A lot of the reasons why something is a favorite thing are all things you don't necessarily see, the place, the people, the time, where you are, what it meant to you at the time.

Rooney in the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He then went to London in 1969 to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art followed by a three-year stint with the Stratford Theatre in Stratford Ontario. Other key roles for Jones include Stay Tuned where he played Mr.

Rooney in the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.