Henry Jones
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 1, 1912
- Died
- May 17, 1999
- Birthplace
- Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Henry Burk Jones (August 1, 1912 – May 17, 1999) was an American actor of stage, film and television. Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Helen (née Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk. He attended the Jesuit-run Saint Joseph's Preparatory School. Jones is remembered for his role as handyman Leroy Jessup in the movie The Bad Seed (1956), a role he originated on Broadway. Other theatre credits included My Sister Eileen, Hamlet, The Time of Your Life, They Knew What They Wanted, The Solid Gold Cadillac, and Sunrise at Campobello, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Performance in a Drama. Jones appeared in more than 180 movies and television shows. His screen credits included The Girl Can't Help It, 3:10 to Yuma, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Vertigo, Cash McCall, The Bramble Bush, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Dirty Dingus Magee, Support Your Local Gunfighter, and Arachnophobia. On television, Jones appeared in Appointment with Adventure, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Eleventh Hour, Channing, Phyllis, Night Gallery, Emergency!, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. He played Dr. Smith's cousin in a 1966 episode of Lost In Space, "Curse Of Cousin Smith," great acting by Henry, and R.J. Hoferkamp in the 1968 made-for-television western movie Something for a Lonely Man. Jones died in Los Angeles, California, at age 86, from complications from injuries suffered in a fall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Jones (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Picture Windows: Lightning 1995
as Assayer
Breathing Lessons 1994
as Sam
Mastergate 1992
as Oral Proctor
Grass Roots 1992
as Sen. Ben Carr
The Grifters 1990
as Sims
Arachnophobia 1990
as Dr. Sam Metcalf
Dick Tracy 1990
as Night Clerk
Enid Is Sleeping 1990
as Old Man
Nowhere to Run 1989
as Judge Culbert
The Leftovers 1986
as Thorndike
Code Name: Foxfire 1985
as Phillips
The Magic Statue 1982
as Cyril Carson
Deathtrap 1982
as Porter Milgrim
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang 1982
Actor
California Gold Rush 1981
as Joe Gillis
Nine to Five 1980
as Mr. Hinkle
Tail Gunner Joe 1977
as Armitage
Who Is the Black Dahlia? 1975
as Lee Jones
Please Call It Murder 1975
as Dr. Vincent
Roll, Freddy, Roll! 1974
as Theodore Menlo
The Outfit 1973
as Doctor
Hitched 1973
as Barnstable
Tom Sawyer 1973
as Senhor Dobbins
The Letters 1973
as Mailman
Pete 'n' Tillie 1972
as Mr. Tucker
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe 1972
as Codge Collier
Napoleon and Samantha 1972
as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
Skin Game 1971
as Sam Cutler
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry 1971
as Judge
Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971
as Ez
Love Hate Love 1971
as Tom Blunden
Dirty Dingus Magee 1970
as Rev. Green
The 48-Hour Mile 1970
as Decker
Rabbit, Run 1970
as Mr. Angstrom
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 1970
as Hanson
The Movie Murderer 1970
as Martin Moss
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
as Bike Salesman
Rascal 1969
as Garth Shadwick
Angel in My Pocket 1969
as Will Sinclair
Support Your Local Sheriff! 1969
as Henry Jackson
Something for a Lonely Man 1968
as R.J. Hoferkamp
Project X 1968
as Dr. Crowther
Stay Away, Joe 1968
as Hy Slager
The Crucible 1967
as Reverend Parris
The Champagne Murders 1967
as Mr. Clark
Never Too Late 1965
as Dr. Kimbrough
The Best Years 1963
as Dean Baker
Angel Baby 1961
as Ben Hays
The Bramble Bush 1960
as Parker Welk
Cash McCall 1960
as Gil Clark
Vertigo 1958
as Coroner
- The Mystery of Thirteen
The Mystery of Thirteen 1957
as Walter Palmer
3:10 to Yuma 1957
as Alex Potter
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? 1957
as Henry Rufus
The Girl Can't Help It 1956
as Mousie
The Girl He Left Behind 1956
as Hanson
The Bad Seed 1956
as Leroy Jessup
Taxi 1953
as Thorndike (uncredited)
Mr. Matches 1953
as Mr. Matches
The Lady Says No 1952
as Potsy
This Is the Army 1943
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.