Portrait of Buck Jones

Acting

Buck Jones

Career

Active from 1914 to 1942, with up to 9 main titles a year.

Leading roles
142
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lazybones
Lazybones
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Buck Jones Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.7, average 5.5
  • Uncanny
    0.7, average 2.5
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 11
  • Historical Setting 9
  • Frontier Justice 7
  • Early Cinema 7
  • Good vs. Evil 6
  • Revenge Plot 5
  • Good vs Evil 4
  • Western 4
  • Action 4
  • Simple Narrative 4
  • Silent Western 4
  • Early Hollywood 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

160
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)

as (archive footage)

1940s

12 titles ยท average score 53
Dawn on the Great Divide
Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
GoodWatch score 56

as Buck Roberts

Ghost Town Law
Ghost Town Law (1942)

as Marshal Buck Roberts

Riders of the West
Riders of the West (1942)

as Marshal Buck Roberts

West of the Law
West of the Law (1942)

as Marshal Buck Roberts

Below the Border
Below the Border (1942)

as Marshal Buck Roberts

Down Texas Way
Down Texas Way (1942)

as U. S. Marshal Buck Roberts

Forbidden Trails
Forbidden Trails (1941)

as Marshal Buck Roberts

The Gunman From Bodie
The Gunman From Bodie (1941)

as Marshal Buck Roberts

Riders of Death Valley
Riders of Death Valley (1941)

as Tombstone

Arizona Bound
Arizona Bound (1941)
GoodWatch score 50

as Buck Roberts

White Eagle
White Eagle (1941)

as White Eagle

Wagons Westward
Wagons Westward (1940)

as Sheriff Jim McDaniels

1930s

64 titles ยท average score 55
Unmarried
Unmarried (1939)

as Slag Bailey

Law of the Texan
Law of the Texan (1938)

as Sergeant Buck Weaver - Texas Rangers

Sandflow
Sandflow (1937)

as Buck Hallett

Headin' East
Headin' East (1937)

as Buck Benson

Empty Saddles
Empty Saddles (1936)

as Buck Devlin

Silverspurs
Silverspurs (1936)

as Jim Fentriss

The Crimson Trail
The Crimson Trail (1935)

as Billy Carter

Child of Manhattan
Child of Manhattan (1933)
GoodWatch score 68

as "Panama Canal" Kelley

Hello Trouble
Hello Trouble (1932)

as Jeff Douglas

Sundown Rider
Sundown Rider (1932)

as Camp O'Neil

South of the Rio Grande
South of the Rio Grande (1932)

as Sergeant Carlos Olivarez

The Range Feud
The Range Feud (1931)
GoodWatch score 43

as Sheriff Buck Gordon

1920s

64 titles ยท average score 67
The Branded Sombrero
The Branded Sombrero (1928)

as Starr Hallett

The War Horse
The War Horse (1927)

as Buck Thomas

The Gentle Cyclone
The Gentle Cyclone (1926)

as Absolem Wales

Lazybones
Lazybones (1925)
GoodWatch score 70

as Steve Tuttle, aka Lazybones

Gold and the Girl
Gold and the Girl (1925)

as Dan Prentiss

Durand of the Bad Lands
Durand of the Bad Lands (1925)

as Dick Durand

Winner Take All
Winner Take All (1924)

as Perry Blair

The Circus Cowboy
The Circus Cowboy (1924)

as Buck Saxon

Not a Drum Was Heard
Not a Drum Was Heard (1924)

as Jack Mills

Cupid's Fireman
Cupid's Fireman (1923)

as Andy McGee

The Big Punch
The Big Punch (1921)

as Buck

Just Pals
Just Pals (1920)
GoodWatch score 64

as Bim

1910s

19 titles
The Desert Rat
The Desert Rat (1919)

as Standing Bear

The Uphill Climb
The Uphill Climb (1919)

as Rockcliffe Stone

When Pals Fall Out
When Pals Fall Out (1919)

as Bill

The Two Doyles
The Two Doyles (1919)

as Outlaw Henchman

The Wilderness Trail
The Wilderness Trail (1919)

as Indian (as Buck Gebhart)

Pitfalls of a Big City
Pitfalls of a Big City (1919)

as Minor Role

Selfish Yates
Selfish Yates (1918)

as Member of the Posse (uncredited)

Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage (1918)

as Cowboy

Western Blood
Western Blood (1918)

as Cowboy

True Blue
True Blue (1918)

as Cowboy

The Rainbow Trail
The Rainbow Trail (1918)

as Cowboy

Life on the 101 Ranch, Bliss Oklahoma
Life on the 101 Ranch, Bliss Oklahoma (1914)

as Sergeant