Jack Jones

Actor

Born: Bingham Canyon, Utah, USA

BIOGRAPHY

Cowboy actor and stuntman of the 1930s also known as The Pocatello Kid . Jack Jones career was cut short by a severe leg injury while engaged in stunt work on a John Wayne film in 1935. Born Ferris John Jones, he got his stage name Jack Jones when boxing because a fight promoter in Amarillo, Texas thought that he could not promote a fight with someone named Ferris John Jones. Jacks son, Jack Lawrence Jones, made his one and only movie appearance as the baby in the 1934 film A Blasted Event (1934).

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