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Dean Jones (1931-2015) was an American actor. Jones was best known for his roles in many live action Disney movies. His movie career lasted for over 50 years. His IMDb page shows 90 acting credits from 1956 to 2009. This page will rank Dean Jones movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Dean Jones Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1965
That Darn Cat! (1965)
1994
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
1957
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
1969
The Love Bug (1969)
1966
The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
1963
Under The Yum Yum Tree (1963)
1956
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
1957
Designing Woman (1957)
1976
The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
1972
Snowball Express (1972)
1968
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
1959
Never So Few (1959)
1992
Beethoven (1992)
1958
Imitation General (1958)
1968
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
1964
The New Interns (1964)
1974
The Sugarland Express (1974)
1956
The Opposite Sex (1956)
1971
The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
1967
Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)
1958
Torpedo Run (1958)
1957
Until They Sail (1957)
1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
1966
Any Wednesday (1966)
1991
Other People's Money (1991)
1957
Slander (1957)
1959
Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)
1958
Handle With Care (1958)
1956
These Wilder Years (1956)
1956
The Great American Pastime (1956)
1956
The Rack (1956)
1997
That Darn Cat (1997)
2009
Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (2009)
1978
Born Again (1978)
1970
Mr. Superinvisible (1970)
Dean Jones Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | That Darn Cat! (1965) | Hayley Mills | 29.50 | 361.0 | 361.00 | 6 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 2 | Clear and Present Danger (1994) | Harrison Ford & Willem Dafoe |
122.20 | 374.3 | 661.40 | 7 | 76 | 02 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 4 | Jailhouse Rock (1957) | Elvis Presley & Judy Taylor |
11.10 | 248.7 | 248.70 | 13 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 3 | The Love Bug (1969) | Michele Lee | 51.30 | 451.3 | 451.30 | 4 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 6 | The Ugly Dachshund (1966) | Suzanne Pleshette & Charles Ruggles |
15.00 | 170.5 | 170.50 | 20 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 5 | Under The Yum Yum Tree (1963) | Jack Lemmon & Carol Lynley |
14.10 | 205.6 | 205.60 | 19 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 7 | Tea and Sympathy (1956) | Deborah Kerr & Directed by Vincent Minnelli |
6.10 | 139.3 | 223.70 | 42 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 9 | Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) | Don Knotts | 37.80 | 212.1 | 212.10 | 19 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 8 | Designing Woman (1957) | Gregory Peck & Lauren Bacall |
6.40 | 143.5 | 243.90 | 35 | 69 | 01 / 01 | 88.9 | |
| 11 | The Shaggy D.A. (1976) | Tim Conway | 32.00 | 187.6 | 187.60 | 19 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 10 | Snowball Express (1972) | Harry Morgan | 20.00 | 147.1 | 147.10 | 21 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 12 | Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) | Peter Ustinov | 12.90 | 122.7 | 122.70 | 29 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 13 | Never So Few (1959) | Frank Sinatra & Steve McQueen |
8.40 | 175.6 | 175.60 | 27 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 15 | Beethoven (1992) | Charles Grodin | 57.10 | 172.0 | 443.40 | 26 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 14 | Imitation General (1958) | Glenn Ford & Red Buttons |
5.50 | 114.0 | 114.00 | 48 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 82.0 | |
| 16 | The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968) | Kurt Russell | 9.40 | 90.0 | 90.00 | 39 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 80.4 | |
| 18 | The New Interns (1964) | Telly Savalas & George Segal |
7.60 | 101.4 | 101.40 | 38 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 17 | The Sugarland Express (1974) | Goldie Hawn & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
7.50 | 50.1 | 50.10 | 54 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 19 | The Opposite Sex (1956) | Joan Blondell & Ann Sheridan |
