Tag: Dean Jones
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The Million Dollar Duck | DISNEY THIS DAY | June 30, 1971
On this day in 1971, the live-action comedy ‘The Million Dollar Duck’ was released. Dean Jones stars as discouraged scientist Professor Albert Dooley, whose duck, Charley, gets irradiated and starts laying eggs with solid gold yolks. Nosey neighbor and U.S. Treasury agent Mr. Hooper gets concerned about an unauthorized supply of gold and tries to…
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That Darn Cat | DISNEY THIS DAY | December 2, 1965
On this day in 1965, the Disney live-action comedy ‘That Darn Cat!’ was released in theaters. Hayley Mills and Dean Jones starred in the adaptation of ‘Undercover Cat,’ a book by Gordon and Mildred Gordon. Siamese cat “D.C.” assists the FBI in solving a kidnapping and catching bank robbers using some zany methods. ‘That Darn…
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The Ugly Dachshund | DISNEY THIS DAY | February 16, 1966
On this day in 1966, the live action comedy ‘The Ugly Dachshund’ was released in theaters. The film follows the misadventures of Brutus the Great Dane who was raised with Dachshunds and thinks he is one of them. When the pups get rowdy, Brutus gets blamed for the damage. His owners the Garrisons, played by…
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Blackbeard’s Ghost | DISNEY THIS DAY | February 8, 1968
On this day in 1968, ‘Blackbeard’s Ghost’ was released. Peter Ustinov stars as the ghost of the notorious pirate Blackbeard who is accidentally invoked by a track coach, played by Dean Jones. Summoned into modern times, Blackbeard and the coach must work together to stop thugs from taking over the historic Blackbeard’s Inn. This good…
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Disney Legend Dean Jones of ‘Love Bug,’ ‘That Darn Cat,’ and other Disney Films Dead at 84
Disney Legend Dean Jones has died at the age of 84. According to his publicist Richard Hoffman, the cause of death was Parkinsons. Dean Jones was regularly seen in Disney films. In his first he portrayed FBI Agent Kelso in That Darn Cat! opposite of Hayley Mills. He went on to appear in The Ugly…