Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Acting • Born 1912-08-01 – Died 1999-05-17

Acting1Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Jones (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

178 credits
Vertigo

Vertigo

Movie • 1958

Coroner

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Movie • 1969

Bike Salesman

Skin Game

Skin Game

Movie • 1971

Sam Cutler

Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia

Movie • 1990

Dr. Sam Metcalf

Picture Windows: Lightning

Picture Windows: Lightning

Movie • 1995

Assayer

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Movie • 1969

Henry Jackson

The Outfit

The Outfit

Movie • 1973

Doctor

Tail Gunner Joe

Tail Gunner Joe

Movie • 1977

Armitage

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

Movie • 1957

Alex Potter

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

Movie • 1956

Leroy Jessup

Project X

Project X

Movie • 1968

Dr. Crowther

The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It

Movie • 1956

Mousie

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Movie • 1957

Henry Rufus

Deathtrap

Deathtrap

Movie • 1982

Porter Milgrim

The Grifters

The Grifters

Movie • 1990

Sims

The Magic Statue

The Magic Statue

Movie • 1982

Cyril Carson

Dirty Dingus Magee

Dirty Dingus Magee

Movie • 1970

Rev. Green

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Movie • 1971

Ez

Rascal

Rascal

Movie • 1969

Garth Shadwick

The Champagne Murders

The Champagne Murders

Movie • 1967

Mr. Clark

Angel in My Pocket

Angel in My Pocket

Movie • 1969

Will Sinclair

The Leftovers

The Leftovers

Movie • 1986

Thorndike

Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

Movie • 1982

Pete 'n' Tillie

Pete 'n' Tillie

Movie • 1972

Mr. Tucker

Angel Baby

Angel Baby

Movie • 1961

Ben Hays

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

Movie • 1972

Codge Collier

Rabbit, Run

Rabbit, Run

Movie • 1970

Mr. Angstrom

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

Movie • 1970

Hanson

Who Is the Black Dahlia?

Who Is the Black Dahlia?

Movie • 1975

Lee Jones

This Is the Army

This Is the Army

Movie • 1943

Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)

Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Movie • 1965

Dr. Kimbrough

Love Hate Love

Love Hate Love

Movie • 1971

Tom Blunden

California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

Movie • 1981

Joe Gillis

Please Call It Murder

Please Call It Murder

Movie • 1975

Dr. Vincent

Taxi

Taxi

Movie • 1953

Thorndike (uncredited)

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

Movie • 1973

Senhor Dobbins

The Letters

The Letters

Movie • 1973

Mailman

Grass Roots

Grass Roots

Movie • 1992

Sen. Ben Carr

The Movie Murderer

The Movie Murderer

Movie • 1970

Martin Moss

Cash McCall

Cash McCall

Movie • 1960

Gil Clark

Mr. Matches

Mr. Matches

Movie • 1953

Mr. Matches

Code Name: Foxfire

Code Name: Foxfire

Movie • 1985

Phillips

Nine to Five

Nine to Five

Movie • 1980

Mr. Hinkle

Roll, Freddy, Roll!

Roll, Freddy, Roll!

