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- Birth nameRobert Clifford Jones
- Robert C. Jones was born on March 30, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an editor and writer, known for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Coming Home (1978) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). He was married to Sylvia Lee Hirsch and Jean Joyce Lunkley. He died on February 1, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesSylvia Lee Hirsch(June 3, 1961 - February 1, 2021) (his death, 2 children)Jean Joyce Lunkley(September 20, 1958 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenGina M JonesHayley Ellen Jones
- ParentsCarolyn Mae Webb
- Son of film director Harmon Jones, father of Leslie Jones.
- Has worked on eight films with director Arthur Hiller, beginning in 1967.
- After retiring in 2001, he became a professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
- Edited four films directed by Hal Ashby, who also directed both the films on which Jones has a writing credit.
- He began his career as a full editor with a film produced by Stanley Kramer, edited one more that Kramer produced for another director, and did three films which Kramer also directed.
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