Buck Jones was assigned to Troop G, 6th Cavalry Regiment, and was deployed to the Philippines in October 1907, where he served in combat and was wounded during the Moro Rebellion.
18 Facts About Buck Jones
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Buck Jones had an affection for race cars and the racing industry and became close friends with early driver Harry Stillman.
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Buck Jones received his second honorable discharge from the Army in October 1913.
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Buck Jones was hired by Universal Pictures for $5 per day as a bit player and stuntman.
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Buck Jones later worked for Canyon Pictures, then Fox Film Corporation, eventually earning $40 per week as a stuntman.
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In 1925 Buck Jones made three films with a very young Carole Lombard.
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Buck Jones then organized a touring Wild West show, with himself as a featured attraction, but this expensive venture failed due to the faltering economy of late 1929.
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Buck Jones's star waned in the late 1930s when singing cowboys became the rage and Jones, then in his late 40s, was uncomfortably cast in conventional leading-man roles.
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Buck Jones rejoined Columbia in the fall of 1940, starring in the serial White Eagle.
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The new serial was a hit and Buck Jones was again re-established.
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In 1937 Buck Jones starred in Hoofbeats, a syndicated 15-minute radio program.
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Buck Jones's licensing extended to the Big Little Book series, for example:.
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Buck Jones was one of the 492 victims of the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 28,1942.
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Some news reports erroneously stated that Buck Jones had successfully escaped, but had gone back into the building to save others.
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Buck Jones's daughter, Maxine Jones was born on 1918 and was married to Noah Beery, Jr.
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Buck Jones commented on some of the mannerisms displayed by Jones' characters, such as not drinking or smoking and chewing gum to signal that he was getting angry.
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On "Merv Griffin's '60s Retrospective" DVD, John Wayne in 1970 stated that Buck Jones was his hero, and that Jones did go back into the Cocoanut Grove fire to help rescue additional victims after escaping it himself.
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In 1960, Buck Jones was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry.