Video Flashback: BroadwayWorld Remembers Dean Jones

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, actor Dean Jones passed away of Parkinson's disease yesterday, September 1, 2015 in Los Angeles. He was 84. Jones, who was inducted into the Disney LEGENDS Hall of Fame in 1995, appeared in 46 films, 5 Broadway shows, and numerous television series and specials. Below, we remember the legend with some of his past performances on stage and screen.

Jones, who started his career as the host of a local Alabama radio show, DEAN JONES SINGS, and as a producer of stage shows, parlayed his skill as a light comedian into such films as THE LOVE BUG, UNDER THE YUM-YUM TREE, THAT DARN CAT, THE SHAGGY D.A., THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK, SNOWBALL EXPRESS, HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO and BEETHOVEN.

Born Dean Carroll Jones on January 25, 1931 in Decatur, Alabama, the only child of Guy and Nolia Jones, he served in the Navy during the Korean War and attended Asbury University in Kentucky, which awarded him an honorary degree in 2002.

Jones made his Broadway debut in THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL with Jane Fonda in 1960 followed by UNDER THE YUM-YUM TREE in the same year. Jones' other Broadway credits include the original role of "Bobby" in Harold Prince/Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY, and as "Cap'n Andy" in the national tour of Harold Prince's SHOW BOAT. He also toured in the one-man play, ST. JOHN IN EXILE, directed by Emmy Award winning director, Dan Curtis (War and Remembrance). Many critics called it a "masterpiece."