| Sam J. Jones | |
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| Born | Sam Gerald Jones August 12, 1954 Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Lynn Eriks (1982-1987} Ramona Lynn Jones (?-present) |
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Sam J. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Jones (born Samuel Gerald Jones on August 12, 1954 in Chicago) is an American actor, often credited as Sam Jones. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Often cast as a hero in action films, Jones is best remembered for his portrayal of Flash Gordon in the 1980 film of the same name. Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, Flash Gordon is a 1980 Science fiction film, based on the Eponymous Comic strip character Flash Gordon (Gordon Ferrao As Andrew Cooper III he was the centerfold in the June, 1975 issue of Playgirl Magazine [1]
Jones grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. The centerfold of a Magazine refers to a Picture printed on a single sheet of paper and inserted in the middle of the publication Playgirl is also a song by Ladytron, PLAYGIRL is a monthly pornographic women's lifestyle Magazine published in the United States West Palm Beach, also known as West Palm, is the most populous city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. He made his first film appearance opposite Bo Derek in the 1979 romance comedy film 10. Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20 1956 Long Beach California, U Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) He was cast as Flash Gordon based, not on his appearance in 10, but based on an appearance as a contestant on The Dating Game that was seen by the mother-in-law of Dino De Laurentiis. The Dating Game is an ABC television show that first aired on December 20, 1965 and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8 1919) is an Academy Award -winning Italian According to Jones, he was only appearing on the show for the money (because Jones was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, the game-show had to pay him "scale"). The Screen Actors Guild ( SAG) is an American labor union representing over 120000 Film and television principal performers and background
The critical failure (at the time) of Flash Gordon effectively stalled Jones's career in American film. Since then his work has largely been in television and in low-budget action films. He played Chris Rorchek in the TV series Code Red (1981-1982), was the lead in a 1987 adaptation of Will Eisner's comics character The Spirit, and played the title character in the short-lived NBC series The Highwayman. William Erwin Eisner ( March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American Comics Writer, Artist and The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The Highwayman is an action-adventure themed Television series starring Sam Jones, set in "the near future More recently, Jones acted the villain in films such as Obsession Kills (1995), Fists of Iron (1995), American Strays (1996), American Tigers (1996), Gangland and Psychotic (2002). Among his better films are the romantic comedy My Chauffeur (1986) and Jane and the Lost City, a 1987 film based on a popular British comic strip. My Chauffeur is an American Comedy film starring E G Marshall, Deborah Foreman, and Howard Hesseman. Jane and the Lost City was a 1987 film based on the British newspaper strip Jane by Norman Pett. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist
In 2001, Jones was cast in the Animal Planet's family series Hollywood Safari as a park ranger. Animal Planet is an American Satellite and Cable Television channel (also broadcast via IPTV in the UK) launched on He also made a memorable appearance in an episode of Stargate SG-1 entitled "Deadman Switch". Season three of Stargate SG-1, an American - Canadian Television series, began airing on June 25, 1999 on In 2007, he had a special guest role in playing the prisoner Krebb in the Sci-Fi Channel original television series Flash Gordon. Flash Gordon is a American Science fiction Television series that debuted on Sci Fi in the United States on August 10
Jones is a former United States Marine and has received several entertainment, civic, and humanitarian awards. He has been married twice and is the father of five children.
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