Ben Jones

Acting

Ben Jones

Born 1941-08-30 · Tarboro, North Carolina, USA

Ben Jones was born on August 30, 1941 in Tarboro, North Carolina, USA as Ben Lewis Jones. He is an actor and writer, known for The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), Primary Colors (1998) and CBS Summer Playhouse (1987). He has been married to Alma Viator since October 10, 1992. They have two children.

Acting credits

Smokey and the Bandit poster
7.0

A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.

Smokey and the Bandit

1977

Handgun poster
5.8

Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.

Handgun

1983

Primary Colors poster
6.3

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.

Primary Colors

1998

Moonrunners poster
4.8

Grady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods, and refuses to buckle in to the 'big business moonshine' of Jake, who controls these parts for New York mobsters

Moonrunners

1975

Robsessed poster
3.1

R-Patz, as the press has affectionately named him, became an international heartthrob after starring as Edward Cullen in the chart-topping blockbuster, Twilight. Now, Robsessed offers an exclusive, insider’s look into the world of R-Patz, following his path from a young schoolboy, to his early modelling and acting jobs, all the way through to landing his dazzling role in the Twilight saga.

Robsessed

2009

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings poster
6.1

Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter and Charlie Snow, who dreams of playing in the majors. Boycotted by black teams, Long's outfit play minor league white teams, earning more attention as entertainers than as players. However, their success wins them a chance to play again in the Negro League, this time as equals.

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

1976

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! poster
5.4

Mama Josephine Max wants to build a theme park in Hazzard, right on the Duke family farm! To stop her, Bo and Luke have to win a cross-country moonshine race. Because that's how things get settled in Hazzard.

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

1997

The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood poster
6.0

The Duke Boys and company travel to Hollywood to sell some musical recordings in order to raise money to build a new hospital in Hazzard County. However, when their recordings and money are stolen, they wind up on the run from mysterious hitmen, sleazy record producers, Russian gangsters, and vicious loan sharks.

The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood

2000

Dakota poster
4.5

John Dakota is young bum with a hidden past. He meets a nice family and works on their ranch. He soon becomes a good friend of the disabled son and helps them overcome local problems.

Dakota

1988

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way poster
4.4

Dewey and Wallace are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot. While they're undercover, however, the governor dies, and because no one else knows about the ruse Dewey and Wallace are stranded in prison.

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

1978

Joe Gould's Secret poster
6.0

Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of 20,000 conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull," bringing Gould some celebrity and an invitation to join the Greenwich Village Ravens, a poetry club he's often crashed. Gould's touchy, querulous personality and his frequent dropping in on Mitchell for hours of chat lead to a breakup, but the two Joes stay in touch until Gould's death and Mitchell's unveiling of the secret.

Joe Gould's Secret

2000

Together for Days poster
8.3

A black radical activist and a young White woman find themselves drawn to one another during the politically and racially-charged atmosphere of early 1970s America.

Together for Days

1972

The Lincoln Conspiracy poster
6.0

Speculates that John Wilkes Booth, murderer of Abraham Lincoln, escaped to Canada instead of being tracked down and killed soon after the assassination.

The Lincoln Conspiracy

1977

No artwork available
NR

Sex comedy.

The Bagel Report

1972

Don't Change My World poster
8.0

To preserve the natural beauty of the north woods, a wildlife photographer must fight a villainous land developer and a reckless poacher.

Don't Change My World

1983

Here's The Thing: Behind The Scenes at talkRADIO poster
NR

A documentary about The Late Night Alternative with Iain Lee on talkRADIO

Here's The Thing: Behind The Scenes at talkRADIO

2017

On the Record: Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All poster
8.5

With insightful interviews and fly-on-the-wall footage, this exclusive film looks at the making of Sam Smith's second album.

On the Record: Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All

2017

Hazzard Nation poster
NR

"Hazzard Nation" tells the happy story of the t.v. show which was mocked by the critics and despised by the snobs, but became an international sensation and a permanent part of Americana. As "The Dukes of Hazzard" celebrates its 40th birthday, this tells the story behind its success. Using cast and crew interviews, news footage, snippets from the show, and remarkable footage from Dukes fan celebrations, "Hazzard Nation" is an homage to an American tradition, a family show about a family which fought for the simple values of our nations Heartland. "Hazzard Nation" is forever!

Hazzard Nation

2019