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Buck Jones (I) (1891–1942)

Actor | Producer | Director

Buck Jones was one of the greatest of the "B" western stars. Although born in Indiana, Jones reportedly (but disputedly) grew up on a ranch near Red Rock in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), and there learned the riding and shooting skills that would stand him in good stead as a hero of Westerns. He... See full bio »

Born:

Charles Frederick Gebhart
in Vincennes, Indiana, USA (some sources erroneously say 4 December 1889)

Died:

(age 50) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Louise Brooks, Buck Jones, EMPTY SADDLES, Universal, 1936, **I.V.
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1942 Dawn on the Great Divide
Buck Roberts
 
1942 West of the Law
Marshal Buck Roberts posing as Rocky Saunders
 
1942 Riders of the West
Marshal Buck Roberts
 
1942 Down Texas Way
U. S. Marshal Buck Roberts
 
1942 Ghost Town Law
Marshal Buck Roberts
 
1942 Below the Border
Marshal Buck Roberts posing as John Robbins
 
1941 Forbidden Trails
Marshal Buck Roberts
 
1941 The Gunman from Bodie
Marshal Buck Roberts, alias Bob 'Bodie' Bronson
 
1941 Arizona Bound
Marshal Buck Roberts
 
1941 Riders of Death Valley
Tombstone
 
1941 White Eagle
White Eagle
 
1940 Wagons Westward
Sheriff Jim McDaniels
 
1939 Unmarried
Slag Bailey
 
1938 California Frontier
Buck Pearson
 
1938 Law of the Texan
Sgt. Buck Weaver - Texas Rangers
 
1938 The Stranger from Arizona
Buck Weylan
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 (documentary short)
Buck Jones
 
