What is Allan Jones (actor)?
{{Infobox person | name = Allan Jones | image = Allan Jones 1945.JPG | image_size = 220px | caption = Jones in 1945. | birth_name = Theodore Allen Jones | birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|10|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Old Forge]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|6|27|1907|10|14|mf=y}} | death_place = [[New York City]], New York, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = singer, actor | years_active = 1928&ndash;1992 | spouse = {{marriage|Marjorie Buel<br />|1929|1936|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|[[Irene Hervey]]<br />|1936|1957|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|Mary Florsheim Picking<br />|1958|1964|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|Esther Marie Villavincie<br />|1967}} | children = 2, including [[Jack Jones (singer)|Jack Jones]] }} '''Allan Jones''' (October 14, 1907 &ndash; June 27, 1992) was an American actor and [[tenor]]. He was best known as the lead role in ''[[Show Boat (1936 movie)|Show Boat]]'' and ''[[The Firefly (1937 movie)|The Firefly]]'', as well as the male romantic lead in the [[Marx Brothers]] first two movies for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], ''[[A Night at the Opera (movie)|A Night at the Opera]]'' and ''[[A Day at the Races (movie)|A Day at the Races]]''. Jones died of [[lung cancer]] at a [[New York City]] hospital on June 27, 1992 at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news| title=Actor-singer Allan Jones dies| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19920629&id=4IRTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=84YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3027,4149520&hl=en| access-date=19 July 2015| agency=[[Associated Press]]| newspaper=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]]| location=Bend, Ore| date=June 29, 1992}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Allan}} [[Category:1907 births]] [[Category:1992 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York City]] [[Category:Tenors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from Pennsylvania]] [[Category: