Jones in April 2016 | |
Born | August 12, 1954 (age 65) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1975–present |
Known for | Flash Gordon |
Spouse(s) | Ramona Lynn Jones (m.1992) |
Children | 5 |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch | United States Marine Corps |
Years | 1972–1974 |
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Samuel Gerald Jones (born August 12, 1954), known professionally as Sam J. Jones, is an American actor. He has arguably become best known for having played the title characters in the 1980 film Flash Gordon and in the short-lived TV series The Highwayman (1987–1988).
Early life[edit]
Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Sacramento, California. In 1972, after high school, Jones enlisted in the United States Marine Corps where he played American football.[1] With service in the Corps completed, he moved to Seattle with the ambition of joining the Seahawks but was turned down.[2] Instead, in 1976, he played for their practice team, the Flyers, as a semi-professional.[3]
In parallel and to supplement his income, Jones also began modelling. Starting in 1975, he appeared in full-frontal nude under the alias 'Andrew Cooper III' as the centerfold for a photo-spread in the June issue of Playgirl magazine.[4] He also starred in TV commercials for a local sporting goods store in Seattle before finally moving to Los Angeles in 1977.[5]
Career[edit]
Jones made his first film appearance in the 1979 romantic comedy film 10.[6] His appearance in 10 allowed him to beat Kurt Russell and Arnold Schwarzenegger for his most famous role, that of Flash Gordon in the 1980 film of the same name.[7] Jones dyed his hair blonde for this role. The film was moderately successful at the box office grossing $27.1 million in North America, and $22 million in the UK: double its $20 million budget. However, a falling out between Jones and the producers helped to scrap the planned trilogy.[8]
After the release of Flash Gordon, Playgirl reprinted his 1975 photo-spread in its January 1981 issue, this time using his real name. He went on to play Chris Rorchek in the TV series Code Red (1981–1982). He had guest roles in other TV shows including The A-Team, Hunter, and Riptide. In 1987, he played the lead role in a TV adaptation of Will Eisner's comics character The Spirit.[9] He also played the title character in the short-lived NBC sci-fi series The Highwayman.[9] In the late 1980s and early 1990s he portrayed Johnny Valentine on the HBO series 1st & Ten.
Jones starred in the 1986 theatrical release My Chauffeur[10] and the straight-to-video movies Jungle Heat (1985), Jane and the Lost City (1987), Under the Gun (1988), Silent Assassins (1988), Whiteforce (1988), Driving Force (1989), and One Man Force (1989). In the 1990s, Jones had roles in films including In Gold We Trust (1990), Maximum Force (1992), Fist of Honor (1993), Hard Vice (1994), Enter the Shootfighter (1995), Texas Payback (1995), The Killer Inside (1996), Earth Minus Zero (1996), Baja Run (1996) and American Tigers (1996), and guest roles in the TV shows Baywatch, Diagnosis Murder and Walker: Texas Ranger.
In 2001, Jones was cast in Animal Planet's family series Hollywood Safari as a park ranger. He appeared in 'Deadman Switch', an episode of the television series Stargate SG-1. in 2002, Jones retrained and, when he is not acting or working autograph booths on the ComicCon circuit, he works as a high-end security professional in San Diego, protecting traveling executives to Mexico. In his words 'I became a security professional 15 years ago. My wife looked at me and said, 'You've been waiting for the phone to ring. The phone isn't ringing. We have kids. There's the door. Don’t come back until you’re providing.' That’s why I walked away from labels years ago. Actor? I'm a working man. Whatever it takes to provide, I'm a working man'.[11]
In 2007, he played the prisoner Krebb in the Sci Fi Channel original television series Flash Gordon. He also had extended cameos (as himself, with his blond Flash Gordon hairstyle) in both the 2012 comedy film Ted and its 2015 sequel, Ted 2. In 2019, Life After Flash, a feature-length documentary starring Jones, directed by Lisa Downs & produced by Ashley Pugh, was released worldwide.[12]Life After Flash not only celebrates the 1980 classic featuring interviews with cast, crew and fans including Melody Anderson, Brian Blessed, Peter Wyngarde, Mark Millar, Robert Rodriguez, Stan Lee and Brian May, but also explores the aftermath of when star Sam J Jones went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood: Dino De Laurentiis.
