FrameThrower · Actors · Sam J. Jones
Sam J. Jones
2 films · 216 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1980–2015
Born 12 August 1954 · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Samuel Gerald Jones, known professionally as Sam J. Jones, is an American actor and former football player. He is known for playing the title character in the 1980 film Flash Gordon and for starring in the short-lived TV series The Highwayman (1987–1988).
How their films are shot
Measured across 216 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sam takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 50% natural — the look of the work Sam takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 216 frames from Sam J. Jones's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.