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Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Birthday: 1912-08-01 | Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1990
Arachnophobia

as    Dr. Sam Metcalf

1990
Enid Is Sleeping

as    Old Man

1990
The Grifters

as    Sims

1989
Nowhere to Run

as    Judge Culbert

1985
Code Name: Foxfire

as    Phillips

1983
Gun Shy

as    Homer McCoy

1982
Deathtrap

as    Porter Milgrim

1980
Nine to Five

as    Mr. Hinkle

1979
Mrs. Columbo

as    Josh Alden

1975
Who Is the Black Dahlia?

as    Lee Jones

1974
Roll, Freddy, Roll!

as    Theodore Menlo

1973
The Girl with Something Extra

as    Owen Metcalf

1973
Tom Sawyer

as    Senhor Dobbins

1972
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

as    Codge Collier

1972
Napoleon and Samantha

as    Mr. Amos Gutteridge

1972
Pete 'n' Tillie

as    Mr. Tucker

1971
1971
Skin Game

as    Sam Cutler

1970
Rabbit, Run

as    Mr. Angstrom

1970
Dirty Dingus Magee

as    Rev. Green

1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

as    Bike Salesman

1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!

as    Henry Jackson

1968
Project X

as    Dr. Crowther

1960
Cash McCall

as    Gil Clark

1958
Vertigo

as    Coroner

1957
3:10 to Yuma

as    Alex Potter

1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

as    Henry Rufus