Herbert Jones

born: 23 May 1916 Chicago, Illinois (or) Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

died: 19 December 1990 Los Angeles County, California, United States of America (age 74)

Black American child actor who later served in World War II. His maternal aunt was Mayme Calloway-Byron (1872-1942), a noted vocalist known as "Los Oros" and "Madame Manitza Losoros." The 1920 U.S. Census and his Social Security Numident File give/suggest his birthplace as Chicago, Illinois, USA. All other findable sources say/suggest Mobile, Alabama, USA.

Real name: Herbert Caldwell Jones Height: 5'10" (age 24, Oct. 1940)

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1927 Jewish Prudence Charleston Dancer auditioning boy Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7S-4D9 (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVJ-S5C (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ1-DZRQ (WWII draft reg. card) Herbert Caldwell Jones and Juanita Harriet Upshaw, "District of Columbia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1810-1953" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMJT-LSG (WWII enlistment) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F73-ZLWD (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP9Z-538 (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTZ2-TPG (Social Security Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4X-QSHJ (Social Security Numident File) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1136002451/ (Chicago Defender, 15 Dec 1923) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/868245327/ (Evening Star [Washington, D.C.], 10 Jan 1942) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1042312107/ (Washington Afro American, 24 Jan 1942) https://www.ishilearn.com/staged-identities-una-baza-de-oros (Different Journeys) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K46-H9ZV (son Herbert Jr. in Social Security Numident File) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research; identification in Jewish Prudence) This page was last updated on: 19 September 2026