Away from Disney, Jones co-starred with Broadway-era co-star Jane Fonda in the romantic comedy, "Any Wednesday" (1966). In a dramatic turn, in the NBC television movie "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (1978) he portrayed Ed Cooper, an attorney in the 1930s who agrees to defend a man who has been accused of murder, accepting the case only after urging from his daughter. Jones reprised the role of Ed Cooper in the ABC television sequel "The Long Days of Summer" (1980). He appeared with Gregory Peck and Danny DeVito as Bill Coles, the president of Peck's company, which was fighting a hostile takeover by DeVito, in "Other People's Money" (1991).