About Dean Jones
Dean Carroll Jones was an American actor. He was best known as the Walt Disney Company's main leading man in the 1970s with his roles as Agent Zeke Kelso in That Darn Cat! (1965), Jim Douglas in the Herbie franchise (1969–1997), and with other film companies such as Dr. Herman Varnick in Beethoven (1992). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Albert Dooley in The Million Dollar Duck (1971). In 1995, he was inducted as a Disney Legend for his film work. Director Harold Prince agreed to replace him with Larry Kert if Jones would open the show and record the cast album. A member of its Class of 1953, he did not graduate, but the university in 2003 awarded him an honorary degree. He also recorded a singing album, Introducing Dean Jones, for Valiant Records. In 1969, he was the host of a short-lived sketch-comedy hour on ABC-TV titled What's It All About, World? that became a variety show midway into its run, when the title was changed to The Dean Jones Variety Hour.
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