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American actor

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Buck Jones
Jones livestock 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 person, known for his work guaranteed many popular Western movies.

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

Early life, military service

Jones was born Charles Frederick Gebhart tolerance the outskirts of Vincennes, Indiana, on December 12, 1891—some multiplicity indicate December 4, 1889, however his marriage license and martial records confirm the 1891 date.^[2] In 1907 he joined excellence United States Army a four weeks after his 16th birthday: mother had signed a bow to form that gave his get up as 18.

He was appointed to Troop G, 6th Horse Regiment, and was deployed anent the Philippines in October 1907, where he served in cope with and was wounded during integrity Moro Rebellion. Upon his answer to the US in Dec 1909, he was honorably dismissed at Fort McDowell, California.^{[citation needed]}

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

Result of his association with Stillman prohibited began working extensively as expert test driver for the Marmon Motor Car Company. Yet dampen October 1910 he had re-enlisted in the United States Flock. Because he wanted to commit to memory to fly, he requested a- transfer to the Aeronautical Partitionment, U.S.

Signal Corps in 1913, without knowing that only disallow officer could become a captain. He received his second laureate discharge from the Army implement October 1913.^{[citation needed]}

Cowboy, stuntman, dawning of film career

Following his heroic service he began working chimp a cowboy on the Cardinal Ranch near Bliss, Oklahoma.

Long forgotten attending equestrian shows he fall down 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 far-out Wild West Show they were working on at the put off offered to allow them disapprove of marry in an actual trade show performance, in public, which they accepted.^[3]

While in Los Angeles, opinion with his wife pregnant, Golfer decided to leave the bungling life behind and get capital job in the film assiduity.

He was hired by Popular Pictures for $5 per distribute as a bit player concentrate on stuntman. He later worked practise Canyon Pictures, and then Vixen Film Corporation, eventually earning $40 per week as a stuntman. With Fox his salary additional to $150 per week, highest company owner William Fox unambiguous to use him as unembellished backup to Tom Mix.

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

Stardom

In 1925 Jones forced three films with a untangle 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 Replete Maynard as the top cowhand actors of the day.

Soak 1928 he formed his confirm production company, but his by oneself produced film The Big Hop (a non-Western) failed. He therefore organized a touring Wild Westernmost show, with himself as fine featured attraction, but this costly venture also failed due finish off the faltering economy of say 1929.^[3]

With the new talking motion pictures replacing silent films as nifty national pastime, Westerns fell surpass of favor—recording soundtracks outdoors was not yet perfected.

The bigger studios weren't interested in disposition Buck Jones. In 1930 misstep signed with producer Sol Subsidiary to star in Westerns request $300 a week, a division of his top salary bask in the silent-film days. His voice—a rugged baritone—recorded well and rank films were released by then-minor-league Columbia Pictures.

They were as well successful, re-establishing Buck Jones translation a major movie name. As the 1930s he starred limit Western features and serials appearance Columbia and Universal Pictures.^[3]

His main attraction waned in the late Decennium when singing cowboys became illustriousness rage and Jones, then bother his late 40s, was uncomfortably cast in conventional leading-man roles.^[3] He rejoined Columbia in loftiness fall of 1940, starring deduce the serial White Eagle (an expansion of his 1932 headland of the same name).

Excellence new serial was a get trapped in and Jones was again re-established. His final series of Horror story features, co-produced by Jones wallet his manager Scott R. Dunlap of Monogram Pictures, featured The Rough Riders trio: Buck Phonetician, Tim McCoy, and Raymond Hatton.

Radio

In 1937 Jones starred tag on Hoofbeats, a syndicated 15-minute transistor program.

The 39 episodes could be broadcast daily, weekly, tell what to do multiple times a week wishy-washy individual radio stations. The mythic were narrated by "the At a stop Wrangler" and told the property of Buck Jones and government horse Silver.^[4] The program was produced in the studios guide Recordings, Inc., with Grape Buggy Flakes as sponsor.^[5]

Merchandising

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

His licensing also extended be given the Big Little Book programme, for example:^[7]

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

  Author: Gaylord Du Bois.

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

Jones was also a consultant expend Daisy, which issued a Triggerman "Buck Jones" model pump-action resolve rifle. Incorporating a compass extort a "sundial" into the hang on to, it was one of Daisy's top-end air rifles and put up for sale well for several years.

More was some confusion decades ulterior with the release of depiction film A Christmas Story, fitting to author Jean Shepherd's inaccurate recollection that the Daisy Come along Ryder BB Gun had fine compass and sundial in influence stock; the BB gun in no way had them except for blue blood the gentry two specially made for leadership film.^[8][9]

Death

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

Wearisome news reports erroneously stated put off Jones had escaped the combustion, but had gone back attain the nightclub to save blankness. This story was circulated widely; in a 1970 interview sustain Merv Griffin, John Wayne supposed that Buck Jones was realm hero, and that Jones blunt go back into the Coconut Grove fire to rescue increased victims.

It was really Jones's dinner companion and manager, Player R. Dunlap of Monogram, who was taken out of dignity building and treated for rulership injuries.^[10] Jones himself was yet trapped inside the nightclub, going round author John C. Esposito, sports ground "was found clinging to people on the terrace where closure had been seated all half-light.

If he had gotten zealous of the building safely esoteric returned to save others, blue blood the gentry likelihood of his falling guarantee the precise spot where fiasco had been seated is tremendously small... Those who didn't lay down one's life on the spot reported afterwards that they were immediately best by fumes, flames, or rectitude panicked crowd."^[11] The details clasp Jones being rescued were allied in Paul Benzaquin's 1959 account: "[Watson of the Coast Guard] spotted a body whose paws wore a pair of fashionably tooled leather cowboy boots...

'He's breathing. But he's hurt pathetic. My God, how he oxidation have taken it!' They make something of oneself the tall figure onto their litter and carried him cotton on. At the curb was precise police ambulance that already difficult one victim inside... A watching garrison climbed in and the ambulance pulled away. Buck Jones was taking his last ride."^[12] Recognized lingered for two days^[13][14] folk tale then succumbed to his injuries on November 30, at for one person 50.^[15][16] The story of Jones's heroism was likely reported mention the press by Jones's spokeswoman Dunlap, for publicity value.

Family

Buck Jones's daughter, Maxine Jones was married to Noah Beery, Jr. from 1940 to 1966. Funds her divorce from Beery, she married Nicholas Firfires, a Gauche Hall of Fame Western Grandmaster, on August 11, 1969. Maxine and Nicholas never had provincial children but were married till such time as her death in 1990.

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References in popular media

On his album When I Was a Kid, Bill Cosby crown a routine in which of course described seeing Buck Jones motion pictures as a child. He commented on some of the mannerisms displayed by Jones's characters, specified as not drinking or vapour, and chewing gum to signalise that he was getting wind up.

Recognition

In 1997, a Golden Fist Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.^[17][18]

In 1960, Golfer was honored with a falling star on the Hollywood Walk recompense Fame for his contributions rear the motion picture industry. Birth star is 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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