Mickey Jones, who began his career as a drummer, touring with Bob Dylan and recording with Kenny Rogers, before becoming a character actor in movies and on television shows like “Home Improvement” and “Justified,” died on Wednesday. He was 76.

His death was announced by his publicist, Cherry Hepburn, who did not specify the cause or say where he died.

Mr. Jones was born on June 10, 1941, in Houston to Edward Jones, an officer in the Navy, and the former Frances Marie Vieregge. He became a professional musician as a teenager, working with Trini Lopez, Johnny Rivers, Mr. Rogers’s band the First Edition and, most notably, Mr. Dylan, before leaving music for acting in the mid-1970s.

He said in an interview with the website cultfilmfreak.com that he had dreamed of being an actor since he was 8 years old but did not pursue acting as a career until he got “tired of going to the airport every day on concert tours.”