Ron Jones Stats. Ron Jones was born on Thursday, June 11, 1964, in Seguin, Texas. Jones was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 26, 1988, with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Blake began performing as a child, with a lead role in the final years of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Our Gang (Little Rascals) short film series from 1939 to 1944. He also appeared as a child actor in 22 entries of the Red Ryder film franchise.
Published: March 22, 1987. Robert Preston, who played the fast-talking, woman-chasing rascal of a traveling salesman, Professor Harold Hill, in ''The Music Man,'' died of lung cancer yesterday in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 68 years old and lived in Montecito, Calif.