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Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Acting August 1, 1912 (86 years old) May 17, 1999 Atlantic 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.

Movies 61

Vertigo 8.1

Vertigo

as Coroner

1958
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 7.6

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

as Bike Salesman

1969
Nine to Five 7.0

Nine to Five

as Mr. Hinkle

1980
3:10 to Yuma 7.3

3:10 to Yuma

as Alex Potter

1957
Dick Tracy 6.2

Dick Tracy

as Night Clerk

1990
The Outfit 6.8

The Outfit

as Doctor

1973
Support Your Local Sheriff! 6.9

Support Your Local Sheriff!

as Henry Jackson

1969
Arachnophobia 6.5

Arachnophobia

as Dr. Sam Metcalf

1990
The Grifters 6.5

The Grifters

as Sims

1990
The Bad Seed 7.1

The Bad Seed

as Leroy Jessup

1956
Deathtrap 6.7

Deathtrap

as Porter Milgrim

1982
Support Your Local Gunfighter 6.6

Support Your Local Gunfighter

as Ez

1971
The Girl Can't Help It 6.3

The Girl Can't Help It

as Mousie

1956
Tom Sawyer 6.5

Tom Sawyer

as Senhor Dobbins

1973
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? 6.8

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

as Henry Rufus

1957
The Champagne Murders 5.5

The Champagne Murders

as Mr. Clark

1967
This Is the Army 5.7

This Is the Army

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

1943
The Girl He Left Behind 4.5

The Girl He Left Behind

as Hanson

1956
Cash McCall 6.3

Cash McCall

as Gil Clark

1960
Napoleon and Samantha 6.2

Napoleon and Samantha

as Mr. Amos Gutteridge

1972
Project X 5.7

Project X

as Dr. Crowther

1968
Stay Away, Joe 5.5

Stay Away, Joe

as Hy Slager

1968
The Lady Says No 4.6

The Lady Says No

as Potsy

1952
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe 5.5

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

as Codge Collier

1972
Skin Game 6.6

Skin Game

as Sam Cutler

1971
Dirty Dingus Magee 4.7

Dirty Dingus Magee

as Rev. Green

1970
Angel in My Pocket 6.2

Angel in My Pocket

as Will Sinclair

1969
The Bramble Bush 5.3

The Bramble Bush

as Parker Welk

1960
Pete 'n' Tillie 5.8

Pete 'n' Tillie

as Mr. Tucker

1972
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry 7.0

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

as Judge

1971
Who Is the Black Dahlia? 6.7

Who Is the Black Dahlia?

as Lee Jones

1975
Rabbit, Run 4.6

Rabbit, Run

as Mr. Angstrom

1970
The Movie Murderer 6.9

The Movie Murderer

as Martin Moss

1970
The Crucible 4.5

The Crucible

as Reverend Parris

1967
Breathing Lessons 5.6

Breathing Lessons

as Sam

1994
Angel Baby 6.1

Angel Baby

as Ben Hays

1961
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 7.0

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

as Hanson

1970
Love Hate Love 5.9

Love Hate Love

as Tom Blunden

1971
Enid Is Sleeping 4.9

Enid Is Sleeping

as Old Man

1990
Please Call It Murder 9.0

Please Call It Murder

as Dr. Vincent

1975
Tail Gunner Joe 6.0

Tail Gunner Joe

as Armitage

1977
Something for a Lonely Man 7.6

Something for a Lonely Man

as R.J. Hoferkamp

1968
The Leftovers 7.4

The Leftovers

as Thorndike

1986
The Mystery of Thirteen

The Mystery of Thirteen

as Walter Palmer

1957
Hitched 7.3

Hitched

as Barnstable

1973
Rascal 6.0

Rascal

as Garth Shadwick

1969
Mastergate 6.3

Mastergate

as Oral Proctor

1992
The 48-Hour Mile 10.0

The 48-Hour Mile

as Decker

1970
California Gold Rush 7.0

California Gold Rush

as Joe Gillis

1981
Taxi 6.8

Taxi

as Thorndike (uncredited)

1953
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang 4.5

Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

1982
The Best Years

The Best Years

as Dean Baker

1963
Grass Roots 8.0

Grass Roots

as Sen. Ben Carr

1992
Never Too Late 5.3

Never Too Late

as Dr. Kimbrough

1965
Picture Windows: Lightning 2.0

Picture Windows: Lightning

as Assayer

1995
The Letters 6.8

The Letters

as Mailman

1973
The Magic Statue

The Magic Statue

as Cyril Carson

1982
Mr. Matches

Mr. Matches

as Mr. Matches

1953
Nowhere to Run 4.2

Nowhere to Run

as Judge Culbert

1989
Roll, Freddy, Roll! 7.0

Roll, Freddy, Roll!

as Theodore Menlo

1974
Code Name: Foxfire 7.0

Code Name: Foxfire

as Phillips

1985

TV Shows 121

MacGyver 7.7

MacGyver

as Charles 'Papa Chuck' Banning

1985
Bonanza 7.5

Bonanza

as King Arthur / Uncle Leo

1959
Murder, She Wrote 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Morris Penroy

1984
Falcon Crest 5.6

Falcon Crest

as B. Riley Wicker

1981
The Love Boat 6.3

The Love Boat

as Frank Jensen

1977
Bewitched 7.8

Bewitched

1964
Wagon Train 6.6

Wagon Train

as Ben Morrell

1957
Magnum, P.I. 7.3

Magnum, P.I.

as The Butler

1980
The Twilight Zone 8.5

The Twilight Zone

as J. Hardy Hempstead

1959
Adam-12 7.0

Adam-12

as Harry Craig

1968
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 7.9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Alex Morrow

1962
Coach 6.7

Coach

as Mr. Newbower

1989
Quincy, M.E. 7.5

Quincy, M.E.

1976
Quincy, M.E. 7.5

Quincy, M.E.

as Richard Hawley

1976
Emergency! 7.9

Emergency!

as Dr. Alexander Knott

1972
The Virginian 6.5

The Virginian

as Ned Cochran

1962
The Six Million Dollar Man 7.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Dr. Dolenz

1974
The Six Million Dollar Man 7.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Dr. Chester Dolenz

1974
Robert Montgomery Presents 6.0

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950
Barney Miller 7.4

Barney Miller

as Father Clement

1975
Studio One 5.4

Studio One

as Sloane

1948
Studio One 5.4

Studio One

as Simon Hazlett

1948
Studio One 5.4

Studio One

as St. Barnabas

1948
Studio One 5.4

Studio One

as Mr. Weaver

1948
Studio One 5.4

Studio One

as Sam

1948
Climax! 3.8

Climax!

as Dr. Barney O'Keefe

1954
The Mary Tyler Moore Show 7.7

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Mr. Arnell

1970
Daniel Boone 7.0

Daniel Boone

as Landers

1964
Daniel Boone 7.0

Daniel Boone

as Jonas Morgan

1964
The Untouchables 8.1

The Untouchables

as Brooks Wells

1959
Lost in Space 7.2

Lost in Space

as Jeremiah Smith

1965
The Big Valley 6.2

The Big Valley

as General Alderson

1965
The Philco Television Playhouse 6.6

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Professor Stark-Purvis

1948
Fantasy Island 6.5

Fantasy Island

as Bank Teller

1978
Route 66 6.7

Route 66

1960
Cagney & Lacey 7.0

Cagney & Lacey

1982
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 7.8

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Dr. Sprague

1964
Burke's Law 6.2

Burke's Law

as Harrison Quentin Filmore

1963
Father Knows Best 6.7

Father Knows Best

as Mr Kermit

1954
Scarecrow and Mrs. King 6.6

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as Barney Dorsey

1983
That Girl 6.2

That Girl

1966
Kraft Television Theatre 7.8

Kraft Television Theatre

1947
Kraft Television Theatre 7.8

Kraft Television Theatre

as Professor Bowdin

1947
The Real McCoys 5.9

The Real McCoys

as Jed McCoy

1957
Gunsmoke 6.7

Gunsmoke

as Harvey Cagle

1955
Gunsmoke 6.7

Gunsmoke

as Papa Steiffer

1955
Gunsmoke 6.7

Gunsmoke

as J. Luther Gross

1955
Night Gallery 7.9

Night Gallery

as Malcolm Hample

1970
Thriller 6.7

Thriller

as Erik Borg

1960
Thriller 6.7

Thriller

as Carl Somers

1960
The Name of the Game 7.0

The Name of the Game

as Mr. McKim

1968
The Name of the Game 7.0

The Name of the Game

as George

1968
The Partridge Family 6.8

The Partridge Family

as Mr. Phelps

1970
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Wally Long

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as George Tiffany

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Harry Parker

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as John Treadwell

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Miles Cheever

1955
Vega$ 7.0

Vega$

1978
Lights Out 6.0

Lights Out

1949
Adventures in Paradise 6.1

Adventures in Paradise

as Professor Flanders

1959
Alias Smith and Jones 6.9

Alias Smith and Jones

1971
Kraft Suspense Theatre 6.5

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Prof. Raymond Shipley

1963
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 7.2

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

as Vincent Lockridge

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 7.2

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

as Dean Timothy Dwight

1964
Suspense 5.1

Suspense

as Man at Train Station

1949
Suspense 5.1

Suspense

as Mr. Matches

1949
Kolchak: The Night Stalker 7.7

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Captain Julian Wells

1974
Tarzan 6.9

Tarzan

1966
The Mod Squad 6.1

The Mod Squad

1968
The Mod Squad 6.1

The Mod Squad

as Herbert Milne

1968
Tales of Tomorrow 6.4

Tales of Tomorrow

1951
Checkmate 4.8

Checkmate

as Ed Thurston, D.A.

1960
The Wonderful World of Disney 7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Homer McCoy

1954
CHiPs 6.8

CHiPs

as Dutton

1977
Petrocelli 7.2

Petrocelli

as Wheaton

1974
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law 6.5

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Dr. Metz

1971
Danger 7.7

Danger

1950
Lux Video Theatre 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

as Sanford

1950
Lux Video Theatre 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

as Dan

1950
Lux Video Theatre 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

as Jim

1950
You Are There 6.0

You Are There

as William Savage

1953
The Guns of Will Sonnett 6.5

The Guns of Will Sonnett

as Preacher Soul

1967
Nanny and the Professor 6.7

Nanny and the Professor

as Mr. Abercrombie

1970
B. J. and the Bear 5.6

B. J. and the Bear

1979
Outlaws 6.7

Outlaws

1960
Startime 6.8

Startime

as Byrnes

1959
Honey West 7.2

Honey West

as Reedy Comfort

1965
Ghost Story 7.4

Ghost Story

as Truthers

1972
Here Come the Brides 6.9

Here Come the Brides

1968
The New Breed 7.7

The New Breed

as Davidson

1961
Supertrain 5.6

Supertrain

as James Malinson

1979
Phyllis 6.9

Phyllis

as Jonathan Dexter

1975
The Comedy Factory

The Comedy Factory

as Morton Waterman

1985
Sidekicks 6.4

Sidekicks

1986
Letter to Loretta 6.6

Letter to Loretta

as Henry Stokes

1953
The Outsider 6.0

The Outsider

1968
Mrs. Columbo 6.5

Mrs. Columbo

as Josh Alden

1979
The Second Hundred Years 6.5

The Second Hundred Years

as Langston Barnes

1967
Channing 7.5

Channing

as Dean Fred Baker

1963
Here's Boomer 6.2

Here's Boomer

1981
Profiles in Courage 7.5

Profiles in Courage

as Hamilton Fish

1964
Hawkins 7.8

Hawkins

as George Davis

1973
The Paul Lynde Show 5.2

The Paul Lynde Show

1972
The Investigators 6.0

The Investigators

as The Gov

1961
Run, Joe, Run 6.7

Run, Joe, Run

as Feeny

1974
Playwrights '56 6.2

Playwrights '56

1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Sam

1951
Filthy Rich 6.0

Filthy Rich

1982
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 7.5

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1973
The Girl with Something Extra 8.3

The Girl with Something Extra

as Owen Metcalf

1973
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951
Revlon Mirror Theatre

Revlon Mirror Theatre

1953
The Man and the City 7.5

The Man and the City

1971
I Married Dora 6.5

I Married Dora

as Hughes Whitney Lennox

1987
These Are the Days 5.3

These Are the Days

1974
The Web 7.0

The Web

1950
Gun Shy 6.7

Gun Shy

as Homer McCoy

1983
The Tammy Grimes Show 5.5

The Tammy Grimes Show

1966
Code Name: Foxfire 8.0

Code Name: Foxfire

as Phillips

1985
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

1954

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