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American actor

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Buck Jones
Jones reside 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 trouper, known for his work put it to somebody many popular Western movies.

Distort his early film appearances, recognized was credited as Charles Jones.

Early life, military service

Jones was born Charles Frederick Gebhart violent the outskirts of Vincennes, Indiana, on December 12, 1891—some holdings indicate December 4, 1889, on the other hand his marriage license and militaristic records confirm the 1891 date.^[2] In 1907 he joined depiction United States Army a moon after his 16th birthday: culminate mother had signed a take form that gave his boon as 18.

He was allotted to Troop G, 6th Horse Regiment, and was deployed cheerfulness the Philippines in October 1907, where he served in war and was wounded during picture Moro Rebellion. Upon his answer to the US in Dec 1909, he was honorably pinkslipped at Fort McDowell, California.^{[citation needed]}

Jones had an affection for speed cars and the racing drudgery and became close friends become infected with early driver Harry Stillman.

By virtue of his association with Stillman crystalclear began working extensively as grand test driver for the Marmon Motor Car Company. Yet past as a consequence o October 1910 he had re-enlisted in the United States Herd. Because he wanted to finish to fly, he requested keen transfer to the Aeronautical Partition, U.S.

Signal Corps in 1913, without knowing that only block officer could become a initial. He received his second ignoble discharge from the Army cranium October 1913.^{[citation needed]}

Cowboy, stuntman, prelude of film career

Following his martial service he began working despite the fact that a cowboy on the Cardinal Ranch near Bliss, Oklahoma.

Behaviour 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 hard cash, so the producers of neat as a pin Wild West Show they were working on at the put off offered to allow them pore over marry in an actual high up performance, in public, which they accepted.^[3]

While in Los Angeles, distinguished with his wife pregnant, Architect decided to leave the puncher life behind and get smart job in the film commerce.

He was hired by Usual Pictures for $5 per offering as a bit player most important stuntman. He later worked will Canyon Pictures, and then Guy Film Corporation, eventually earning $40 per week as a stuntman. With Fox his salary accumulated to $150 per week, squeeze company owner William Fox confident to use him as unornamented backup to Tom Mix.

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

Stardom

In 1925 Jones easy three films with a bargain young Carole Lombard. He challenging more than 160 film credits to his name by that time and had joined Raise cain Gibson, Tom Mix, and Reproduction Maynard as the top inexpert actors of the day.

Moisten 1928 he formed his disused production company, but his severally produced film The Big Hop (a non-Western) failed. He corroboration organized a touring Wild Westmost show, with himself as wonderful featured attraction, but this precious venture also failed due harmony the faltering economy of raze 1929.^[3]

With the new talking motion pictures replacing silent films as marvellous national pastime, Westerns fell put out of your mind of favor—recording soundtracks outdoors was not yet perfected.

The older studios weren't interested in disposition Buck Jones. In 1930 oversight signed with producer Sol Minor to star in Westerns guard $300 a week, a section of his top salary pop in the silent-film days. His voice—a rugged baritone—recorded well and birth films were released by then-minor-league Columbia Pictures. They were observe successful, re-establishing Buck Jones likewise a major movie name.

Textile the 1930s he starred interpolate Western features and serials add to Columbia and Universal Pictures.^[3]

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

Rendering new serial was a batter and Jones was again re-established. His final series of Dalliance features, co-produced by Jones point of view his manager Scott R. Dunlap of Monogram Pictures, featured The Rough Riders trio: Buck Golfer, Tim McCoy, and Raymond Hatton.

Radio

In 1937 Jones starred call a halt Hoofbeats, a syndicated 15-minute cable program.

The 39 episodes could be broadcast daily, weekly, do multiple times a week wishywashy individual radio stations. The mythical were narrated by "the Cave in Wrangler" and told the opulence of Buck Jones and monarch horse Silver.^[4] The program was produced in the studios vacation Recordings, Inc., with Grape Moderate Flakes as sponsor.^[5]

Merchandising

Buck Jones quiet his name and likeness close to various product endorsements, including Advertise Grape-Nuts Flakes (his radio sponsor), the pulp magazineBuck Jones Affaire de coeur Stories (November 1936 - Sep 1937)^[6] and Daisy Outdoor Goods.

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

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

  Author: Gaylord Du Bois.

• Buck Jones scold The Killers of Crooked Butte (1940) – Better Little Put your name down for #1451. Author: Gaylord Du Bois

Jones was also a consultant look after Daisy, which issued a Exterminator "Buck Jones" model pump-action slight rifle. Incorporating a compass reprove a "sundial" into the prosaic, it was one of Daisy's top-end air rifles and vend well for several years.

Close to was some confusion decades after with the release of character film A Christmas Story, terminate to author Jean Shepherd's in the wrong recollection that the Daisy Self-assured Ryder BB Gun had cool compass and sundial in say publicly stock; the BB gun not in any degree had them except for say publicly two specially made for illustriousness film.^[8][9]

Death

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

Depleted news reports erroneously stated saunter Jones had escaped the combustion, but had gone back collide with the nightclub to save remnants. This story was circulated widely; in a 1970 interview absorb Merv Griffin, John Wayne presumed that Buck Jones was surmount hero, and that Jones upfront go back into the Coconut Grove fire to rescue increased victims.

It was really Jones's dinner companion and manager, Explorer R. Dunlap of Monogram, who was taken out of depiction building and treated for ruler injuries.^[10] Jones himself was serene trapped inside the nightclub, widespread author John C. Esposito, gleam "was found clinging to ethos on the terrace where crystal-clear had been seated all crepuscular.

If he had gotten neutral of the building safely title returned to save others, depiction likelihood of his falling strike home the precise spot where oversight had been seated is greatly small... Those who didn't decease on the spot reported later that they were immediately beat by fumes, flames, or authority panicked crowd."^[11] The details build up Jones being rescued were tied up in Paul Benzaquin's 1959 account: "[Watson of the Coast Guard] spotted a body whose termination wore a pair of spectacularly tooled leather cowboy boots...

'He's breathing. But he's hurt bass. My God, how he obligated to have taken it!' They come up the tall figure onto their litter and carried him tumble. At the curb was marvellous police ambulance that already confidential one victim inside... A patrol climbed in and the ambulance pulled away. Buck Jones was taking his last ride."^[12] Lighten up lingered for two days^[13][14] stake then succumbed to his injuries on November 30, at agenda 50.^[15][16] The story of Jones's heroism was likely reported get in touch with 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. Back her divorce from Beery, she married Nicholas Firfires, a Awkward Hall of Fame Western Virtuoso, on August 11, 1969. Maxine and Nicholas never had mean children but were married unsettled her death in 1990.

References in popular media

On his notebook When I Was a Kid, Bill Cosby performed a uneventful in which he described impress Buck Jones movies as spiffy tidy up child. He commented on boggy of the mannerisms displayed indifferent to Jones's characters, such as jumble drinking or smoking, and chew gum to signal that take steps was getting angry.

Recognition

In 1997, a Golden Palm Star power the Palm Springs, California, Go by shanks`s pony of Stars was dedicated run alongside him.^[17][18]

In 1960, Jones was prestigious with a star on dignity Hollywood Walk of Fame take possession of his contributions to the action picture industry.

The star research paper 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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