Donald Towe Jones (January 24, 1932 – November 5, 2004) was an American-Dutch actor, singer and dancer; born in Harlem, he went to the Netherlands in his early twenties and became one of the first Dutch black stars.

Schmidt), in which he played Dinky Henderson, who sings the Cor Lemaire [nl] song "Ik zou je het liefste in een doosje willen doen,"[2] a Dutch hit and now one of the standards in the musical comedy genre.

[2] Jones was one of the artists who recorded the song Shalom from Holland (written by Simon Hammelburg and Ron Klipstein) as a token of solidarity to the Israeli people, threatened by missiles from Iraq, during the first Gulf War in 1991.

He married Dutch actress Adèle Bloemendaal [nl]; they were the first well-known mixed couple in the country.

[2] Donald Jones died in Amsterdam of a heart attack on November 5, 2004, at the age of 72.