Acting
Henry Jones
EN, FR cinema · 61 credits
Born
1 August 1912
Died
17 May 1999 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Also known as Henry Burk Jones · Генри Джонс
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.
Known for
Filmography
Picture Windows: Lightning
as Assayer
Grass Roots
as Sen. Ben Carr
Mastergate
as Oral Proctor
Arachnophobia
as Dr. Sam Metcalf
The Grifters
as Sims
Dick Tracy
as Night Clerk
Enid Is Sleeping
as Old Man
Nowhere to Run
as Judge Culbert
The Leftovers
as Thorndike
Code Name: Foxfire
as Phillips
Deathtrap
as Porter Milgrim
The Magic Statue
as Cyril Carson
California Gold Rush
as Joe Gillis
Nine to Five
as Mr. Hinkle
Tail Gunner Joe
as Armitage
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
as Lee Jones
Please Call It Murder
as Dr. Vincent
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
as Theodore Menlo
The Outfit
as Doctor
Tom Sawyer
as Senhor Dobbins
The Letters
as Mailman
Hitched
as Barnstable
Pete 'n' Tillie
as Mr. Tucker
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Codge Collier
Napoleon and Samantha
as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
Skin Game
as Sam Cutler
Love Hate Love
as Tom Blunden
Dirty Dingus Magee
as Rev. Green
Rabbit, Run
as Mr. Angstrom
The Movie Murderer
as Martin Moss
The 48-Hour Mile
as Decker
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Bike Salesman
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Henry Jackson
Rascal
as Garth Shadwick
Angel in My Pocket
as Will Sinclair
Project X
as Dr. Crowther
Something for a Lonely Man
as R.J. Hoferkamp
Stay Away, Joe
as Hy Slager
The Champagne Murders
as Mr. Clark
The Crucible
as Reverend Parris
Never Too Late
as Dr. Kimbrough
The Best Years
as Dean Baker
Angel Baby
as Ben Hays
Cash McCall
as Gil Clark
The Bramble Bush
as Parker Welk
Vertigo
as Coroner
3:10 to Yuma
as Alex Potter
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
as Henry Rufus
The Bad Seed
as Leroy Jessup
The Girl Can't Help It
as Mousie
The Girl He Left Behind
as Hanson
Taxi
as Thorndike (uncredited)
Mr. Matches
as Mr. Matches
The Lady Says No
as Potsy
This Is the Army
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)