Personal life[edit]
Jones married Lynn Eriks in 1982; they had two children and divorced in 1987. He married Ramona Lynn Jones on June 26, 1992; they have three children.[13]
Filmography[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | 10 | David Hanley (as Sam Jones) | Feature film |
1980 | Stunts Unlimited | Bo Carlson | TV movie |
1980 | Flash Gordon | Flash Gordon | Feature film |
1981-1982 | Code Red | Chris Rorcheck | TV series (14 episodes) |
1984 | The A-Team | Eric Episode | TV series (1 episode) |
1984 | Hunter | Lance Lance | TV series (1 episode) |
1984 | Riptide | Rick Beever | TV series (1 episode) |
1985 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Grant Miller | TV series (1 episode) |
1985 | Jungle Heat | Gordon | Feature film |
1986 | My Chauffeur | Battle Witherspoon | Feature film |
1987 | The Spirit | The Spirit / Denny Colt (as Sam Jones) | TV movie |
1987–1988 | The Highwayman | The Highwayman | TV series (Pilot + 9 episodes) |
1993-1995 | Renegade | Haggerty / Nicky Griffin / Earl Lyons | TV series (3 episodes) |
1999 | Stargate SG-1 | Aris Boch | TV series (1 episode) |
2007 | Flash Gordon | Krebb | TV series |
2012 | Ted | Himself | Feature film |
2015 | Ted 2 | Himself | Feature film |
2017 | Head Games | Spokesman | Short |
2017 | Life After Flash | Himself | Documentary |
2018 | Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece | Flash/Man with the Golden Fleece | Film |
2018 | The Silent Natural | Jacob Hoy | Biography (Completed) |
2018 | One of the Good Ones | Billy | Drama (Completed) |
2019 | Axcellerator | Brink | Feature film |
TBA | Edgar Allen Poe's Decapitarium | Dean Usher | Horror |
References[edit]
- ^Adams, Casey (17 March 2017). ''Flash Gordon' actor Sam J. Jones shares impact of role, character and visit to Salt Lake Comic Con'. Deseret News. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^'Sam Jones credits Clint Eastwood for 'Flash Gordon' career at Tidewater Comicon'. http://www.filmfad.com. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2019.External link in
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(help) - ^'Sea-Tac Flyers (1973-1977) Burien Flyers (1978-80)'. Greater Northwest Football Association. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^Lodge, Jack (1992). Hollywood: Sixty Great Years. New York: Barnes & Noble. p. 572. ISBN978-1-5661-9606-2. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^Wilson, Karen E (December 1980). 'Sam J. Jones: A New Career is Born for the Latest Portrayer of America's Original Space Hero, Flash Gordon'. Starlog Magazine. 41.
- ^Ebert, Roger (1987). Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion. Andrews, McMeel & Parker. ISBN978-0-8362-6212-4. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
- ^'Mike Hodges: 'Flash Gordon was a bumpy ride… ''. Total Sci-fi Online. Archived from the original on 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^'Sequel Baiting Endings That Didn't Work'. Empire. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
- ^ abSam J Jones interview: Flash Gordon , Ted 2, Flash remake denofgeek.com
- ^McKenzie, Steven (September 10, 2013). 'Flash Gordon: Actor Sam J Jones on the Skye connection'. BBC News.
- ^Pinchefsky, Carol (8 November 2017). 'Flash Gordon star Sam Jones looks back on the film, his career mistakes and personal Triumphs'. SyFy Wire. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^http://www.lifeafterflash.com
- ^'Sam J Jones'. Empire. 91: 44. 1997.
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The remake has had a troubled life cycle so far. Aside from the fact that we were criminally robbed of a sequel to Mike Hodges' brilliant that starred Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, freakin' Max von Sydow, Topol, and the sickest Queen soundtrack ever for cryin' out loud. Seriously, how do you not make a sequel to that movie?ahem. Anyway.Julius Avery (of the upcoming good guys vs. Nazis/zombies flick ) is in line to write and direct a Flash Gordon remake (via ). Avery replaces Matthew Vaughn, who had been attached to it.
Vaughn will now produce, alongside John Davis. Avery's script by Mark Protosevich, which in turn replaced one by JD Payne and Patrick McKay.
If you go back even further, writer and action movie legend Steven E. De Souza had written two drafts of a Flash Gordon script in the late '90s with Breck Eisner directing, but no version of the property has managed to make it back to the big screen.Flash Gordon has proven a difficult character to resurrect on screen, which is a shame considering that the character's original comic strips by Alex Raymond are basically of the superhero genre and a massive influence on George Lucas for. Last year, as part of the challenge, noting that a new Flash Gordon movie would have to be different enough from both Star Wars and to find its audience. Previously, about how the failure of Disney's (unfairly maligned) John Carter helped kill Flash's big screen prospects. We will never speak of the Syfy TV series from 2007, by the way.