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Henry Jones

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.


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Born:
Aug 1, 1912 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
47
First Appeared:
In the movie This Is the Army 1943-08-14
Latest Project:
Movie Breathing Lessons 1994-02-06
Known For
Filmography
Movie Breathing Lessons Sam 1994-02-06
Movie Mastergate Oral Proctor 1992-11-01
Movie Arachnophobia Doctor Sam Metcalf 1990-07-20
Movie Enid Is Sleeping Old Man 1990-05-25
Movie The Grifters Sims 1990-08-08
Movie Nowhere to Run Judge Culbert 1989-03-01
Movie Deathtrap Porter Milgrim 1982-03-19
Movie California Gold Rush Joe Gillis 1981-07-30
Movie Nine to Five Mr. Hinkle 1980-12-18
Movie Tail Gunner Joe Armitage 1977-02-06
Movie Who Is the Black Dahlia? Lee Jones 1975-03-01
Series Phyllis Judge Jonathan Dexter 1975-09-08
Series These Are the Days 1974-09-07
Movie Roll, Freddy, Roll! Theodore Menlo 1974-12-17
Movie The Letters Mailman 1973-03-03
Movie The Outfit Doctor 1973-10-19
Movie Tom Sawyer Senhor Dobbins 1973-03-15
Movie Napoleon and Samantha Mr. Amos Gutteridge 1972-07-05
Movie Pete 'n' Tillie Mr. Tucker 1972-12-17
Movie The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Codge Collier 1972-09-13
Movie Support Your Local Gunfighter Ez 1971-05-26
Movie Skin Game Sam Cutler 1971-09-30
Movie The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County Hanson 1970-04-01
Movie The Movie Murderer Martin Moss 1970-02-02
Movie Rabbit, Run Mr. Angstrom 1970-10-01
Movie Dirty Dingus Magee Rev. Green 1970-11-18
Movie Support Your Local Sheriff! Henry Jackson 1969-03-26
Movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Bike Salesman 1969-01-15
Movie Angel in My Pocket Will Sinclair 1969-04-02
Movie Rascal Garth Shadwick 1969-06-11
Movie Stay Away, Joe Hy Slager 1968-03-08
Movie Project X Dr. Crowther 1968-05-01
Movie Something for a Lonely Man R.J. Hoferkamp 1968-11-26
Movie The Champagne Murders Mr. Clark 1967-03-31
Movie Never Too Late Dr. Kimbrough 1965-11-04
Series Channing 1963-09-18
Movie Angel Baby Ben Hays 1961-05-14
Movie Cash McCall Gil Clark 1960-01-20
Movie The Bramble Bush Parker Welk 1960-02-24
Movie Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Henry Rufus 1957-07-29
Movie 3:10 to Yuma Alex Potter, town drunk 1957-08-07
Movie The Bad Seed Leroy Jessup 1956-09-12
Movie The Girl Can't Help It Mousie 1956-12-01
Movie The Girl He Left Behind Hanson 1956-10-26
Movie Taxi Thorndike (uncredited) 1953-01-21
Movie The Lady Says No Potsy 1952-01-06
Movie This Is the Army Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited) 1943-08-14
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