Mickey Jones

 Mickey Jones (June 10, 1941 – February 7, 2018)

His career as a drummer had him backing up acts such as Trini Lopez, Johnny Rivers, and Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, as well as Bob Dylan on his 1966 world tour. Jones had 17 gold records from his musical career of over two decades. After the break-up of The First Edition in 1976, Jones concentrated on his career as a character actor, where he made many appearances on film and television. As a character actor, he would make many appearances on television and film, such as being part of the cast of Flo, the short-lived spin-off to the CBS sitcom Alice, his role as a crooked mechanic/sheriff in National Lampoon's Vacation and his role as Chris Farber in the mini-series & weekly television series, V. In 1992 he played a small but memorable role in the hit tv show Northern Exposure - Heroes. He also appeared as the subway riding biker in a Breath Savers commercial and had a recurring role as Pete Bilker on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement. In 2005, he contributed to the documentary, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan. From 2011 to 2014, he had a recurring role on the TV show Justified, as Rodney "Hot Rod" Dunham, a marijuana distributor who ran a small band of criminals. Jones died following a lengthy but unspecified illness on February 7, 2018, age 76. He is buried at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills.