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Dean Jones

Dean Jones

Actor · Died September 1, 2015, aged 84 · Decatur, Alabama, USA

Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor. He is best known for his leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977, most notably The Love Bug.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 25, 1931
Died
September 1, 2015 (aged 84)
From
Decatur, Alabama, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
46 on MovieCove · 81 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 16% in 30 days

What are Dean Jones' films like?

Across their 36 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Genres

Comedy17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 21st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
34%
Society
23%
Self
16%
Morality
16%
Power
5%
Survival
3%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 36 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 26 · Serious 6 · Dark 4

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 25 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 18 · Charged 15 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 23 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 18

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 27 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 35 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

24 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 14 of 24 analyzed roles.

Hero
14 of 24
Shadow
3 of 24
Ally
3 of 24
Mentor
3 of 24
Shapeshifter
1 of 24
Show the 24 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
19
Warm
18
Tense
13
Absurd
11
Melancholic
5
Other
26

How their films linger

Feel-good24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy27
  • Bittersweet8
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dean Jones' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 46 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dean Jones' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

81 credits, 46 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Jason Bond

  • Scrooge and Marley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Ebenezer Scrooge

  • Disney Through The Decades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero(1998)

    as Dean Arbagast (voice)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • A Walk in Time: The Adventure Continues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as professor Mortimer

  • The Love Bug(1997)

    as Jim Douglas

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • That Darn Cat(1997)

    as Mr. Flint

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • A spasso nel tempo(1996)

    as Professor Mortimer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Superman: The Animated Series(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Col. Sam Lane (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Karel (voice)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Special Report: Journey to Mars(1996)

    as Dr. Scott Berlin

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Nowhere Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Jonathan Crane

  • The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes(1995)

    as Webster Carlson

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Visual Bible: Acts(1994)

    as Luke

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Beethoven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 26 episodes · as George Newton (voice)

  • Clear and Present Danger(1994)

    as Judge Moore

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style(1992)

    as Harry Bannister

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Beethoven(1992)

    as Dr. Varnick

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Queen Esther (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as King Ahasuerus (voice)

  • Other People's Money(1991)

    as Bill Coles

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Fire and Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Jack Ayers

  • St. John in Exile(1986)

    as John

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • America, You're Too Young to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Narrator

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Leonard Palmer · as Marcus Boswell

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Finder of Lost Loves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Steve Marsh

  • Don't Ask Me, Ask God(1984)

    as Future Father

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Herbie, the Love Bug (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 5 episodes · as Jim Douglas

  • Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Mr. Lane

  • Aloha Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Long Days of Summer(1980)

    as Ed Cooper

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Born Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Charles W. Colson

  • When Every Day Was the Fourth of July(1978)

    as Ed Cooper

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Brothers Grimm(1977)

    as Jacob Grimm

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo(1977)

    as Jim Douglas

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Shaggy D.A.(1976)

    Theme Song Performance · as Wilby Daniels

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Disney's Greatest Dog Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Narrator

  • Good Heavens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Sugarland Express(1974)

    as Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as George Gregory

  • Snowball Express(1972)

    as Johnny Baxter

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Great Man's Whiskers(1972)

    as James E. Cooper

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Chicago Teddy Bears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 13 episodes · Actor

  • The Million Dollar Duck(1971)

    as Professeur Albert Dooley

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Mr. Superinvisible(1970)

    as Peter Denwell

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Medical Center (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • What's It All About, World? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 13 episodes · Actor

  • The Love Bug(1968)

    as Jim Douglas

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit(1968)

    as Fredrick 'Fred' Bolton

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Blackbeard's Ghost(1968)

    as Steve Walker

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Monkeys, Go Home!(1967)

    as Hank Dussard

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Any Wednesday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Cass Henderson

  • The Ugly Dachshund(1966)

    as Mark Garrison

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • That Darn Cat!(1965)

    as Zeke Kelso

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Two on a Guillotine(1965)

    as Val Henderson

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The New Interns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Dr. Lew Worship

  • Under the Yum Yum Tree(1963)

    as Dave Manning

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Eddie Carew

  • Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Rudy Davis

  • Vacation Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Alec Tate

  • Ensign O'Toole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 32 episodes · as Ensign O'Toole

  • Ben Casey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Target: The Corruptors! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Who Killed Julie Greer? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Phil Winslow

  • Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Aquanauts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as John Anderson

  • Never So Few(1959)

    as Sgt. Jim Norby

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Bonanza(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Danny Kidd

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Night of the Quarter Moon(1959)

    as Lexington Nelson

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Torpedo Run(1958)

    as Lt. Jake 'Fuzz' Foley

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Imitation General(1958)

    as Cpl. Terry Sellers

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Handle with Care (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Zachary Davis

  • Designing Woman(1957)

    as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Ten Thousand Bedrooms(1957)

    as Dan

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Jailhouse Rock(1957)

    as Teddy Talbot

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Great American Pastime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Buck Rivers

  • The Opposite Sex(1956)

    as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Deputy Bill Devlin

  • Tea and Sympathy(1956)

    as Ollie

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • These Wilder Years(1956)

    as Hardware Clerk

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Somebody Up There Likes Me(1956)

    as Private in Rocky's Tent (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Jim Douglas

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 81 titles from 1954 to 2009; peak year 1967.

Biggest box office

Beethoven (1992)

$147M worldwide

Highest rated

The Visual Bible: Acts (1994)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

The Love Bug (1968)

Film career

19542009

Peak 1967 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 15 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting81 of 81: 80 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thOther crew1 of 81: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1950s16 · acting1960s21 · acting1970s14 · 14 acting · 1 crew1980s9 · acting1990s18 · acting2000s3 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 23% of 26 roles
56617196

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Dean Jones' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 42; across their 36 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 36

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 36

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 36

Midcredits score across 46 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th16
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 46 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984)

96th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

St. John in Exile (1986)

Midcredits 95th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 31 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Dean Jones' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 15 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 5 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 47 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Dean Jones work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dean Jones' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill Walsh shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers