Gordon Wynnivo Jones (April 5, 1911 – June 20, 1963) was an American

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, a member of

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in the first of two movie serials based on that

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Selected filmography

* '' Cimarron'' (1931) - Teamster (uncredited) * '' Wild Girl'' (1932) - Vigilante (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1933) - Soldier (uncredited) * '' Car 99'' (1935) - Mechanic (uncredited) * '' Let 'Em Have It'' (1935) - Tex * '' Red Salute'' (1935) - Michael (Lefty) Jones * '' Strike Me Pink'' (1936) - Butch Carson * '' Captain Calamity'' (1936) - Henchman (uncredited) * '' Devil's Squadron'' (1936) - Tex * '' Walking on Air'' (1936) - Joe * '' Don't Turn 'Em Loose'' (1936) - Joe Graves * '' Night Waitress'' (1936) - Martin Rhodes * '' We Who Are About to Die'' (1937) - Slim Tolliver * '' They Wanted to Marry'' (1937) - Jim * '' Sea Devils'' (1937) - Puggy * ''

China Passage ''China Passage'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Edmund Hartmann, Edmund L. Hartmann and J. Robert Bren, based on a story by Taylor Caven. RKO Radio Pictures produced the film, which stars Constance ...

'' (1937) - Joe Dugan * '' There Goes My Girl'' (1937) - Reporter Dunn * '' Forlorn River'' (1937) - Lem Watkins (uncredited) * '' The Big Shot'' (1937) - Chester 'Chet' Scott * '' Fight for Your Lady'' (1937) - Mike Scanlon * ''

Quick Money ''Quick Money'' is a 1937 film. It lost $37,000. Plot Cast * Fred Stone as Mayor Jonas Tompkins * Gordon Jones as Bill Adams * Dorothy Moore as Alice Tompkins * Berton Churchill as Bluford H. Smythe * Paul Guilfoyle as Ambrose Ames * Harla ...

'' (1937) - Bill Adams * '' Night Spot'' (1938) - Riley * '' Rich Man, Poor Girl'' (1938) - Tom Grogan * '' I Stand Accused'' (1938) - Blackie * '' Out West with the Hardys'' (1938) - Ray Holt * ''

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'' (1939) - Jeff Clayton * '' Pride of the Navy'' (1939) - Joe Falcon * '' Big Town Czar'' (1939) - Chuck Hardy (uncredited) * ''

Invitation to Happiness ''Invitation to Happiness'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Claude Binyon. The film stars Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charlie Ruggles, Billy Cook, William Collier, Sr. and Marion Martin. The film was relea ...

'' (1939) - Dutch Arnold (uncredited) * '' Grand Jury Secrets'' (1939) - Billy Hargraves (uncredited) * '' When Tomorrow Comes'' (1939) - Radio Technician (uncredited) * '' Disputed Passage'' (1939) - Bill Anderson * '' Henry Goes Arizona'' (1939) - Tug Evans (uncredited) * ''

'' (1940, Serial) - Britt Reid / The Green Hornet * '' The Doctor Takes a Wife'' (1940) - O'Brien * '' I Take This Oath'' (1940) - Steve Hanagan * '' Up in the Air'' (1940) - Tex * '' Girl from Havana'' (1940) - Tubby Waters * '' Texas Rangers Ride Again'' (1940) - Ranger Radio Man (uncredited) * '' Reaching for the Sun'' (1941) - Sailor (uncredited) * '' The Blonde from Singapore'' (1941) - 'Waffles' Billings * '' You Belong to Me'' (1941) - Robert Andrews * '' The Feminine Touch'' (1941) - Rubber-Legs Ryan * ''

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'' (1941) - Bill Oakley * '' True to the Army'' (1942) - Pvt. Dugan * '' To the Shores of Tripoli'' (1942) - Military Policeman at Main Gate (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1942) - Taxi Driver (uncredited) * '' My Sister Eileen'' (1942) - 'The Wreck' Loomis * ''

Highways by Night ''Highways by Night'' is a 1942 American crime drama film directed by Peter Godfrey from a screenplay by Lynn Root and Frank Fenton, based on the story ''Silver Spoon'', by Clarence Budington Kelland. The film stars Richard Carlson and Jane ...

'' (1942) - 'Footsy' Fogarty * ''

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'' (1942) - Alabama Smith * '' Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo'' (1944) * '' Buffalo Bill'' (1944) - Trooper (uncredited) * ''

Youth Runs Wild ''Youth Runs Wild'' is a 1944 B movie directed by Mark Robson and starring Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Jean Brooks, Glen Vernon and Vanessa Brown. The plot concerns inattentive parents and juvenile delinquency. The film was produced by ...

'' (1944) - Truck Driver (uncredited) * '' Wanderer of the Wasteland'' (1945) - Sheriff (uncredited) * '' The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' (1947) - Tubby Wadsworth * '' The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap'' (1947) - Jake Frame * '' A Foreign Affair'' (1948) - Military Policeman * '' Sons of Adventure'' (1948) - Andy Baldwin * '' Black Eagle'' (1948) - Benjy Laughton * '' The Untamed Breed'' (1948) - Happy Keegan * '' Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' (1949) - Senator Catcher (uncredited) * '' Mr. Soft Touch'' (1949) - Muggles (uncredited) * '' Easy Living'' (1949) - Bill Holloran * '' Black Midnight'' (1949) - Roy * '' Tokyo Joe'' (1949) - Idaho * ''

Dear Wife ''Dear Wife'' is a 1949 comedy film starring Joan Caulfield and William Holden. It is the sequel to '' Dear Ruth'', which was based on the Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna. Plot Miriam Wilkins is a teenage girl who is campaigni ...

'' (1949) - Taxi Cab Driver * '' Bodyhold'' (1949) - Pat Simmons * '' Belle of Old Mexico'' (1950) - Tex Barnet * '' The Palomino'' (1950) - Bill Hennessey * '' The Arizona Cowboy'' (1950) - I.Q. Barton * '' Trigger, Jr.'' (1950) - Splinters McGonagle * '' Big Timber'' (1950) - Jocko * '' Sunset in the West'' (1950) - Splinters McGonagle * '' North of the Great Divide'' (1950) - Splinters McGonigle * '' Trail of Robin Hood'' (1950) - Splinters McGonigle * '' Spoilers of the Plains'' (1951) - Splinters McGonigle * '' Heart of the Rockies'' (1951) - Splinters McGonigle * '' Corky of Gasoline Alley'' (1951) - Elwood Martin * '' Yellow Fin'' (1951) - Breck * '' The Marrying Kind'' (1952) - Steve (uncredited) * '' Gobs and Gals'' (1952) - CPO Mike Donovan * '' Sound Off'' (1952) - Sgt. Crockett * '' The Winning Team'' (1952) - George Glasheen * '' Big Jim McLain'' (1952) - Olaf * '' Wagon Team'' (1952) - Marshal Sam Taplin * '' Woman They Almost Lynched'' (1953) - Yankee Sergeant * '' Island in the Sky'' (1953) - Walrus * '' Take the High Ground!'' (1953) - Moose (uncredited) * '' The Outlaw Stallion'' (1954) - Wagner * '' Treasure of Ruby Hills'' (1955) - Jack Voyle * ''

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'' (1955) - Cpl. Rogers * '' Spring Reunion'' (1957) - Jack Frazer * '' Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend'' (1957) - Pvt. Wilbur 'Will' Clegg * '' The Monster That Challenged the World'' (1957) - Sheriff Josh Peters * '' Live Fast, Die Young'' (1958) - Pop Winters * '' The Perfect Furlough'' (1958) - 'Sylvia', MP #1 * '' The Shaggy Dog'' (1959) - Captain Scanlon, Police Chief * '' Battle Flame'' (1959) - Sgt. McKelvey * '' The Big Fisherman'' (1959) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Battle of the Coral Sea'' (1959) - Torpedoman Bates * '' The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond'' (1960) - Sgt. Joe Cassidy * '' Master of the World'' (1961) - Talkative Morgantown townsperson (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1961) - Rutland Coach (uncredited) * '' Son of Flubber (1963) - Rutland Coach (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1963) - Matt Douglas (final film role)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Gordon 1912 births 1963 deaths Male actors from Iowa People from Hardin County, Iowa 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male telenovela actors RKO Pictures contract players UCLA Bruins football players