Born in Rosedale, Indiana. Prolific writer and sometime director who entered American film as writer and director of the Billy Franey comedy short THE CAMERAMAN (1920) at Beehive. By the time talking pictures had arrived, he'd written 45 films and directed 15. His talkie writing credits (alone or in collaboration) include at Paramount: THE VIRGINIAN (1929) and William Wellman's DANGEROUS PARADISE and YOUNG EAGLES and Frank Tuttle's TOM SAWYER (all 1930) and Norman Taurog's HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1931), RICH MAN'S FOLLY and TOUCHDOWN (both also 1931), LADY AND GENT, TROUBLE IN PARADISE and the "Grandma" segment of IF I HAD A MILLION (all 1932), TILLIE AND GUS and HELL AND HIGH WATER (both 1933), YOU BELONG TO ME, LIMEHOUSE BLUES and BEHOLD MY WIFE (all 1934), LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER, ANNAPOLIS FAREWELL and ONE-WAY TICKET (all 1935), THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE and THE PLAINSMAN (both 1936), SOULS AT SEA (1937), C.B. DeMille's THE BUCCANEER (1938, uncredited), UNMARRIED (1939) and THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS (1941). Credits at other studios include 52ND STREET (also 1937), LUCKY NIGHT and CAPTAIN FURY (both 1939), ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS, DARK COMMAND, CAPTAIN CAUTION and A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN (all 1940), A GUY, A GIRL AND A GOB (1941) and THE KID FROM BROOKLYN (1946, from his 1936 screenplay, THE MILKY WAY). Grover Jones served on the Academy Board of Governors from October 1934 until October 1935. He died in Hollywood after surgery at age 46.

Nominated for Writing (Original Story) 1931-32: LADY AND GENT (w. William Slavens McNutt)    Nominated for Writing (Screenplay) 1935: LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER (w. Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston, William Slavens McNutt & Waldemar Young) 2 nominations