Tuesday, August 14, 2018

BUCK JONES


Posted by Chic Silber at 8/14/2018 12:59:00 PM

4 comments:

Chic Silber said...


I didn't know of Buck Jones

so I asked a buddy who loves

all Western films & Cowboys

He sent this photo to share

(see WW Paper #5 today)

14 August, 2018 13:03
Chic Silber said...


Same fellow (older than I am)

also sent several of these

images for today & yesterday

14 August, 2018 13:11
Roger Smith said...

Buck Jones was born Charles Frederick Gebhart, in 1891, near Vincennes, Indiana, the home of Red Skelton. He became a B-Western star, film historians note, equal to Hoot Gibson, Tom Mix, and Ken Maynard. He was hired by the studio as a back-up to Mix, and this led to his first starring role in 1920. He took out his own Wild West Show, which folded after the Crash of 1929. Jones was so well-known, he had merchandising in Big Little Books, comic books, and lunch pails. A cousin of mine was such a fan, his family nicknamed him "Buck".

Buck was among 492 who died in Boston's Coconut Grove nightclub fire, on November 28, 1942. He suffered for two days, and died on November 30th, at age 50.

Sources: Me, and a glance at Wikipedia.

14 August, 2018 18:21
Richard Reynolds said...

Didn't Jones die in the deadly Coconut Grove fire in Boston in 1942.

14 August, 2018 19:35

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