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Dean Jones, who starred in multiple Disney movies and was perhaps best known for playing race-car driver Jim in 1968’s The Love Bug, died on Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Los Angeles at age 84. According to The Hollywood Reporter, his publicist, Richard Hoffman, said the actor passed away due to complications from Parkinson’s disease.
The actress got her start by playing twins in 1998’s The Parent Trap. She later starred in more Disney films, including Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and Herbie: Fully Loaded. The New York native struggled in the spotlight for a number of years, but made a return to the entertainment world with […]
Jones made his acting debut as an uncredited soldier in 1956’s Somebody Up There Likes Me, which starred Paul Newman, and moved on to other television and film roles. But it was with Walt Disney Studios movies where he found his biggest successes.
In 2015 we’ve been forced to say goodbye to Hollywood legends and stars gone too soon. Among the stars we’ve lost are Leonard Nimoy, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Stuart Scott, and Anita Ekberg. Here Us Weekly pays tribute to the fallen stars.
His first film for the company was 1965’s That Darn Cat!, in which he played an FBI agent. He went on to do a total of 10 films for Disney, including The Love Bug, which was so popular it led to several sequels and even a 1997 remake that Jones narrated.
