Jim Jones
Biography
Jim Jones works in acting. Born May 13, 1931 in Crete, Indiana, USA. Archytele tracks 24 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.
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Full Filmography
24 titles- American Experience (1988) as Self (archive footage)
- Explained (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- The UnXplained (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- History's Mysteries (1998) as Self (archive footage)
- Seconds from Disaster (2005) as Self (archival footage)
- The Seventies (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- America's Book of Secrets (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Forensic Justice (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Very Scary People (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- The Radical Story of Patty Hearst (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- QAnon: The Search for Q (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Inside the Criminal Mind (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- The Killing of America (1981) as Self (archive footage)
- People Magazine Investigates: Cults (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- True Gore (1987) as Self (voice) (archive sound)
- Psychic TV: First Transmission (1982) as Self (archive footage)
- Mother Undercover (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Motorgasm: a cinematic act of terrorism (2026) as self (archive footage)
- Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- The Miracle Healers (1976) as Self
- Witness to Jonestown (2008) as Self (archive footage)
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What movies or TV shows is Jim Jones best known for?
Jim Jones is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including American Experience (1988), The Terrornauts (1967), The UnXplained (2019), History's Mysteries (1998).
When and where was Jim Jones born?
Jim Jones was born on May 13, 1931 in Crete, Indiana, USA.
How many credits does Jim Jones have?
Jim Jones has accumulated over 24 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1976 to 2026.
What is Jim Jones's background in cinema and television?
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist and mass murderer. He led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement, between 1955 and 1978. In what he called "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle orchestrated a mass murder–suicide in his...
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Age in their best-rated roles
- Explained (2018) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 87
- Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown (2024) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 93
- America's Book of Secrets (2012) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 81
- The Killing of America (1981) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 50
- The UnXplained (2019) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 88
- American Experience (1988) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 57
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