1938 The Overland Express
Buck Dawson
 
1937 Headin' East
Buck Benson
 
1937 Sudden Bill Dorn
Bill Dorn
 
1937 Boss of Lonely Valley
Steve Hanson
 
1937 Hollywood Round-Up
Buck Kennedy
 
1937 Law for Tombstone
Alamo Bowie
 
1937 Black Aces
Ted Ames
 
1937 Smoke Tree Range
Lee Cary
 
1937 Left-Handed Law
Alamo Bowie
 
1937 Sandflow
Buck Hallett
 
1936 Empty Saddles
Buck Devlin
 
1936 The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Larry Day/Gary Elliott
 
1936 Ride 'Em Cowboy
Jess Burns
 
1936 The Phantom Rider
Buck Grant
 
1936 The Cowboy and the Kid
Steve Davis
 
1936 For the Service
Buck O'Bryan
 
1936 Silver Spurs
Jim Fentriss
 
1936 Sunset of Power
Cliff Lea
 
1935 The Ivory-Handled Gun
Buck Ward
 
1935 The Throwback
Buck Saunders
 
1935 Outlawed Guns
Buck Rivers
 
1935 The Roaring West
Montana Larkin
 
1935 Border Brigands
Sergeant Buck Barry, RCMP
 
1935 Stone of Silver Creek
T. William Stone
 
1935 The Crimson Trail
Billy Carter
 
1934 When a Man Sees Red
Buck Benson
 
1934 Rocky Rhodes
Rocky Rhodes
 
1934 The Red Rider
'Red' Davidson
 
1934 The Man Trailer
Track Ames aka Dan Lane
 
1934 The Fighting Ranger
Jim Houston
 
1933 The Fighting Code
Ben Halliday
 
1933 Gordon of Ghost City
Buck Gordon
 
1933 Unknown Valley
Joe Gordon
 
1933 The Thrill Hunter
Buck Crosby
 
1933 The California Trail
Santa Fe Stewart
 
1933 Treason
Jeff Connors, posing as Chet Dawson
 
1933 Child of Manhattan
Panama Kelley (as Charles 'Buck' Jones)
 
1932 Sundown Rider
Camp O'Neil
 
1932 Forbidden Trail
Tom Devlin
 
1932 White Eagle
White Eagle
 
1932 McKenna of the Mounted
Sergeant Tom McKenna
 
1932 Hello Trouble
Jeff Douglas
 
1932 High Speed
Bill Toomey
 
1932 South of the Rio Grande
Sergeant Carlos Olivarez
 
1932 One Man Law
Brand Thompson
 
1932 Ridin' for Justice
Buck Randall
 
1931 The Deadline
Buck Donlin
 
1931 The Range Feud
Sheriff Buck Gordon
 
1931 Border Law
Jim Houston - Texas Ranger
 
1931 Branded
Cuthbert Chauncy Dale
 
1931 The Fighting Sheriff
Sheriff Bob Terry
 
1931 The Texas Ranger
Jim Logan, Texas Ranger
 
1931 The Avenger
Joaquin Murietta aka The Black Shadow
 
1931 Desert Vengeance
Jim Cardew
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (short)
Buck Jones
 
1930 The Dawn Trail
Sheriff Larry Williams
 
1930 Men Without Law
Buck Healy
 
1930 Shadow Ranch
Sim Baldwin
 
1930 The Lone Rider
Jim Lanning
 
1928 The Big Hop
Buck Bronson
 
1928 The Branded Sombrero
Starr Hallett
 
1927 Blood Will Tell
Buck Peters
 
1927/I Black Jack
Phil Dolan
 
1927 Chain Lightning
Steve Lannon
 
1927 Good As Gold
Buck Brady
 
1927 Hills of Peril
Laramie (as Charles 'Buck' Jones)
 
1927 Whispering Sage
Buck Kildare
 
1927 The War Horse
Buck Thomas
 
1926 Desert Valley
Fitzsmith
 
1926 30 Below Zero
Don Hathaway Jr.
 
1926 The Flying Horseman
Mark Winton
 
1926 The Gentle Cyclone
Absolem Wales
 
1926 A Man Four-Square
Craig Norton
 
1926 The Fighting Buckaroo
Larry Crawford
 
1926 The Cowboy and the Countess
Jerry Whipple
 
1925 The Desert's Price
Wils McCann
 
1925 Lazybones
Steve Tuttle, aka Lazybones (as Charles 'Buck' Jones)
 
1925 Durand of the Bad Lands
Dick Durand
 
1925 Timber Wolf
Bruce Standing
 
1925 Hearts and Spurs
Hal Emory
 
1925 Gold and the Girl
Dan Prentiss
 
1925 The Trail Rider
Tex Hartwell
 
1925 Dick Turpin
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
 
1925 The Arizona Romeo
Tom Long
 
1924 The Man Who Played Square
Matt Black
 
1924 Winner Take All
Perry Blair
 
1924 The Desert Outlaw
Sam Langdon
 
1924 Against All Odds
Chick Newton
 
1924 Western Luck
Larry Campbell (as Charles Jones)
 
1924 The Circus Cowboy
Buck Saxon (as Charles Jones)
 
1924 The Vagabond Trail
Donnegan (as Charles Jones)
 
1924 Not a Drum Was Heard
Jack Mills (as Charles Jones)
 
1923 Cupid's Fireman
Andy McGee (as Charles Jones)
 
1923 Big Dan
Dan O'Hara
 
1923 Hell's Hole
Tod Musgrave (as Charles Jones)
 
1923 Second Hand Love
Andy Hanks (as Charles Jones)
 
1923 Skid-Proof
Jack Darwin (as Charles Jones)
 
1923 The Eleventh Hour
Brick McDonald (as Charles Jones)
 
1923 Snowdrift
Carter Brent (as Charles Jones)
 
1923 The Footlight Ranger
Bill Moreland (as Charles Jones)
 
1922 The Boss of Camp Four
Chet Fanning (as Charles Jones)
 
1922 Bells of San Juan
Roderick Norton (as Charles Jones)
 
1922 The Fast Mail
Stanley Carson (as Charles Jones)
 
1922 West of Chicago
Conroy Daly (as Charles Jones)
 
1922 Trooper O'Neill
Trooper O'Neill (as Charles Jones)
 
1922 Roughshod
'Steel' Brannon (as Charles Jones)
 
1922 Western Speed
Red Kane (as Charles Jones)
 
1922 Pardon My Nerve!
Racey Dawson (as Charles Jones)
 
1921 Riding with Death
'Dynamite' Steve Dorsey (as Charles 'Buck' Jones)
 
1921 Bar Nothing
Duke Smith
 
1921 To a Finish
Jim Blake
 
1921 Straight from the Shoulder
The Mediator
 
1921 Get Your Man
Jock MacTier
 
1921 The One-Man Trail
Tom Merrill
 
1921 The Big Punch
Buck
 
1920 Two Moons
Bill Blunt
 
1920 Just Pals
Bim
 
1920 Sunset Sprague
Sunset Sprague
 
1920 Firebrand Trevison
Firebrand Trevison
 
1920 Square Shooter
Chick Crandall
 
1920 The Spirit of Good
Minor Role (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1920 Forbidden Trails
Quinton 'Squint' Taylor
 
1920 The Last Straw
Tom Beck
 
1920 The Cyclone
Minor Role (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1919 The Cowboy and the Rajah (short)
 
1919 The Feud
Minor Role (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1919 Cupid's Roundup (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1919 The Speed Maniac
Minor Role (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1919 Brother Bill (short)
Roy Dexter
 
1919 Rough-Riding Romance (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1919 When Pals Fall Out (short)
Bill (uncredited)
 
1919 Shackles of Fate (short)
 
1919 The Wilderness Trail
Indian (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1919 The Puncher and the Pup (short)
 
1919 The Coming of the Law
Henchman (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1919 The Uphill Climb (short)
Rockcliffe Stone
 
1919 Vengeance and the Girl (short)
 
1919 Pitfalls of a Big City
Minor Role (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1919 Hell's Fury Gordon (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1919 Fighting for Gold
Cowboy (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1919 The Sheriff's Son
Cowboy
 
1919 The Two Doyles (short)
Outlaw Henchman
 
1919 The Desert Rat (short)
Standing Bear
 
1918 The Rainbow Trail
Cowboy (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1918 Riders of the Purple Sage
Cowboy (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1918 Selfish Yates
Member of the Posse (uncredited)
 
1918 True Blue
Cowboy (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1918 Western Blood
Cowboy (as Buck Gebhart)
 
1917 A Rough Shod Fighter
 
1914 The Outlaw Reforms
Bill (as Charles Gebhart)
 
1914 Life on the 101 Ranch, Bliss Oklahoma (short)
Sergeant
 
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1937 Sudden Bill Dorn (producer)
 
1937 Boss of Lonely Valley (producer)
 
1937 Law for Tombstone (producer)
 
1937 Black Aces (producer)
 
1937 Smoke Tree Range (producer)
 
1937 Left-Handed Law (producer)
 
1937 Sandflow (producer)
 
1936 Empty Saddles (producer)
 
1936 The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (producer)
 
1936 Ride 'Em Cowboy (producer)
 
1936 The Cowboy and the Kid (producer)
 
1936 For the Service (producer)
 
1936 Silver Spurs (producer)
 
1936 Sunset of Power (producer - uncredited)
 
1935 The Ivory-Handled Gun (producer)
 
1935 The Throwback (producer)
 
1935 Outlawed Guns (producer - uncredited)
 
1935 Border Brigands (producer)
 
1935 Stone of Silver Creek (producer - uncredited)
 
1935 The Crimson Trail (producer)
 
1934 When a Man Sees Red (producer)
 
1934 Rocky Rhodes (producer)
 
1928 The Big Hop (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
1937 Law for Tombstone (co-director)
 
1937 Black Aces
 
1936 For the Service
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1936 Ride 'Em Cowboy (story)
 
1936 The Cowboy and the Kid (story)
 
1927 The War Horse (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1940 Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself - Rose Bowl Parade Participant
 
1939 Unusual Occupations (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 13 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 6 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (short)
Himself
 
1927 Life in Hollywood No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 22 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1987 The West That Never Was (TV documentary)
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Buck Randall
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show (TV series)
 
1953 Screen Snapshots: Out West in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1947 Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (documentary short)
Himself
 
1946 The Scarlet Horseman
Riders of Death Valley Stock (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Buck Gebhart | Charles Gebhart | Charles 'Buck' Jones | Charles Jones

Height:

5' 11¾" (1.82 m)
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Personal Quote:

In my pictures we never let up on the action. They've got as much movement as the silents. In the last one I rode a horse through a plate-glass window, and that's the sort of thing pictures need. See more »

Trivia:

On the night of the tragic Cocoanut Grove fire, a large number of guests and close friends was at the club for a combination testimonial dinner in honor of Buck and a promotional event for his "Rough Rider" series for Monogram Pictures. Although the story is that Jones managed to escape the fire but returned back inside to help rescue people... See more »

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