 He started out playing small roles in Wesley Ruggles' and Ernest B. Schoedsack's "The Monkey's Paw" (1933), his first credited role in Sam Wood's "Let 'Em Have It" (1935), and Sidney Lanfield's "Red Salute" (1935).By 1937, he had moved on to a contract at RKO Radio Pictures.In 1940, Jones had the title role in "The Green Hornet" but did not reprise the role in the sequel.