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Allan Jones (October 14, 1907 – June 27, 1992) was an American tenor and actor.. Jones is probably best remembered today as the male romantic lead actor in the first two films the Marx Brothers starred in for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, A Night at the Opera (1935) and A Day at the Races (1937), as well as the film musicals Show Boat (1936) and The Firefly (1937), where he introduced "The Donkey ...
Jun 30, 1992 · Allan Jones, the boyishly good-looking lyric tenor who added pleasant musical interludes to film farces of the 1930s, has died of lung cancer.
Jun 30, 1992 · Allan Jones, a Hollywood singing star in the 1930's and 40's whose romantic tenor rang out in 35 films, including "Show Boat," with Irene Dunne, died on Saturday in Lenox Hill Hospital in...
Overview. Born. October 14, 1907 · Moosic, Pennsylvania, USA. Died. June 27, 1992 · New York City, New York, USA (lung cancer) Birth name. Theodore Allan Jones. Mini Bio. Allan Jones was born Theodore Allen Jones in Old Forge, Pennsylvania. A coal miner's son, he worked in the mines until 1926.
- Actor, Soundtrack
- June 27, 1992
- October 14, 1907
A failed comeback attempt at acting led to severe depression, mental problems and acute substance abuse. She attempted suicide by pills in 1959 before succeeding a year later on March 22, 1960, dying of acute barbiturate intoxication. She had been released from a private sanitarium several weeks earlier. She was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial ...
Allan Jones. Actor: A Night at the Opera. Allan Jones was born Theodore Allen Jones in Old Forge, Pennsylvania. A coal miner's son, he worked in the mines until 1926.
Jun 27, 1992 · Death Date: June 27, 1992. Birth Place: Old Forge, Pennsylvania. Spouses: Irene Hervey. Children: Jack Jones. Stalwart, curly-haired American leading man and singer, perhaps best remembered for...