Richard Percy Jones, the voice of Disney's Pinocchio, has died aged 87.
The actor - also known as Dick or Dickie Jones - found fame as a child star in the classic animated 1940 film, and went on to appear in several popular westerns and B-movies.
He died on Monday (July 7) at his home in Northridge, California.
Jones is best known for his starring role as the puppet who wants to be a real boy, and performed the songs 'Give a Little Whistle', 'Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee' and 'I've Got No Strings'.
He also had small roles in the Our Gang movies, as well as Babes in Toyland, Mr Smith Goes to Washington and Heaven Can Wait.
In the 1950s, he played Dick West and Jimmy the Kid in 78 episodes of the Range Rider TV series.
He later had appearances in The Gene Autry Show and Annie Oakley, and played the title role in Buffalo Bill Jr....
The actor - also known as Dick or Dickie Jones - found fame as a child star in the classic animated 1940 film, and went on to appear in several popular westerns and B-movies.
He died on Monday (July 7) at his home in Northridge, California.
Jones is best known for his starring role as the puppet who wants to be a real boy, and performed the songs 'Give a Little Whistle', 'Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee' and 'I've Got No Strings'.
He also had small roles in the Our Gang movies, as well as Babes in Toyland, Mr Smith Goes to Washington and Heaven Can Wait.
In the 1950s, he played Dick West and Jimmy the Kid in 78 episodes of the Range Rider TV series.
He later had appearances in The Gene Autry Show and Annie Oakley, and played the title role in Buffalo Bill Jr....
- 7/9/2014
- Digital Spy
It was a viral story that outraged millions - a 3-year-old girl with severe facial scars kicked out of a KFC in Mississippi because her appeared "scared" other customers. There's one problem, though. "It just didn't happen," a source tells the local Laurel Leader-Call. It appears the whole thing was a hoax, allegedly orchestrated by the girl's grandmother. Kelly Mullins raised more than $135,000 for her granddaughter, Victoria Wilcher, got free surgeries for her and picked up $30,000 from KFC itself after claiming that Victoria was ordered out of a KFC in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 15. But inconsistencies emerged in her story during a Leader-Call investigation.
- 6/24/2014
- by Tim Nudd
- PEOPLE.com
It was a viral story that outraged millions - a 3-year-old girl with severe facial scars kicked out of a KFC in Mississippi because her appeared "scared" other customers. There's one problem, though. "It just didn't happen," a source tells the local Laurel Leader-Call. It appears the whole thing was a hoax, allegedly orchestrated by the girl's grandmother. Kelly Mullins raised more than $135,000 for her granddaughter, Victoria Wilcher, got free surgeries for her and picked up $30,000 from KFC itself after claiming that Victoria was ordered out of a KFC in Jackson, Miss., on May 15. But inconsistencies emerged in her story during a Leader-Call investigation.
- 6/24/2014
- by Tim Nudd
- PEOPLE.com
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- 6/16/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
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- 6/16/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
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Yet, nearly a month after the report, the museum's biggest donor and most high-profile backer said she has received only a cursory response after writing to its board outlining her questions about the project's governance.
Meryl Streep told HuffPost she sent a letter to the Nwhm's board soon after the April 8 article was published. "Apart from a cordial acknowledgment from Joan Wages (the museum's president and CEO), I have not heard from other members of the board in response to a letter I wrote outlining my concerns. I am hopeful that the museum's board will set out a vigorous, serious course of action to achieve their goals along a suitable timeline."
The...
Yet, nearly a month after the report, the museum's biggest donor and most high-profile backer said she has received only a cursory response after writing to its board outlining her questions about the project's governance.
Meryl Streep told HuffPost she sent a letter to the Nwhm's board soon after the April 8 article was published. "Apart from a cordial acknowledgment from Joan Wages (the museum's president and CEO), I have not heard from other members of the board in response to a letter I wrote outlining my concerns. I am hopeful that the museum's board will set out a vigorous, serious course of action to achieve their goals along a suitable timeline."
The...
- 5/3/2012
- by Christina Wilkie
- Huffington Post
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First and foremost, how did you get into acting and stunt work?
It all started when I was 10 or 11 years old. You might say I was the local daredevil. I would, while playing Cowboys and Indians, fall out of trees and off of different things like porches etc. I once fell out of a tree catching pigeons and broke my wrist. I was playing baseball...
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- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
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- QuietEarth.us
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