Trivia

Named a Disney Legend. (2000)

Recalled that he beat out about 200 other children auditioning for Pinocchio (1940).

Briefly served in the U.S. Army in Alaska during WWII.

At the time of his death, he was the last surviving cast member of the film Pinocchio (1940).

He retired from acting to a career to pursue a career in real estate and banking.

Member of the Carpenter's Union.

Daughter Melody was named after Gene Autry's "Melody Ranch.".

He died after hitting his head in a fall on the evening of July 7, 2014, at his home in Northridge, Los Angeles. His remains were cremated and the ashes were given to his family.

He has appeared in five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Destry Rides Again (1939), Pinocchio (1940), & Knute Rockne All American (1940).

He had four children with his wife, Betty: daughter, Melody (b. 1949); son, Richard Percy Jones III (b. 1951); and twins: son, Jeffrey; and, daughter, Jennafer.

Guest star at the Memphis Film Festival. (June 2010)

Was guest star at the Williamsburg, VA Film (B-Westerns) Festival. (March 2009)