5.00 | 112.7 | 179.20 | 61 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 20 | The Million Dollar Duck (1971) | Sandy Duncan | 14.20 | 107.9 | 107.90 | 22 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 22 | Monkeys, Go Home! (1967) | Maurice Chevalier | 7.50 | 77.5 | 77.50 | 39 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
| 21 | Torpedo Run (1958) | Glenn Ford & Ernest Borgnine |
3.30 | 68.2 | 68.20 | 66 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 23 | Until They Sail (1957) | Paul Newman & Joan Fontaine |
2.10 | 47.5 | 90.60 | 111 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 63.1 | |
| 24 | Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) | Dean Martin & Paul Henreid |
2.70 | 60.9 | 108.70 | 89 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 62.7 | |
| 25 | Any Wednesday (1966) | Jane Fonda & Jason Robards |
3.80 | 42.6 | 42.60 | 67 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 57.6 | |
| 26 | Other People's Money (1991) | Danny DeVito & Gregory Peck |
25.70 | 76.3 | 76.30 | 49 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 55.1 | |
| 26 | Slander (1957) | Van Johnson & Ann Blyth |
1.10 | 23.6 | 47.50 | 152 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 53.4 | |
| 28 | Night of the Quarter Moon (1959) | Agnes Moorehead | 1.30 | 27.7 | 56.00 | 133 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 27 | Handle With Care (1958) | Thomas Mitchell | 0.50 | 10.4 | 19.30 | 166 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 48.3 | |
| 30 | These Wilder Years (1956) | James Cagney & Walter Pidgeon |
1.60 | 37.1 | 56.90 | 151 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 43.4 | |
| 32 | The Great American Pastime (1956) | Ann Miller | 1.10 | 25.3 | 33.80 | 175 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 34.7 | |
| 31 | The Rack (1956) | Paul Newman & Lee Marvin |
1.00 | 23.7 | 49.70 | 178 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 34.5 | |
| 33 | That Darn Cat (1997) | Christina Ricci & Doug E. Doug |
18.30 | 49.8 | 49.80 | 90 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 32.0 | |
| 34 | Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (2009) | Lexi Johnson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 348 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.5 | |
| 35 | Born Again (1978) | Anne Francis | 2.00 | 10.9 | 10.90 | 115 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 12.9 | |
| 36 | Mr. Superinvisible (1970) | Philippe Leroy | 0.20 | 1.2 | 1.20 | 178 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 6.2 |
Best IMDb trivia on Dean Jones
- Dean Carroll Jones was born in Decatur, Alabama in 1931.
2. Dean Jones served in the United States Navy during the Korean War.
3. Walt Disney signed Dean Jones for a string of Disney films in the 1960s and 1970s, beginning with That Darn Cat!. His performance was so well-received that Disney used him for future movies including The Ugly Dachshund (1966), Blackbeard’s Ghost (1968), Million Dollar Duck, (1971) and Snowball Express (1972).
4. Dean Jones was considered for the role of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978), but the role ultimately went to Gene Hackman.
5. Dean Jones, who was always famous for playing nice characters, took on the role as Dr. Herman Varnick, the evil veterinarian, in the family film Beethoven (1992). Jones employed method acting for the first time in his prolific career and didn’t break character off set throughout the film’s shooting period much to the surprise of cast members as well as family and friends who had never seen him so immersed in a role.
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TEACH: I have just watched in a repeat of a 1964 Perry Mason TV episode Guy Stockwell [brother of Dean Stockwell] and it was only later that I realized that Guy was not your old Disney buddy Dean Jones whom we have discussed recently.
Apart from Jones having the Christian name of one of the Stockwell brothers I always felt that Jones looked remarkably like Guy and the pair seemed to me to have similar personas at times.
In short down the years I have tended to mix with each other 3 and not just 2 thespians: Dean Jones, Dean Stockwell and Guy Stockwell, ALL l of whom I thought had a physical likeness to one another. I remember –
1/Guy Stockwell from just the title role in just the mediocre 1966 remake of Cooper’s Beau Geste.
