Darby Jones
Biography
Darby Jones was an American actor who was born in Los Angeles and got his first screen work in an uncredited part in the Tarzan serial Tarzan the Fearless (1933). His best known part was the zombie-like figure Carrefour in the Val Lewton horror picture I Walked with a Zombie (1943), a character that drew praise and analysis and that the historian Alexander Nemerov called a dominant screen presence. Two years later he took a similar part, the zombie Kolaga, in Zombies on Broadway (1945). His other roles include Bomba in Tarzan Escapes (1936), Stringbeans Johnson in Broken Strings in 1940, a Swahili chief in Tarzan's New York Adventure in 1942, and a Masai warrior in The Macomber Affair (1947). Writing in 1991, the critic Danny Peary said Jones was typecast more than the typical black actor and restricted to jungle pictures. He died in 1986.
76years old at death
- Born Los Angeles
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 14 years1933 to 1947
Every film, newest first
- 1947The Macomber AffairIMDb rating 6.6
- 1945Zombies on BroadwayIMDb rating 5.3
- 1943I Walked with a ZombieIMDb rating 7.0
- 1936Tarzan EscapesIMDb rating 6.5
- 1933Tarzan the FearlessIMDb rating 4.8
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First role
Jones made his acting debut in Tarzan the Fearless, a 1933 film serial. He was not credited for his role as the Head Bearer.
Own stunts
In Broken Strings (1940), Jones played Stringbeans Johnson and danced to swing music, executing four midair splits in one scene.
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Worked with
Darby Jones shares two films with Everett Brown, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Jacques Tourneur
John FarrowDirector, 1 film, 1936
All films by John Farrow
Richard ThorpeDirector, 1 film, 1936
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