R.D. Jones(1898-1925)
- Stunts
Renold Dewey Jones grew up in Redondo Beach, California. He and his
younger brother John P. were raised by his mother Minnie and his
stepfather George Horton. R.D., as he was called, married Vera Bennett,
a daughter of one of the families that founded Inglewood, California.
They had two sons, Walter "Wally" Clough Jones and Roy "Rusty" Bennett
Jones. Mr. Andrew Bennett ran The Granada Theatre on Market Street in
Inglewood. The Granada Theatre was later damaged in a fire and
eventually sold to Fox, which changed its name to The Fox Theatre.
R.D. Jones drowned while performing a stunt in Coos, Oregon, for the Lasky Studios film The Ancient Highway (1925). He was a stunt man for Jack Holt while working at The Famous Players / Lasky Studios. He was also a cameraman for director Harry Beaumont, and worked with director Cecil B. DeMille on Manslaughter (1922) as both a stuntman and cameraman. The only known footage of him is a "screenshot" promotional, shot at Lasky Studios in the 1920s, part of the Rudolph Valentino Collection DVD, by Flicker Alley.
R.D. Jones drowned while performing a stunt in Coos, Oregon, for the Lasky Studios film The Ancient Highway (1925). He was a stunt man for Jack Holt while working at The Famous Players / Lasky Studios. He was also a cameraman for director Harry Beaumont, and worked with director Cecil B. DeMille on Manslaughter (1922) as both a stuntman and cameraman. The only known footage of him is a "screenshot" promotional, shot at Lasky Studios in the 1920s, part of the Rudolph Valentino Collection DVD, by Flicker Alley.