Billy Mahan (July 9, 1930 – August 30, 2002) was an American

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. A

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, he played the recurring role of Bobby Jones in

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Jones Family The Jones Family film series is seventeen 20th Century Fox second feature family comedies produced between 1936 and 1940. Somewhat similar to the mildly comic tone of MGM's ''Andy Hardy'' and Columbia Pictures '' Blondie'' films, the Joneses sta ...

series of films. His son is

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Kerrigan Mahan Kerrigan Patrick Mahan (born January 27, 1955) is an American voice actor. He has had voice roles in '' Lensman'', ''Zillion'', '' Vampire Hunter D'' and '' Crying Freeman'', as Goldar in '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and '' Power Rangers Ze ...

.Drew p.180

Selected filmography

* '' Every Saturday Night'' (1936) * '' Educating Father'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' The Jones Family in Big Business'' (1937) * '' Hot Water'' (1937) * ''

Borrowing Trouble ''Borrowing Trouble'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington.Drew p.180 It is part of the Jones Family series of films and is also known by the alternative title o ...

'' (1937) * ''

A Trip to Paris ''A Trip to Paris'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker), Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington.Drew p.180 It was part of the Jones Family series of films. In the film, the ...

'' (1938) * '' Quick Millions'' (1939) * '' Young as You Feel'' (1940)

References

Bibliography

* Drew, Bernard A. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013. * Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 169.

External links

* 1930 births 2002 deaths American male film actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1930s-stub