Dean Jones

• Birthplace: Decatur, Alabama, USA
• Birthday: January 25, 1931

Boyish-looking, squeaky-clean leading man of the 1960s and 70s who began his career as a blues singer before making his film debut in 1956. Jones gained prominence for his starring roles in a succession of Disney family comedies in the 1960s, most notably "That Darn Cat!" (1965), "The Love Bug" (1968), "Million Dollar Duck" (1971), "The Shaggy D.A." (1976) and "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo" (1977).

Jones also starred briefly on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's sophisticated dissection of mode…more