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.
Known For
Credits
- 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 · Arachnophobia as Dr. Sam Metcalf
- 1990 · Enid Is Sleeping as Old Man
- 1990 · Dick Tracy as Night Clerk
- 1989 · Nowhere to Run as Judge Culbert
- 1989 · Coach as Mr. Newbower
- 1987 · I Married Dora as
- 1986 · The Leftovers as Thorndike
- 1986 · Sidekicks as
- 1985 · MacGyver as Charles 'Papa Chuck' Banning
- 1985 · Comedy Factory as Morton Waterman
- 1985 · Code Name: Foxfire as Phillips
- 1985 · Code Name: Foxfire as Phillips
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Morris Penroy
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1983 · Gun Shy as Homer McCoy
- 1982 · The Magic Statue as Cyril Carson
- 1982 · Filthy Rich as
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- 1982 · Deathtrap as Porter Milgrim
- 1982 · Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang as
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as B. Riley Wicker
- 1981 · California Gold Rush as Joe Gillis
- 1980 · Nine to Five as Mr. Hinkle
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
- 1980 · Here's Boomer as
- 1979 · Mrs. Columbo as Josh Alden
- 1979 · B. J. and the Bear as
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Frank Jensen
- 1977 · CHiPs as Dutton
- 1977 · Tail Gunner Joe as Armitage
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as
- 1975 · Phyllis as Judge Jonathan Dexter
- 1975 · Who Is the Black Dahlia? as Lee Jones
- 1975 · Barney Miller as Father Clement
- 1975 · Please Call It Murder as Dr. Vincent
- 1974 · Roll, Freddy, Roll! as Theodore Menlo
- 1974 · Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Captain Julian Wells
- 1974 · Petrocelli as Wheaton
- 1974 · These Are the Days as
- 1974 · Run, Joe, Run as Feeny
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Dolenz
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Chester Dolenz
- 1973 · The Outfit as Doctor
- 1973 · Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice as
- 1973 · The Girl with Something Extra as Owen Metcalf
- 1973 · Tom Sawyer as Senhor Dobbins
- 1973 · Hawkins as George Davis
- 1973 · The Letters as Mailman
- 1972 · Pete 'n' Tillie as Mr. Tucker
- 1972 · Ghost Story as Truthers
- 1972 · The Paul Lynde Show as
- 1972 · The Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Codge Collier
- 1972 · Napoleon and Samantha as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
- 1972 · Emergency! as Dr. Alexander Knott
- 1971 · Skin Game as Sam Cutler
- 1971 · Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Dr. Metz
- 1971 · The Day They Hanged Kid Curry as Judge
- 1971 · The Man and the City as
- 1971 · Support Your Local Gunfighter as Ez
- 1971 · Hitched as Barnstable
- 1971 · Love Hate Love as Tom Blunden
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · Night Gallery as Malcolm Hample
- 1970 · Dirty Dingus Magee as Rev. Green
- 1970 · Rabbit, Run as Mr. Angstrom
- 1970 · The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Hanson
- 1970 · The Movie Murderer as Martin Moss
- 1970 · Nanny and the Professor as Mr. Abercrombie
- 1969 · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Bike Salesman
- 1969 · Rascal as Garth Shadwick
- 1969 · Angel in My Pocket as Will Sinclair
- 1969 · Support Your Local Sheriff! as Henry Jackson
- 1968 · Something for a Lonely Man as R.J. Hoferkamp
- 1968 · Here Come the Brides as
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1968 · Adam-12 as Harry Craig
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Mr. McKim
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as George
- 1968 · The Outsider as
- 1968 · Project X as Dr. Crowther
- 1968 · Stay Away, Joe as Hy Slager
- 1967 · The Guns of Will Sonnett as
- 1967 · The Crucible as Reverend Parris
- 1967 · The Champagne Murders as Mr. Clark
- 1966 · That Girl as
- 1966 · Tarzan as
- 1966 · The Tammy Grimes Show as
- 1965 · Never Too Late as Dr. Kimbrough
- 1965 · Honey West as Reedy Comfort
- 1965 · Lost in Space as Jeremiah Smith
- 1965 · The Big Valley as General Alderson
- 1964 · Profiles in Courage as Hamilton Fish
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Landers
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Jonas Morgan
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Vincent Lockridge
- 1964 · Bewitched as
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Prof. Raymond Shipley
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Harrison Quentin Filmore
- 1963 · Channing as Dean Fred Baker
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Alex Morrow
- 1961 · The New Breed as Davidson
- 1961 · Angel Baby as Ben Hays
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Outlaws as
- 1960 · Checkmate as Ed Thurston, D.A.
- 1960 · Thriller as Erik Borg
- 1960 · Thriller as Carl Somers
- 1960 · The Bramble Bush as Parker Welk
- 1960 · Cash McCall as Gil Clark
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Brooks Wells
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Professor Flanders
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as J. Hardy Hempstead
- 1958 · Vertigo as Coroner
- 1957 · 3:10 to Yuma as Alex Potter
- 1957 · Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? as Henry Rufus
- 1956 · The Girl Can't Help It as Mousie
- 1956 · The Girl He Left Behind as Hanson
- 1956 · The Bad Seed as Leroy Jessup
- 1955 · Playwrights '56 as
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Wally Long
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Harry Parker
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as George Tiffany
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as John Treadwell
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Miles Cheever
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Harvey Cagle
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Papa Steiffer
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as J. Luther Gross
- 1954 · Climax! as Dr. Barney O'Keefe
- 1954 · Father Knows Best as Mr Kermit
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Henry Stokes
- 1953 · Taxi as Thorndike (uncredited)
- 1953 · Mr. Matches as Mr. Matches
- 1952 · The Lady Says No as Potsy
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sam
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · Tales of Tomorrow as
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Sanford
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Jim
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Dan
- 1950 · The Web as
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as
- 1949 · Lights Out as
- 1949 · Suspense as Man at Train Station
- 1949 · Suspense as Mr. Matches
- 1948 · Studio One as Sloane
- 1948 · Studio One as Simon Hazlett
- 1948 · Studio One as St. Barnabas
- 1948 · Studio One as Mr. Weaver
- 1948 · Studio One as Sam
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Professor Stark-Purvis
- 1947 · Kraft Television Theatre as
- 1947 · Kraft Television Theatre as Professor Bowdin
- 1943 · This Is the Army as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)