Henry Jones
Born August 01, 1912 (Age: 113)
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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.
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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Filmography
Mastergate
1992
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as Oral Proctor
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Age: 80
Grass Roots
1992
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as Sen. Ben Carr
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Age: 79
The Grifters
1990
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as Sims
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Age: 78
Arachnophobia
1990
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as Dr. Sam Metcalf
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Age: 77
Enid Is Sleeping
1990
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as Old Man
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Age: 77
Dick Tracy
1990
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as Night Clerk
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Age: 77
Nowhere to Run
1989
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as Judge Culbert
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Age: 76
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
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as Phillips
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Age: 72
Deathtrap
1982
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as Porter Milgrim
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Age: 69
California Gold Rush
1981
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as Joe Gillis
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Age: 68
Nine to Five
1980
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as Mr. Hinkle
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Age: 68
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
1974
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as Theodore Menlo
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Age: 62
The Outfit
1973
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as Doctor
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Age: 61
Hitched
1973
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as Barnstable
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Age: 60
Tom Sawyer
1973
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as Senhor Dobbins
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Age: 60
The Letters
1973
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as Mailman
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Age: 60
Pete 'n' Tillie
1972
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as Mr. Tucker
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Age: 60
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972
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as Codge Collier
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Age: 60
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
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as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
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Age: 59
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971
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as Judge
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Age: 59
The 48-Hour Mile
1970
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as Decker
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Age: 58
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
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as Bike Salesman
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Age: 57
Rascal
1969
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as Garth Shadwick
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Age: 56
Angel in My Pocket
1969
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as Will Sinclair
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Age: 56
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
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as Henry Jackson
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Age: 56
Never Too Late
1965
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as Dr. Kimbrough
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Age: 53
The Best Years
1963
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as Dean Baker
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Age: 50
Angel Baby
1961
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as Ben Hays
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Age: 48
The Bramble Bush
1960
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as Parker Welk
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Age: 47
Cash McCall
1960
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as Gil Clark
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Age: 47
Vertigo
1958
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as Coroner
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Age: 45
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
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as Mousie
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Age: 44
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
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as Hanson
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Age: 44
The Bad Seed
1956
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as Leroy Jessup
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Age: 44
Taxi
1953
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as Thorndike (uncredited)
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Age: 40
Mr. Matches
1953
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as Mr. Matches
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Age: 40