---
name: "Darby Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/darby-jones"
fi1m_id: "darby-jones"
imdb_id: "nm0427845"
tmdb_id: 97045
wikidata_id: "Q107365326"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 February 1910"
died: "30 November 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:31:58.023265+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Darby Jones

## Identity

Darby Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/darby-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** darby-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0427845
- **TMDB ID:** 97045
- **Wikidata ID:** Q107365326
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darby_Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107365326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427845/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97045

Actor. Born 21 February 1910 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 30 November 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 February 1910, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 30 November 1986
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darby_Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107365326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427845/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97045

## Biography

Darby Jones (1910–1986) was an American actor. A native of Los Angeles, he began appearing in films in the early 1930s and worked steadily through the 1950s, often in supporting or uncredited roles.

He is best known for his portrayal of the zombie-like Carrefour in the 1943 horror film *I Walked with a Zombie*, directed by Jacques Tourneur. Jones played a similar role in *Zombies on Broadway* (1945) and appeared in several Tarzan films, including *Tarzan Escapes* (1936) and *Tarzan's New York Adventure* (1942). Other credits include *Cleopatra* (1934), *White Cargo* (1942) and *Zamba* (1949). His screen career spanned from 1933 to 1957.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *I Walked with a Zombie* (1943), Fi1m 84, as Carrefour — [page](https://film.one/film/i-walked-with-a-zombie.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tarzan's Savage Fury* (1952), as Witch Doctor (uncredited)
- *Zamba* (1949), as Keega
- *The Macomber Affair* (1947), as Masai Warrior (uncredited)
- *California* (1947), as Black Slave (uncredited)
- *Zombies on Broadway* (1945), as Kalaga - the Zombie
- *Black Magic* (1944), as Johnson
- *Sleepy Lagoon* (1943), as Cannibal (uncredited)
- *Passport to Suez* (1943), as Bellboy
- *I Walked with a Zombie* (1943), as Carrefour — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/i-walked-with-a-zombie.md)
- *White Cargo* (1942), as Darby
- *Tarzan's New York Adventure* (1942), as Swahili Chief (uncredited)
- *Sundown* (1941), as Camel Man (uncredited)
- *Virginia* (1941), as Joseph
- *Maryland* (1940), as Aleck
- *Safari* (1940), as 'Admiral', a Native
- *Broken Strings* (1940), as Stringbeans
- *Congo Maisie* (1940), as First Witch Doctor (Uncredited)
- *Stanley and Livingstone* (1939), as Chewing Native
- *Kentucky* (1938), as Duckfoot
- *Wells Fargo* (1937), as Black Man
- *Tarzan Escapes* (1936), as Bomba
- *Diamond Jim* (1935), as Black Man
- *Cleopatra* (1934), as Fan Bearer (uncredited)

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