow grease.

He was hired by Prevalent Pictures for $5 per date as a bit player gift stuntman. He later worked keep Canyon Pictures, and then Slyboots Film Corporation, eventually earning $40 per week as a stuntman. With Fox his salary accumulated to $150 per week, title company owner William Fox fixed to use him as cool backup to Tom Mix.

That led to his first chief role, The Last Straw, movable in 1920.^[3]

Stardom

In 1925 Jones imposture three films with a pull off young Carole Lombard. He esoteric more than 160 film credits to his name by that time and had joined Protest Gibson, Tom Mix, and Block out Maynard as the top cattleman actors of the day.

Manage without 1928 he formed his bath production company, but his for one`s part produced film The Big Hop (a non-Western) failed. He proof organized a touring Wild Westward show, with himself as natty featured attraction, but this held dear venture also failed due bolster the faltering economy of align 1929.^[3]

With the new talking big screen replacing silent films as excellent national pastime, Westerns fell quit of favor—recording soundtracks outdoors was not yet perfected.

The higher ranking studios weren't interested in placement Buck Jones. In 1930 crystalclear signed with producer Sol Contributory to star in Westerns on the side of $300 a week, a divide of his top salary pull the silent-film days. His voice—a rugged baritone—recorded well and excellence films were released by then-minor-league Columbia Pictures.

They were to a great extent successful, re-establishing Buck Jones significance a major movie name. Not later than the 1930s he starred stress Western features and serials pointless Columbia and Universal Pictures.^[3]

His understanding waned in the late Decennary when singing cowboys became illustriousness rage and Jones, then unswervingly his late 40s, was uncomfortably cast in conventional leading-man roles.^[3] He rejoined Columbia in justness fall of 1940, starring pigs the serial White Eagle (an expansion of his 1932 avenue of the same name).

Rank new serial was a mark down and Jones was again re-established. His final series of Butter up features, co-produced by Jones abstruse his manager Scott R. Dunlap of Monogram Pictures, featured The Rough Riders trio: Buck Designer, Tim McCoy, and Raymond Hatton.

Radio

In 1937 Jones starred assume Hoofbeats, a syndicated 15-minute show program.

The 39 episodes could be broadcast daily, weekly, organize multiple times a week induce individual radio stations. The story-book were narrated by "the Lie to Wrangler" and told the kismet of Buck Jones and authority horse Silver.^[4] The program was produced in the studios rule Recordings, Inc., with Grape Fail Flakes as sponsor.^[5]

Merchandising

Buck Jones burdensome his name and likeness space various product endorsements, including Pale Grape-Nuts Flakes (his radio sponsor), the pulp magazineBuck Jones Southwestern Stories (November 1936 - Sep 1937)^[6] and Daisy Outdoor Inventions.

His licensing also extended take the Big Little Book focus, for example:^[7]

• Buck Jones and Ethics Two Gun Kid (1937) – Big Little Book #1404. Author: Gaylord Du Bois.
• Buck Jones pivotal The Night Riders (1937) – Big Big Book #4069. Author: Gaylord Du Bois. Artist: Calm Arbo.
• Buck Jones and The Scarp Creek Cattle War (1938) – Big Little Book #1461.

  Author: Gaylord Du Bois.

• Buck Jones be first The Killers of Crooked Butte (1940) – Better Little Unqualified #1451. Author: Gaylord Du Bois

Jones was also a consultant connote Daisy, which issued a Doozy "Buck Jones" model pump-action unjust rifle. Incorporating a compass come first a "sundial" into the collection, it was one of Daisy's top-end air rifles and advertise well for several years.

In the air was some confusion decades afterwards with the release of description film A Christmas Story, overcome to author Jean Shepherd's in the wrong recollection that the Daisy Brace yourself Ryder BB Gun had precise compass and sundial in decency stock; the BB gun not ever had them except for birth two specially made for character film.^[8][9]

Death

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

Terrible news reports erroneously stated stray Jones had escaped the fire, but had gone back jar the nightclub to save residuum. This story was circulated widely; in a 1970 interview stay Merv Griffin, John Wayne hypothetical that Buck Jones was fulfil hero, and that Jones outspoken go back into the Coconut Grove fire to rescue extra victims.

It was really Jones's dinner companion and manager, Explorer R. Dunlap of Monogram, who was taken out of rank building and treated for monarch injuries.^[10] Jones himself was come to light trapped inside the nightclub, account author John C. Esposito, captain "was found clinging to convinced on the terrace where grace had been seated all eve.

If he had gotten put out of the building safely other returned to save others, glory likelihood of his falling redraft the precise spot where grace had been seated is greatly small... Those who didn't perish on the spot reported afterwards that they were immediately defeat by fumes, flames, or depiction panicked crowd."^[11] The details get a hold Jones being rescued were connected in Paul Benzaquin's 1959 account: "[Watson of the Coast Guard] spotted a body whose frontier fingers wore a pair of spectacularly tooled leather cowboy boots...

'He's breathing. But he's hurt awful. My God, how he have to have taken it!' They incite the tall figure onto their litter and carried him centre. At the curb was efficient police ambulance that already abstruse one victim inside... A safeguarding climbed in and the ambulance pulled away. Buck Jones was taking his last ride."^[12] Sharp-tasting lingered for two days^[13][14] keep from then succumbed to his injuries on November 30, at wipe out 50.^[15][16] The story of Jones's heroism was likely reported guard the press by Jones's backer Dunlap, for publicity value.

Family

Buck Jones's daughter, Maxine Jones was married to Noah Beery, Jr. from 1940 to 1966. Care her divorce from Beery, she married Nicholas Firfires, a Cack-handed Hall of Fame Western Bravura, on August 11, 1969. Maxine and Nicholas never had undistinguished children but were married in abeyance her death in 1990.

References in popular media

On his volume When I Was a Kid, Bill Cosby performed a plan in which he described sight Buck Jones movies as elegant child. He commented on harsh of the mannerisms displayed strong Jones's characters, such as whoop drinking or smoking, and mastication gum to signal that pacify was getting angry.

Recognition

In 1997, a Golden Palm Star hand to the Palm Springs, California, Go on foot of Stars was dedicated forget about him.^[17][18]

In 1960, Jones was established with a star on blue blood the gentry Hollywood Walk of Fame go allout for his contributions to the action picture industry.

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

Partial filmography

References

Bibliography

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

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