{"product_id":"dick-jones-where-the-action-was-paperback","title":"DICK JONES: WHERE THE ACTION WAS (paperback)","description":"\u003cspan style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eDick\r\nJones, a former child actor, may be best known as the voice\r\nof Pinocchio in Walt Disney’s \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), but his long\r\nand fascinating career began much earlier.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eA\r\nphenomenal horseman, he was performing in rodeos at the age of four, billed as\r\n“The World’s Youngest Trick Rider and Trick Roper.” Upon seeing his skill, Hoot\r\nGibson commented that the kid should be in the movies, and Dick was soon on his\r\nway to Hollywood.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eEarly\r\nfilm roles included \u003ci\u003eLittle Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1934), \u003ci\u003eA Man to Remember\u003c\/i\u003e (1938),\r\nseveral of Hal Roach's \u003ci\u003eOur Gang (Little Rascals)\u003c\/i\u003e shorts, \u003ci\u003eNancy\r\nDrew, Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), and with Jimmy Stewart in \u003ci\u003eMr. Smith\r\nGoes to Washington\u003c\/i\u003e (1939). Old Time Radio audiences also regularly\r\nheard Dick as Henry Aldrich on \u003ci\u003eThe Aldrich Family\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eAfter\r\nserving in the US Army in World War II, he often guest-starred on \u003ci\u003eThe\r\nGene Autry Show\u003c\/i\u003e in the early 1950s, as well as on \u003ci\u003eThe Lone Ranger.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eHe\r\nbecame a household name in two early action-filled television Western shows, \u003ci\u003eThe\r\nRange Rider\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he played Dick West, Range Rider’s (Jock Mahoney)\r\nteenage sidekick and saddle partner, and \u003ci\u003eBuffalo Bill, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he\r\nportrayed the title character. Dick and Jock were fine athletes and skilled at\r\nthe art of performing action sequences that wowed audiences. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eThrough\r\nDick’s recollections and commentary by the author, discover the series, the\r\nstars, the supporting players, staged fights that took hours of choreography,\r\naction sequences that went wrong, and Dick’s personal appearances at rodeos\r\nwith Jock Mahoney. Experience the action when they performed on camera and on\r\nthe road.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eIncludes\r\nan alphabetical Index of Episodes, a general Index, two Appendices, and a\r\ndiscussion of sources. Illustrated with 51 photos, including Dick’s personal\r\ncollection of publicity shots, action scenes, and still shots from the set, as\r\nwell as photographs taken by the author, including the Dick Jones display at\r\nthe Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum, at festivals, and of \u003ci\u003eThe Range Rider\u003c\/i\u003e and\r\n\u003ci\u003eBuffalo Bill, Jr\u003c\/i\u003e. comics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eAbout\r\nthe author: Ann Snuggs, a film student and historian, grew up on Westerns and\r\nbecame Dick Jones’s longtime friend. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRiding the (Silver\r\nScreen) Range; Uncredited: Cliff Lyons On and Off Screen; Donovan’s Trail; \u003c\/i\u003eand\r\n\u003ci\u003eDouble Stalk. \u003c\/i\u003eShe also contributed to the anthology, \u003ci\u003eTales from the\r\nSouth, Volume I\u003c\/i\u003e. 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