Henry Jones
Known for Acting · 160 credits
- Born
- 1912-08-01
- Died
- 1999-05-17
- Place of birth
- Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Henry Burk Jones · Генри Джонс
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.
Known For
TV Shows (99)
Bonanza
1959
as King Arthur / Uncle Leo
Falcon Crest
1981
as B. Riley Wicker
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Morris Penroy
The Love Boat
1977
as Frank Jensen
MacGyver
1985
as Charles 'Papa Chuck' Banning
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as The Butler
Bewitched
1964
Wagon Train
1957
as Ben Morrell
Adam-12
1968
as Harry Craig
Coach
1989
as Mr. Newbower
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Richard Hawley
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Climax!
1954
as Dr. Barney O'Keefe
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Professor Stark-Purvis
The Twilight Zone
1959
as J. Hardy Hempstead
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Alex Morrow
The Virginian
1962
as Ned Cochran
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Dr. Dolenz / Dr. Chester Dolenz
Barney Miller
1975
as Father Clement
Emergency!
1972
as Dr. Alexander Knott
Studio One
1948
as Sloane / Simon Hazlett / Mr. Weaver / St. Barnabas / Sam
The Untouchables
1959
as Brooks Wells
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Daniel Boone
1964
as Landers / Jonas Morgan
Fantasy Island
1978
as Bank Teller
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
as Barney Dorsey
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Mr. Arnell
The Big Valley
1965
as General Alderson
Burke's Law
1963
as Harrison Quentin Filmore
Route 66
1960
Night Gallery
1970
as Malcolm Hample
Lights Out
1949
Lost in Space
1965
as Jeremiah Smith
The Name of the Game
1968
as Mr. McKim / George
Gunsmoke
1955
as Harvey Cagle / Papa Steiffer / J. Luther Gross
Father Knows Best
1954
as Mr Kermit
That Girl
1966
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Dr. Sprague
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Professor Flanders
Thriller
1960
as Erik Borg / Carl Somers
The Real McCoys
1957
as Jed McCoy
Vega$
1978
Suspense
1949
as Man at Train Station / Mr. Matches
CHiPs
1977
as Dutton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Wally Long / Harry Parker / George Tiffany / John Treadwell / Miles Cheever
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Prof. Raymond Shipley
The Partridge Family
1970
as Mr. Phelps
The Mod Squad
1968
as Herbert Milne
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Vincent Lockridge / Dean Timothy Dwight
Danger
1950
Tarzan
1966
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Dr. Metz
Checkmate
1960
as Ed Thurston, D.A.
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Professor Bowdin
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Honey West
1965
as Reedy Comfort
Petrocelli
1974
as Wheaton
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Captain Julian Wells
Startime
1959
as Byrnes
Movies (61)
Vertigo
1958
as Coroner
3:10 to Yuma
1957
as Alex Potter
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
as Bike Salesman
The Bad Seed
1956
as Leroy Jessup
Dick Tracy
1990
as Night Clerk
Nine to Five
1980
as Mr. Hinkle
Skin Game
1971
as Sam Cutler
The Outfit
1973
as Doctor
Arachnophobia
1990
as Dr. Sam Metcalf
The Grifters
1990
as Sims
Tom Sawyer
1973
as Senhor Dobbins
Deathtrap
1982
as Porter Milgrim
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
as Henry Jackson
Breathing Lessons
1994
as Sam
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
as Mousie
Hitched
1973
as Barnstable
The Crucible
1967
as Reverend Parris
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Ez
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
The Letters
1973
as Mailman
Mastergate
1992
as Oral Proctor
Cash McCall
1960
as Gil Clark
Rascal
1969
as Garth Shadwick
Project X
1968
as Dr. Crowther
Taxi
1953
as Thorndike (uncredited)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
as Henry Rufus
Stay Away, Joe
1968
as Hy Slager
Enid Is Sleeping
1990
as Old Man
Angel Baby
1961
as Ben Hays
The Champagne Murders
1967
as Mr. Clark
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975
as Lee Jones
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Hanson
Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
as Rev. Green
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
as Armitage
Something for a Lonely Man
1968
as R.J. Hoferkamp
Please Call It Murder
1975
as Dr. Vincent
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971
as Judge
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
Pete 'n' Tillie
1972
as Mr. Tucker
Rabbit, Run
1970
as Mr. Angstrom
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
as Hanson
This Is the Army
1943
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
Love Hate Love
1971
as Tom Blunden
Grass Roots
1992
as Sen. Ben Carr
California Gold Rush
1981
as Joe Gillis
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972
as Codge Collier
The Leftovers
1986
as Thorndike
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
as Phillips
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
as Assayer
Angel in My Pocket
1969
as Will Sinclair
Nowhere to Run
1989
as Judge Culbert
The Movie Murderer
1970
as Martin Moss
Never Too Late
1965
as Dr. Kimbrough
The Lady Says No
1952
as Potsy
The Magic Statue
1982
as Cyril Carson
The Bramble Bush
1960
as Parker Welk
The 48-Hour Mile
1970
as Decker
Mr. Matches
1953
as Mr. Matches
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
1974
as Theodore Menlo
The Best Years
1963
as Dean Baker
The Mystery of Thirteen
1957
as Walter Palmer
About 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 W… With 160 credits spanning from 1943 to 1995, Henry Jones has appeared in 61 films and 99 TV shows.
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- Vertigo (1958) — as Coroner
- 3:10 to Yuma (1957) — as Alex Potter
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) — as Bike Salesman
- The Bad Seed (1956) — as Leroy Jessup
- Dick Tracy (1990) — as Night Clerk
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