About Jay Arlen Jones
Lived 1950 – 2023 (aged 72–73). Jay Arlen Jones was an American actor and television actor.
Jay Arlen Jones (March 8, 1954 – February 28, 2023) was an American film and television actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was active from the early 1980s. His most recognized role is that of Occam, the African-American slave enlisted as a Patriot fighter by his master, in the Revolutionary War epic The Patriot. After portraying Leon in Eight Legged Freaks (2002), he participated in the short film Nines and the television film The Least Among You (2009). Jones died on February 28, 2023, at the age of 68.
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Who was Jay Arlen Jones?
American actor (1954–2023)
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Jay Arlen Jones was born in 1950.
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Jay Arlen Jones died on 28 February 2023.
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Jay Arlen Jones was an actor and television actor.
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