Henry Jones
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-08-01
Day of Death
1999-05-17 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Henry Jones
Biography
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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Acting
(1995)
Lightning
as Assayer
(1994)
Breathing Lessons
as Sam
(1992)
Mastergate
as Oral Proctor
(1992)
Grass Roots
as Sen. Ben Carr
(1990)
The Grifters
as Sims
(1990)
Dick Tracy
as Night Clerk
(1990)
Arachnophobia
as Dr. Sam Metcalf
(1990)
Enid Is Sleeping
as Old Man
(1989)
Nowhere to Run
as Judge Culbert
(1986)
The Leftovers
as Thorndike
(1985)
Code Name: Foxfire
as Phillips
(1982)
Deathtrap
as Porter Milgrim
(1982)
(1982)
The Magic Statue
as Cyril Carson
(1981)
California Gold Rush
as Joe Gillis
(1980)
Nine to Five
as Mr. Hinkle
(1977)
Tail Gunner Joe
as Armitage
(1975)
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
as Lee Jones
(1975)
Please Call It Murder
as Dr. Vincent
(1974)
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
as Theodore Menlo
(1973)
Tom Sawyer
as Senhor Dobbins
(1973)
The Outfit
as Doctor
(1973)
The Letters
as Mailman
(1972)
Napoleon and Samantha
as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
(1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
as Mr. Tucker
(1972)
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Codge Collier
(1971)
(1971)
Skin Game
as Sam Cutler
(1971)
Hitched
as Barnstable
(1971)
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
as Judge
(1971)
Love Hate Love
as Tom Blunden
(1970)
Dirty Dingus Magee
as Rev. Green
(1970)
Rabbit, Run
as Mr. Angstrom
(1970)
The Movie Murderer
as Martin Moss
(1970)
(1970)
The 48-Hour Mile
as Decker
(1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Bike Salesman
(1969)
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Henry Jackson
(1969)
Rascal
as Garth Shadwick
(1969)
Angel in My Pocket
as Will Sinclair
(1968)
Project X
as Dr. Crowther
(1968)
Stay Away, Joe
as Hy Slager
(1968)
Something for a Lonely Man
as R.J. Hoferkamp
(1967)
The Crucible
as Reverend Parris
(1967)
The Champagne Murders
as Mr. Clark
(1965)
Never Too Late
as Dr. Kimbrough
(1961)
Angel Baby
as Ben Hays
(1960)
Cash McCall
as Gil Clark
(1960)
The Bramble Bush
as Parker Welk
(1958)
Vertigo
as Coroner
(1957)
3:10 to Yuma
as Alex Potter
(1957)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
as Henry Rufus
(1956)
The Bad Seed
as Leroy Jessup
(1956)
The Girl Can't Help It
as Mousie
(1956)
The Girl He Left Behind
as Hanson
(1953)
Taxi
as Thorndike (uncredited)
(1953)
Mr. Matches
as Mr. Matches
(1952)
The Lady Says No
as Potsy
(1943)
This Is the Army
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)