Western Stars Trivia Q&A

Buck Jones

Choose an answer from the four choices offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. Charles Frederick Gebhart enlist in the army on January 5, 1907. The future Buck Jones claims his age at 18 and his date of birth December 4, 1889. However, his real birthday is believed to be what date.

2. What kind of army unit did Buck serve?

3. After making several flops, in 1930 he made his first movie for Columbia. What was the movie’s title?

4. In a 1940 big budget Republic film, Buck plays a cold-blooded bad guy sheriff. What is the name of the movie?

5. In 1941, however, his old friend and Fox producer Scott Dunlap brought Jones to Monogram, where he was teamed with Tim McCoy and Raymond Hatton for the “Rough Riders” series. The movies put Buck back on top. Because of his tragic death on November 28, 1942, what would be his last film?

Check Your Answers

• 1. December 12, 1891 is the answer.
• 2. Cavalry is the answer.
• 3. The Lone Rider is the answer.
• 4. Wagons Westward is the answer.
• 5. Dawn on the Great Divide is the answer.