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Ike Jones (Isaac Lolette Jones) was born on 23 December, 1929 in Santa Monica, CA, is an American film producer. Discover Ike Jones's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Ike Jones networth?
Popular As |
Isaac Lolette Jones |
Occupation |
actor,producer,assistant_director |
Age |
85 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
Born |
23 December 1929 |
Birthday |
23 December |
Birthplace |
Santa Monica, California, US |
Date of death |
October 5, 2014 |
Died Place |
Los Angeles, California, US |
Nationality |
United States |
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He is a member of famous Actor with the age 85 years old group.
Ike Jones Height, Weight & Measurements
At 85 years old, Ike Jones height not available right now. We will update Ike Jones's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Ike Jones's Wife?
His wife is Inger Stevens (m. 1961-1970)
Family |
Parents |
Not Available |
Wife |
Inger Stevens (m. 1961-1970) |
Sibling |
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Ike Jones Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Ike Jones worth at the age of 85 years old? Ike Jones’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated
Ike Jones's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
House |
Not Available |
Cars |
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Source of Income |
Actor |
Ike Jones Social Network
Timeline
Since the marriage had been secret, Jones had to battle in court for his rights to Stevens' estate (worth an estimated $110,000 (approximately $650,000 in 2012 dollars). His claim was supported by Stevens' brother.
He would also be the first person to receive the Oscar Micheaux Award, named after the trail-blazing African American producer, director and writer, by the Producers Guild of America in 1995.
He also became the first African American to produce an A-List Hollywood movie when he produced A Man Called Adam (1966) in 1966.
hired him to produce A Man Called Adam (1966).
Ike Jones was a producer, actor, screenwriter and second-unit director best known as being the "secret" husband of movie star Inger Stevens, whom he claimed he had married in Mexico in 1961 after Stevens' apparent suicide in 1970. The marriage supposedly was kept secret in order not to damage Stevens career, as she was white and he was black. Sammy Davis Jr.
When Davis married May Britt in 1960, her once promising career stalled, so such concerns were legitimate.
His acting career was over by 1960 (though it revived briefly in the period 1973-75), as he became the head of Nat 'King' Cole's Kell-Cole Productions.
Jones was knocked unconscious on the set of Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955), when an over-enthusiastic "Tarzan", Gordon Scott, threw him against a hut (Jet magazine, Sept. 9, 1954).
Ike had played college football at UCLA and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1953, but he was set on making a career in the movies.
He made his debut as an actor in '53 in The Kid from Left Field (1953) and also appeared in The Joe Louis Story (1953), on which he also toiled as an assistant director.
film school when he took his diploma in 1952.
's romance with Kim Novak in the late 1950s had been terminated by the intervention of Columbia Pictures production chief Harry Cohn (Novak's boss), who used his mob connections to threaten Davis.
He has made his bones as an executive working at the Hill-Hecht-Lancaster production company in the 1950s and then as vice president of Harry Belafonte's Harbel Productions. [5]He made cinema history when Sammy Davis, Jr.
Born Isaac Lolette Jones in Santa Monica, California, on December 23, 1929 he was the first African American graduate from the U. C. L. A.