Buck Jones
Acting
Biography
Buck Jones was an American actor, known for his work in many popular Western movies. In his early film appearances, he was credited as Charles Jones.
Born: December 11, 1891
Place of Birth: Vincennes, Indiana, USA
Known For
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
South of the Rio Grande
Sergeant Carlos Olivarez (Buck Jones) becomes entangled in the machinations of an oil baron, havoc-wreaking bandits, and the femme fatale who ruined his brother.
Child of Manhattan
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to determine whether it is as disreputable as Sophie suspects. There he meets a dime-a-dance girl, Madeleine MacGonagal, who charms him with her quaint proletarian accent. They begin a secret affair, which turns into a secret marriage when pregnancy ensues. When the baby fails to survive, Madeleine decides that since he had married her only for the baby's sake, she should make haste to Mexico to secure a divorce. There she meets Panama Canal Kelly, a former suitor who now owns a silver mine. Her plans for divorce and quick remarriage are complicated when Vanderkill arrives to confront her.
The California Trail
Santa Fe Stuart, leading a relief train bringing food to the peasants, gets caught up in the Commandante and his brother the Mayor's effort to starve out the peasants. Thrown in jail and about to be hung, he escapes and joins the peasants in their fight against the brothers and their troops...
Lazybones
Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Many years later, having returned from World War I, he discovers that he loves the grown-up girl.
Riders of Death Valley
The Saturday matinee crowd got two cowboy stars for the price of one in this lavishly budgeted western serial starring former singing cowboy Dick Foran and Buck Jones. The latter contributed deadpan humor to the proceedings, making Jones perhaps the highest paid B-western comedy relief in history. The two heroes defend the Death Valley borax miners from an outlaw gang headed by Wolf Reade. An extraordinarily strong cast -- for a serial, at least -- supported the stars, headed by Charles Bickford as Reade, Leo Carillo, Lon Chaney, Jr., and silent screen star Monte Blue. Leading lady Jeanne Kelly later changed her name to Jean Brooks and starred in the atmospheric RKO thriller The Seventh Victim (1943). Universal claimed to have spent $1 million on this serial and made sure to get their money's worth by endlessly recycling the action footage in serials and B-westerns for years to come.
Just Pals
Bim (Buck Jones) seems to be his town's biggest loser, but when he takes a needy 13-year-old boy named Bill (George Stone) under his wing, it seems there may be some hope for Bim. After learning about Bill, a young teacher, Mary (Helen Ferguson), whom Bim secretly adores, helps get the young boy into school. And when Bim then helps Mary repay a loan, defaulted on by shifty boyfriend (William Buckley), it becomes evident that Bim can reform. As the plot in this captivating film twist and turns, the stakes get higher, the action gets more intense and hope for Bim bounds upward.
Unknown Valley
Looking for his missing father, Joe Gordon heads into the desert where Elders from a secret village find him unconscious. Attracted to Sheilla O'Neill, the two plan an escape from the village where no one is allowed to leave. But then he learns his father is being held prisoner and finding him, he is also made a prisoner.
Branded
A cowboy looking to sell an inherited ranch changes his mind after a female neighbour arrives on the scene.
Hello Trouble
After killing a friend in a gunfight, Jeff Douglas quits the Texas Rangers. He arrives at the Kenyon ranch just as Jonathan Kenyon apparently commits suicide. He and Janet Kenyon then become the new half owners. At first, he refuses to wear a gun and is believed to be a coward, but as trouble mounts, he straps it on once again.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Buck Roberts
as Marshal Buck Roberts
as Marshal Buck Roberts
as U. S. Marshal Buck Roberts
as Marshal Buck Roberts
as Marshal Buck Roberts
as Marshal Buck Roberts
as Marshal Buck Roberts
as Buck Roberts
as Tombstone
as White Eagle
as Sheriff Jim McDaniels
as Slag Bailey
as Buck Pearson
as Sergeant Buck Weaver - Texas Rangers
as Buck Weylan
as Buck Jones
as Buck Dawson
as Buck Benson
as Bill Dorn
as Steve Hanson
as Buck Kennedy
as Alamo Bowie
as Ted Ames
as Lee Cary
as Alamo Bowie
as Buck Hallett
as Buck Devlin
as Larry Day / Gary Elliott
as Jess Burns
as Buck Grant
as Steve Davis
as Buck O'Bryan
as Jim Fentriss
as Cliff Lea
as Buck Ward
as Buck Saunders
as Buck Rivers
as Montana Larkin
as Sergeant Buck Barry, RCMP
as T. William Stone (as Charles Buck Jones)
as Billy Carter
as Buck Benson
as Rocky Rhodes
as 'Red' Davidson
as Track Ames aka Dan Lane
as Jim Houston (as Charles Buck Jones)
as Ben Halliday
as Buck Gordon
as Joe Gordon
as Buck Crosby
as Santa Fe Stewart
as "Panama Canal" Kelley
as Jeff Connors, posing as Chet Dawson (as Charles Buck Jones)
as Camp O'Neil
as Tom Devlin
as White Eagle
as Sergeant Tom McKenna
as Jeff Douglas
as Bill Toomey
as Sergeant Carlos Olivarez
as Buck Randall
as Brand Thompson
as Buck Donlin (as Charles 'Buck' Jones)
as Sheriff Buck Gordon
as Jim Houston - Texas Ranger
as Cuthbert Chauncy Dale
as Sheriff Bob Terry
as Jim Logan - Texas Ranger
as Joaquin "The Black Shadow" Murietta
as Jim Cardew
as Buck Jones
as Sheriff Larry Williams
as Buck Healy
as Sim Baldwin
as Jim Lanning
as Buck Bronson
as Starr Hallett
as Buck Peters
as Phil Dolan
as Steve Lannon
as Buck Brady
as Laramie
as Buck Kildare
as Buck Thomas
as Don Hathaway Jr.
as Fitzsmith
as Mark Winton
as Absolem Wales
as Craig Norton
as Larry Crawford
as Jerry Whipple
as Steve Tuttle, aka Lazybones
as Dick Durand
as Bruce Standing
as Hal Emory
as Dan Prentiss
as Tex Hartwell
as Tom Long
as Matt Black
as Perry Blair
as Sam Langdon
as Chick Newton
as Larry Campbell
as Buck Saxon
as Donnegan (as Charles Jones)
as Jack Mills
as Andy McGee
as Dan O'Hara (as Charles Jones)
as Tod Musgrave
as Andy Hanks
as Jack Darwin
as Brick McDonald (as Charles Jones)
as Carter Brent
as Bill Moreland
as Chet Fanning
as Roderick Norton
as Conroy Daly
as Stanley Carson (as Charles Jones)
as Trooper O'Neill
as 'Steel' Brannon
as Red Kane
as Racey Dawson
as 'Dynamite' Steve Dorsey
as Duke Smith
as Jim Blake
as Buck
as Jock MacTier
as Tom Merrill
as Buck
as Bill Blunt
as Bim
as Sunset Sprague
as Firebrand Trevison
as Chick Crandall
as Minor Role
as Quinton 'Squint' Taylor
as Tom Beck
as Minor Role (as Buck Gebhart)
as Minor Role
as Minor Role (as Buck Gebhart)
as Bill
as Indian (as Buck Gebhart)
as Henchman (as Buck Gebhart)
as Minor Role
as Cowboy (as Buck Gebhart)
as Cowboy
as Standing Bear
as Cowboy
as Cowboy
as Member of the Posse (uncredited)
as Cowboy
as Cowboy
as Bill