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
Lightning (1995)
Mastergate (1992)
Grass Roots (1992)
Arachnophobia (1990)
Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Nowhere to Run (1989)
Coach (1989)
I Married Dora (1987)
The Leftovers (1986)
MacGyver (1985)
Comedy Factory (1985)
Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Gun Shy (1983)
The Magic Statue (1982)
Deathtrap (1982)
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang (1982)
Falcon Crest (1981)
California Gold Rush (1981)
Nine to Five (1980)
Mrs. Columbo (1979)
The Love Boat (1977)
CHiPs (1977)
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
Phyllis (1975)
We'll Get By (1975)
Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)
Barney Miller (1975)
Please Call It Murder (1975)
Roll, Freddy, Roll! (1974)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Petrocelli (1974)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
The Outfit (1973)
The Girl with Something Extra (1973)
Tom Sawyer (1973)
Hawkins (1973)
The Letters (1973)
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
Ghost Story (1972)
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972)
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
Emergency! (1972)
Hitched (1971)
Love Hate Love (1971)
Night Gallery (1970)
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
Rabbit, Run (1970)
The Movie Murderer (1970)
Nanny and the Professor (1970)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Rascal (1969)
Angel in My Pocket (1969)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
Adam-12 (1968)
The Name of the Game (1968)
Project X (1968)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
The Crucible (1967)
The Champagne Murders (1967)
The Tammy Grimes Show (1966)
Never Too Late (1965)
Honey West (1965)
Lost in Space (1965)
The Big Valley (1965)
Profiles in Courage (1964)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
Channing (1963)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The New Breed (1961)
Angel Baby (1961)
Way Out (1961)
Checkmate (1960)
Thriller (1960)
The Bramble Bush (1960)
Cash McCall (1960)
The Untouchables (1959)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Vertigo (1958)
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Climax! (1954)
Father Knows Best (1954)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
Taxi (1953)
Mr. Matches (1953)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Suspense (1949)
Studio One (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
Kraft Television Theatre (1947)
This Is the Army (1943)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1912-08-01
Deathday1999-05-17 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceNew Jersey, United States
ChildrenJocelyn Jones
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHenry Burk Jones
AwardsTony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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