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- Category: Recording
- Star rank: 1380
- Address:
6106 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101525, -118.323614
Allan Jones
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Allan Jones
Source: Freebase
Allan Jones (14 October 1907 in Old Forge, Pennsylvania – 27 June 1992 in New York, New York) was an American actor and singer. For many years he was married to actress Irene Hervey; their son is American pop singer Jack Jones. Jones starred in many film musicals during the 1930s and 1940s. The best-known of these were Show Boat (1936), and The Firefly (1937) (in which he sang the popular “Donkey Serenade”). However, he is now best remembered as the romantic straight man to the Marx Brothers in their first two MGM productions, A Night at the Opera, and A Day at the Races. On the strength of his appearance in A Night at the Opera, however, he won the coveted role of Gaylord Ravenal in the 1936 film version of Show Boat (opposite Irene Dunne), right out from under the noses of such screen musical favorites as Nelson Eddy and John Boles, neither of whom were noted for their acting.
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Hollywood Blvd, south side, between El Centro and Gower
Nearby you will also find Audrey Meadows, Jack Jones, Thomas Mitchell, and many others.