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Isaac Lolette Jones (December 23, 1929 – October 5, 2014) was an American film producer and actor. In June 1953, he became the first Black American graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and, Television and the first Black American to serve as a producer on a major motion picture.
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Jul 3, 2023 · Ike Jones passed away in 2014, leaving a significant legacy in Hollywood and his daughter, Inger Jones. The tale of Inger Stevens, Ike Jones, and their daughter weaves an intriguing narrative that intersects love, career, race, and the demands of public life in mid-20th century America.
Ike Jones (1929-2014) was a trailblazing African American filmmaker who produced A Man Called Adam (1966) and married Inger Stevens in secret. He also acted in TV shows and movies, such as The Joe Louis Story (1953) and The River Niger (1976).
- Ike Jones
- October 5, 2014
- December 23, 1929
Ike Jones was a producer, actor, screenwriter and second-unit director best known as being the "secret" husband of movie star Inger Stevens, whom he claimed he had married in Mexico in 1961 after Stevens' apparent suicide in 1970.
- December 23, 1929
- October 5, 2014
Ike Jones, a pioneering African American film producer in the 1960s whose marriage to Swedish-born actress Inger Stevens was kept secret to avoid harming her career, died Sunday in an...
After Stevens' death, Ike Jones, the first African American to graduate from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television, alleged that he had secretly married Stevens in Mexico in 1961.
Oct 16, 2014 · Ike Jones was a UCLA football star, the first Black producer of a major motion picture, and the secret husband of Inger Stevens. He died of heart failure in 2014, after a life of success and struggle in Hollywood.