Jay Arlen Jones


Jay Arlen Jones 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, he participated in the short film Nines and the television film The Least Among You. Jones died on February 28, 2023, at the age of 68.

Credits 1983–1989

  • Tour of Duty
  • Promised Land TV episode
  • L.A. Law', Cop #1
  • Izzy Ackerman or Is He Not TV episode, Cop #1
  • Fry Me to the Moon TV episode, Cop #2
  • Twins, Mover #1
  • The Diamond Trap , Cop
  • You Talkin' to Me?, Actor #1
  • No Way Out, Marine Guard #1
  • Dallas
  • War and Peace TV episode
  • Knots Landing, Bank Teller
  • A Plan of Action TV episode, Bank Teller
  • Night of the Creeps, Cop at police station
  • Space Baby Pilot episode, Dumping Jack Trash
  • Club Life, Black Punk
  • Trapper John, M.D., Workman #2
  • Billboard Barney TV episode, Workman #2
  • Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  • The Wrong Way Home TV episode
  • Dynasty, Desk Clerk #1
  • The Threat TV episode, Desk Clerk #1

    Credits 1990–1995

  • Absolute Zero TV episode, inmate/Joe 'J.C.' Carter
  • Sister, Sister, preacher
  • The Pimple TV episode, preacher
  • The [Fresh Prince of Bel-Air], Chessler
  • *Who's the Boss? TV episode, Chessler
  • Relentless 3 , Angry Man
  • *aka Relentless III - USA
  • Extreme Justice, Nash
  • Reasonable Doubts, Baker
  • The Discomfort Zone TV episode, Baker
  • Beverly Hills, 90210 Bartender
  • *aka Class of Beverly Hills - USA
  • Necessity Is a Mother TV episode, Bartender
  • In the Heat of the Night, Ticket Man
  • Just a Country Boy TV episode, Ticket Man
  • The Flash, Wayne Cotrell
  • Beat the Clock TV episode, Wayne Cotrell
  • Gabriel's Fire, Trusty
  • The Neighborhood TV episode, Trusty
  • Satan's Princess , Black Romeo
  • Vital Signs, Paramedic

    Credits 1996–2009

  • The Least Among You, Jojo
  • Nines, Happy
  • Eight Legged Freaks, Leon
  • *aka "Arac Attack", Belgium
  • *aka "Spider Panic!", Japan
  • Carman: The Champion, Johnny
  • Le Secret, Jerry Stanley
  • The Patriot, Occam
  • The Big Thing, James
  • A Texas Funeral, Otis
  • Melrose Place, Detective Griffith
  • * Asses to Ashes TV episode, Detective Griffith
  • * I Married a Jock Murderer TV episode, Detective Pavone
  • Life, Bagman
  • Cloned , father of newborn
  • Assault on Dome 4 , Goon #1
  • Nowhere Man, Joe 'J.C.' Carter
  • * Calaway TV episode.... Joe 'J.C.' Carter / Dr. Novak