2/Dean Jones from several films such as Under the Yum Yum Tree, Other People’s Money, Elvis’ Jailhouse Rock and the two Charlie Bill Stuart films at the start of Dean’s career: Torpedo Run and Imitation General. I have never seen any of Jones’ Disney films such as The Work Horse in the Grey Flannel Suit.
3/Dean Stockwell from even more movies: Song of Thin Woman; Down to the Sea in Ships; Kim; Compulsion; Cattle Drive; Gun for a Coward; and the Dunwich Horror.
See also Part 2 SPECIAL NOTES FOR STEVE
TEACH: I have just watched in a repeat of a 1964 Perry Mason TV episode Guy Stockwell [brother of Dean Stockwell] and it was only later that I realized that Guy was not your old Disney buddy Dean Jones whom we have discussed recently.
Apart from Jones having the Christian name of one of the Stockwell brothers I always felt that Jones looked remarkably like Guy and the pair seemed to me to have similar personas at times.
In short down the years I have tended to mix with each other 3 and not just 2 thespians: Dean Jones, Dean Stockwell and Guy Stockwell, ALL l of whom I thought had a physical likeness to one another. I remember –
1/Guy Stockwell from just the title role in the mediocre 1966 remake of Cooper’s Beau Geste.
2/Dean Jones from several films such as Under the Yum Yum Tree, Other People’s Money, Elvis’ Jailhouse Rock and the two Charlie Bill Stuart films at the start of Dean’s career: Torpedo Run and Imitation General. I have never seen any of Jones’ Disney films such as The Work Horse in the Grey Flannel Suit.
3/Dean Stockwell from even more movies: Song of Thin Woman; Down to the Sea in Ships; Kim; Compulsion; Cattle Drive; Gun for a Coward; and the Dunwich Horror.
SPECIAL NOTES FOR STEVE: The Dunwich Horror is adapted from the HP Lovecraft story of that name and Dunwich is a fictional town in Massachusetts near Arkham where Yog-Sothoth, The Great Cthulhu and others among Steve’s Dark Gods were said to hang out.
Indeed Dean Stockwell plays Wilbur Whateley in the film who is said to be son of Yog-Sothoth. That makes Dean’s character a relative of Cthulhu as HE in turn is a grandson of Yog. Wilbur was born in 1913 to Lavina Whateley and Yog.
The Necronomicon is mentioned in the movie though I don’t know whether the reference was to Lovecraft’s version or the even more scary later 1983 version with which this site will be more familiar.
Sci-fi academic scholars say that (1) The Dunwich Horror is a core story in the Cthulhu Mythos (2) although Lovecraft first mentioned Yog-Sothoth in the novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, it was in The Dunwich Horror that he introduced the entity as one of his extra-dimensional Outer Gods. Yog is in fact the Gatekeeper to the Gods (3) It is also the tale in which the Necronomicon makes the most significant appearance, and the longest direct quote from it appears in the text. (4) Many of the other standards of the Cthulhu Mythos, such as Miskatonic University, Arkham and Dunwich also form integral parts of the tale.
You know your Lovecraft Bob, good stuff.
I read the stories in my younger days and I have The Dunwich Horror in my movie collection. There is also a Vincent Price ‘Poe’ movie which was actually based on Lovecraft, “The Haunted Palace” (1963).
HI STEVE:
Thanks for your comments.
As I think I’ve said before Cthulhu and Yog were as much a part of my growing up as were the likes of The Duke, Mumbles, Chuck, Deanna etc so I will never forget them as long as I live.
Pity the Work Horse couldn’t forget about Disney and weird Christmas movies for a time and concentrate on meatier stuff like The Cthulhu Mythgos in movies.
I didn’t know that about the Haunted Palace, coincidentally one I’ve always tried to catch without success.
“Wilbur Whateley – a deformed goat-faced boy born of a human and a monster.”
Thank you Bob.
Good information as always from Bob. Thanks for sharing.