Story highlights Dean Jones starred in many Disney films

Actor also had notable stage career, originating a Stephen Sondheim role

(CNN) Dean Jones, the go-to Disney actor whose films included "The Love Bug," "The Million Dollar Duck," "That Darn Cat!" and "The Shaggy D.A.," died Tuesday, according to his publicist. Jones was 84.

The cause of death was Parkinson's disease, according to publicist Richard Hoffman.

Jones made his film debut in 1956's "Somebody Up There Likes Me," which starred Paul Newman as boxer Rocky Graziano. The next year he appeared in the Elvis Presley movie "Jailhouse Rock."

He also starred on Broadway in such works as "There Was a Little Girl," with Jane Fonda, and the hit "Under the Yum-Yum Tree," also starring in the 1963 Jack Lemmon film.

Jones originated the performance of Bobby in the 1970 production of Stephen Sondheim's "Company."

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