Henry Jones
Acting
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.
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Henry Jones
Assayer
... 1995
... 1994
Oral Proctor
... 1992
Sen. Ben Carr
... 1992
Sims
... 1990
Dr. Sam Metcalf
... 1990
Old Man
... 1990
Night Clerk
... 1990
Judge Culbert
... 1989
Thorndike
... 1986
Phillips
... 1985
Cyril Carson
... 1982
Porter Milgrim
... 1982
... 1982
Joe Gillis
... 1981
Mr. Hinkle
... 1980
Armitage
... 1977
Lee Jones
... 1975
Dr. Vincent
... 1975
Theodore Menlo
... 1974
Doctor
... 1973
Barnstable
... 1973
Senhor Dobbins
... 1973
Mailman
... 1973
Mr. Tucker
... 1972
Codge Collier
... 1972
Mr. Amos Gutteridge
... 1972
Sam Cutler
... 1971
... 1971
... 1971
Tom Blunden
... 1971
Rev. Green
... 1970
Decker
... 1970
Mr. Angstrom
... 1970
... 1970
Martin Moss
... 1970
Bike Salesman
... 1969
Garth Shadwick
... 1969
Will Sinclair
... 1969
Henry Jackson
... 1969
R.J. Hoferkamp
... 1968
Dr. Crowther
... 1968
Hy Slager
... 1968
Reverend Parris
... 1967
Mr. Clark
... 1967
Dr. Kimbrough
... 1965
Ben Hays
... 1961
Parker Welk
... 1960
Gil Clark
... 1960
Coroner
... 1958
Alex Potter
... 1957
Henry Rufus
... 1957
Mousie
... 1956
Hanson
... 1956
Leroy Jessup
... 1956
Thorndike (uncredited)
... 1953
Mr. Matches
... 1953
Potsy
... 1952
Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
... 1943