Buck Jones

Born: December 12, 1891, Vincennes, Indiana
Died: November 30, 1942 (aged 52), Boston, Massachusetts

Buck Jones (Charles Frederick Gebhart) was an American motion picture star of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, best known for his work starring in many popular western movies. In his early film appearances, he was billed as Charles Jones.

1. What kind of army unit did Buck serve in?

• Artillery
• Tank
• Cavalry

2. What movie was his first starring role?

3. In The Arizona Romeo (1925), Buck plays Tom Long. The movie has a character named Hardee Kirkland. Who played Kirkland?

• Ward Bond
• Hoot Gibson
• John Wayne

4. After making several flops, in 1930 he made his first movie for Columbia. What was the movie’s title?

5. Taylor has his men burning out the ranchers. When they kill Clayton, his daughter Helen and her men turn outlaw. The Rangers send Logan, and posing as a cowhand he joins her gang. But Nevada eventually remembers him as a Ranger and they set out to hang him. What is the name of this 1931 Buck Jones Western?

6. In a 1940 big budget Republic film, Buck plays a cold-blooded bad guy sheriff. What is the name of the movie?

7. In 1941, however, his old friend and Fox producer Scott Dunlap brought Jones to Monogram, where he was teamed with Tim McCoy and Raymond Hatton for the “Rough Riders” series. The movies put Buck back on top. Because of his tragic death on November 28, 1942, what would be his last film?

8. “In my pictures we never let up on the action. They've got as much movement as the silents. In the last one I rode a horse through a plate-glass window, and that's the sort of thing pictures need.” This is a Buck Jones quote.

• Fact or Myth?

9. On the night of the tragic Cocoanut Grove fire, a large number of guests and close friends was at the club for a combination testimonial dinner in honor of Buck and a promotional event for Monogram Pictures. What was the movie series he was promoting?

• Rough Riders
• Arizona Rangers
• The Bounty Hunters

10. Where is Buck Jones buried?

• Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
• Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA
• Cremated, Ashes scattered near Catalina Island off the Southern California coast

Answers

1. Cavalry
2. The Last Straw
3. John Wayne
4. The Lone Rider
5. The Texas Ranger
6. Wagons Westward
7. Dawn on the Great Divide
8. True
9. Rough Riders
10.  Cremated, Ashes scattered near Catalina Island off the Southern California coast