Parks Jones
{{Infobox person
| name = Parks Jones
| birth_name = James Parks Jones
| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|08|22}}
| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| death_date = {{death date and age|1950|01|11|1890|08|22}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, USA
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor}}
| years_active = 1915-1929
| relatives =
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| spouse = {{marriage|Myrtle Gonzalez|1910||reason=div}}
| children = 1
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James Parks Jones (1890 – January 11, 1950) was an actor in many silent films in the United States.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWVZAAAAMAAJ&q=j.+parks+jones+films|title=Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers|first=Harris M.|last=Lentz|date=July 29, 1996|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786402182|via=Google Books}} His roles included many leading and supporting roles over more than a decade.
Jones married Myrtle Gonzalez, a Latin American actress, in 1910.{{Cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19100826.2.89&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|title=Los Angeles Herald 26 August 1910 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu}} They had one son together, James Parks Jones, Jr. (c. 1911–1970), before divorcing.
Filmography
- The Arab (1915 film) (1915)
- Young Romance (1915 film) (1915)
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916)
- Alien Souls (1916){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7tPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22parks+jones%22+silent+film|title=The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36|first=Robert B.|last=Connelly|date=July 29, 1998|publisher=December Press|isbn=9780913204368|via=Google Books}}
- The Lonesome Chap (1917){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XaoiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22parks+jones%22+silent+film&pg=RA2-PA60|title=Billboard|date=July 29, 1917|publisher=Billboard Publications|via=Google Books}}
- The Evil Eye (1917){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6AtKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22parks+jones%22+actor&pg=PA1426|title=Motography|date=July 29, 1916|via=Google Books}}
- Such a Little Pirate (1918){{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba74ce4cb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727191157/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba74ce4cb|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 27, 2019|title=J. Parks-Jones|website=BFI}}
- Sandy (1918 film) (1918)
- The Whispering Chorus (1918)
- Till I Come Back to You (1918)
- Old Wives for New (1918){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AjKiKtZkkpMC&q=%22parks+jones%22+actor&pg=PA153|title=Films Famous, Fanciful, Frolicsome & Fantastic|first=John|last=Reid|date=April 29, 2006|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781411689152|via=Google Books}}
- A Dog's Life (1918), a Charlie Chaplin film
- Shoulder Arms (1918){{Cite web|url=http://publicdomainmovie.net/movie/shoulder-arms|title=Public Domain Movies |}}
- The Intrusion of Isabel (1919)
- Sunnside (1919), a Chaplin film
- Deliverance (1919)
- The Black Gate (1919)
- Faith (1920)
- Perils of Paul or the Duchess at Bay, also known as Paul's Peril, (1920)
- The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1920){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfie60kGGuAC&q=%22parks+jones%22+actor&pg=PA124|title=American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations|first=Thomas S.|last=Hischak|date=January 10, 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786492794|via=Google Books}}
- The Old Nest (1921)
- Hawk of the Hills (1927), a serial
- Salvation Jane (film) (1927)
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|0428268}}
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Category:American male silent film actors
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:Male actors from Cincinnati
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