Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1912-08-01
Deathday: 1999-05-17 (86 years old)

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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Filmography

all 146

TV Shows 87

Movies 59

Mr. Newbower
Coach

Coach (1989)

TV
4.75
Hughes Whitney Lennox
I Married Dora

I Married Dora (1987)

TV
Charles 'Papa Chuck' Banning
MacGyver

MacGyver (1985)

TV
5.87
Homer McCoy
Gun Shy

Gun Shy (1983)

TV
B. Riley Wicker
Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest (1981)

TV
Judge Jonathan Dexter
Phyllis

Phyllis (1975)

TV
Dr. Chester Dolenz / Dr. Dolenz
The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

TV
6.86
George Davis
Hawkins

Hawkins (1973)

TV
Dr. Alexander Knott
Emergency!

Emergency! (1972)

TV
8.33
Garth Shadwick
Rascal

Rascal (1969)

Movie
6
Jonas Morgan / Landers
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone (1964)

TV
5.75
Prof. Raymond Shipley
Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)

TV
Harrison Quentin Filmore
Burke's Law

Burke's Law (1963)

TV
6
Dean Fred Baker
Channing

Channing (1963)

TV
William Pearl
Way Out

Way Out (1961)

TV
Ed Thurston, D.A.
Checkmate

Checkmate (1960)

TV
Carl Somers / Erik Borg
Thriller

Thriller (1960)

TV
J. Hardy Hempstead
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone (1959)

TV
8
Harry Parker / Wally Long / George Tiffany / John Treadwell / Miles Cheever
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

TV
4.75
Harvey Cagle / Papa Steiffer / J. Luther Gross
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke (1955)

TV
6
Dr. Barney O'Keefe
Climax!

Climax! (1954)

TV
Thorndike (uncredited)
Taxi

Taxi (1953)

Movie
Jim / Dan / Sanford
Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV
Man at Train Station / Mr. Matches
Suspense

Suspense (1949)

TV
Sloane / St. Barnabas / Mr. Weaver / Simon Hazlett / Sam
Studio One

Studio One (1948)

TV
Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
This Is the Army

This Is the Army (1943)

Movie
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1912-08-01

Deathday
1999-05-17 (86 years old)

Birth Place
New Jersey, United States

Children
Jocelyn Jones

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Henry Burk Jones

Awards
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

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