Movie • 1974

Theodore Menlo

The Bramble Bush

The Bramble Bush

Movie • 1960

Parker Welk

The Girl He Left Behind

The Girl He Left Behind

Movie • 1956

Hanson

Something for a Lonely Man

Something for a Lonely Man

Movie • 1968

R.J. Hoferkamp

Nowhere to Run

Nowhere to Run

Movie • 1989

Judge Culbert

Napoleon and Samantha

Napoleon and Samantha

Movie • 1972

Mr. Amos Gutteridge

Mastergate

Mastergate

Movie • 1992

Oral Proctor

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

Movie • 1990

Night Clerk

Enid Is Sleeping

Enid Is Sleeping

Movie • 1990

Old Man

The Lady Says No

The Lady Says No

Movie • 1952

Potsy

Breathing Lessons

Breathing Lessons

Movie • 1994

Sam

The Crucible

The Crucible

Movie • 1967

Reverend Parris

Stay Away, Joe

Stay Away, Joe

Movie • 1968

Hy Slager

Hitched

Hitched

Movie • 1973

Barnstable

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

Movie • 1971

Judge

The 48-Hour Mile

The 48-Hour Mile

Movie • 1970

Decker

The Best Years

The Best Years

Movie • 1963

Dean Baker

The Mystery of Thirteen

The Mystery of Thirteen

Movie • 1957

Walter Palmer

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

TV • 1981

B. Riley Wicker

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

TV • 1980

The Butler

CHiPs

CHiPs

TV • 1977

Dutton

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

TV • 1963

Harrison Quentin Filmore

B. J. and the Bear

B. J. and the Bear

TV • 1979

Mrs. Columbo

Mrs. Columbo

TV • 1979

Josh Alden

Phyllis

Phyllis

TV • 1975

Jonathan Dexter

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre

TV • 1963

Prof. Raymond Shipley

That Girl

That Girl

TV • 1966

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

TV • 1976

Route 66

Route 66

TV • 1960

Hawkins

Hawkins

TV • 1973

George Davis

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

TV • 1971

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

TV • 1968

Lost in Space

Lost in Space

TV • 1965

Jeremiah Smith

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Harvey Cagle

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

TV • 1982

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Sloane

Bewitched

Bewitched

TV • 1964

Sidekicks

Sidekicks

TV • 1986

Run, Joe, Run

Run, Joe, Run

TV • 1974

Feeny

Filthy Rich

Filthy Rich

TV • 1982

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

TV • 1959

J. Hardy Hempstead

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Sam

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

TV • 1974

Captain Julian Wells

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Wally Long

Outlaws

Outlaws

TV • 1960

Vega$

Vega$

TV • 1978

The Girl with Something Extra

The Girl with Something Extra

TV • 1973

Owen Metcalf

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

TV • 1964

Landers

Thriller

Thriller

TV • 1960

Erik Borg

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Sanford

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Here's Boomer

Here's Boomer

TV • 1981

Climax!

Climax!

TV • 1954

Dr. Barney O'Keefe

The Big Valley

The Big Valley

TV • 1965

General Alderson

The Man and the City

The Man and the City

TV • 1971

Here Come the Brides

Here Come the Brides

TV • 1968

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

TV • 1959

Professor Flanders

Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage

TV • 1964

Hamilton Fish

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

TV • 1973

The Paul Lynde Show

The Paul Lynde Show

TV • 1972

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV • 1948

Professor Stark-Purvis

Tarzan

Tarzan

TV • 1966

These Are the Days

These Are the Days

TV • 1974

The New Breed

The New Breed

TV • 1961

Davidson

Suspense

Suspense

TV • 1949

Man at Train Station

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Honey West

Honey West

TV • 1965

Reedy Comfort

Playwrights '56

Playwrights '56

TV • 1955

Tales of Tomorrow

Tales of Tomorrow

TV • 1951

Channing

Channing

TV • 1963

Dean Fred Baker

Code Name: Foxfire

Code Name: Foxfire

TV • 1985

Phillips

Lights Out

Lights Out

TV • 1949

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

TV • 1953

Henry Stokes

Ghost Story

Ghost Story

TV • 1972

Truthers

The Tammy Grimes Show

The Tammy Grimes Show

TV • 1966

Gun Shy

Gun Shy

TV • 1983

Homer McCoy

The Outsider

The Outsider

TV • 1968

The Web

The Web

TV • 1950

Night Gallery

Night Gallery

TV • 1970

Malcolm Hample

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV • 1974

Dr. Dolenz

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Papa Steiffer

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

J. Luther Gross

Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best

TV • 1954

Mr Kermit

Adam-12

Adam-12

TV • 1968

Harry Craig

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Dan

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Jim

Petrocelli

Petrocelli

TV • 1974

Wheaton

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV • 1974

Dr. Chester Dolenz

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

TV • 1964

Jonas Morgan

Checkmate

Checkmate

TV • 1960

Ed Thurston, D.A.

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

TV • 1968

Mr. McKim

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

TV • 1968

George

Thriller

Thriller

TV • 1960

Carl Somers

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

George Tiffany

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Harry Parker

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

John Treadwell

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Simon Hazlett

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Miles Cheever

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

St. Barnabas

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Mr. Weaver

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Sam

Emergency!

Emergency!

TV • 1972

Dr. Alexander Knott

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

TV • 1971

Dr. Metz

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV • 1964

Vincent Lockridge

The Untouchables

The Untouchables

TV • 1959

Brooks Wells

Suspense

Suspense

TV • 1949

Mr. Matches

MacGyver

MacGyver

TV • 1985

Charles 'Papa Chuck' Banning

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

TV • 1977

Frank Jensen

Barney Miller

Barney Miller

TV • 1975

Father Clement

Nanny and the Professor

Nanny and the Professor

TV • 1970

Mr. Abercrombie

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Morris Penroy

Coach

Coach

TV • 1989

Mr. Newbower

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre

TV • 1947

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV • 1962

Alex Morrow

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre

TV • 1947

Professor Bowdin

The Comedy Factory

The Comedy Factory

TV • 1985

Morton Waterman

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

TV • 1978

Bank Teller

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

TV • 1968

Herbert Milne

Bonanza

Bonanza

TV • 1959

King Arthur / Uncle Leo

The Real McCoys

The Real McCoys

TV • 1957

Jed McCoy

The Investigators

The Investigators

TV • 1961

The Gov

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV • 1954

Homer McCoy

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

TV • 1976

Richard Hawley

The Virginian

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Ned Cochran

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV • 1983

Barney Dorsey

Wagon Train

Wagon Train

TV • 1957

Ben Morrell

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV • 1964

Dean Timothy Dwight

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV • 1967

Preacher Soul

Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

TV • 1954

The Second Hundred Years

The Second Hundred Years

TV • 1967

Langston Barnes

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

TV • 1964

Dr. Sprague

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

TV • 1970

Mr. Arnell

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

TV • 1970

Mr. Phelps

I Married Dora

I Married Dora

TV • 1987

Hughes Whitney Lennox

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Revlon Mirror Theatre

TV • 1953