Mark Jones
Acting
Biography
Mark Jones was born on December 9, 1889 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Why Worry? (1923), Never Weaken (1921) and Family Life (1924). He was married to Edna Mae. He died on April 14, 1965 in Los Angeles.
Born: December 8, 1889
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
An Eastern Westerner
A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranch in the west. The young man arrives in the town of Piute Pass, which is being terrorized by Tiger Lip Tompkins and his gang, the Masked Angels. The Easterner befriends a young woman whose father is being held captive by Tompkins, and he decides to help her.
Never Weaken
A young man schemes to drum up business for his girlfriend's employer but after seeing her being intimate with another man, he attempts to commit suicide.
White Wings
Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.
High and Dizzy
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
Save The Ship
'Save the Ship' is a plotless silent short film which has the 33 year old Stan Laurel acting in a run of the mill production to pay his bills and as a token by Hal Roach.
Post No Bills
Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria Snootful picture, Paul goes bonkers with glue and paper and ends up attaching promotional material to any surface within his reach, including the rear ends of a number of people, though his attempt to nail a poster to a glass window is somewhat less successful.
Why Worry?
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Haunted Spooks
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.
Now or Never
A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
It's a Gift
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives in a home filled with his eccentric inventions. When he gets the message from the oil company, he is excited about the opportunity to demonstrate his innovation.
Filmography
as Keystone Kop
as Worried
as Mr. Duff
as Arab leader
as Father-in-law
as Swindler
as Cross-eyed Barber
as Mounted Captain
as Customer
as Worker
as Foreman
as Dental Patient
as The Musical Cop
as The Acrobat
as Passenger who throws shoe (uncredited)
as Hotel Bellboy Number 2 (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Kitchen Staff Member (uncredited)