Henry Jones
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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.
Known for
Credits
Vertigo (1958)
as Coroner
Dick Tracy (1990)
as Night Clerk
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
as Bike Salesman
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
as Mousie
Nine to Five (1980)
as Mr. Hinkle
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
as Alex Potter
Mastergate (1992)
as Oral Proctor
Arachnophobia (1990)
as Dr. Sam Metcalf
Tom Sawyer (1973)
as Senhor Dobbins
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
as Henry Jackson
Deathtrap (1982)
as Porter Milgrim
The Bad Seed (1956)
as Leroy Jessup
The Grifters (1990)
as Sims
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Ez
Angel in My Pocket (1969)
as Will Sinclair
Picture Windows: Lightning (1995)
as Assayer
This Is the Army (1943)
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
The Outfit (1973)
as Doctor
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
as Hy Slager
The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Martin Moss
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (1971)
as Judge
The Champagne Murders (1967)
as Mr. Clark
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
as Armitage
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
as Henry Rufus
Project X (1968)
as Dr. Crowther
Cash McCall (1960)
as Gil Clark
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
as Hanson
Please Call It Murder (1975)
as Dr. Vincent
Love Hate Love (1971)
as Tom Blunden
The Mystery of Thirteen (1957)
as Walter Palmer
The Best Years (1963)
as Dean Baker
Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
as Old Man
Skin Game (1971)
as Sam Cutler
Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
as R.J. Hoferkamp
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972)
as Codge Collier
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
as Rev. Green
Angel Baby (1961)
as Ben Hays
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
as Hanson
Grass Roots (1992)
as Sen. Ben Carr
Rascal (1969)
as Garth Shadwick
The Bramble Bush (1960)
as Parker Welk
The 48-Hour Mile (1970)
as Decker
Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)
as Lee Jones
The Crucible (1967)
as Reverend Parris
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
as Mr. Tucker
Mr. Matches (1953)
as Mr. Matches
The Lady Says No (1952)
as Potsy
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang (1982)
Actor
Taxi (1953)
as Thorndike (uncredited)
The Letters (1973)
as Mailman
Breathing Lessons (1994)
as Sam
Rabbit, Run (1970)
as Mr. Angstrom
Nowhere to Run (1989)
as Judge Culbert
Roll, Freddy, Roll! (1974)
as Theodore Menlo
The Leftovers (1986)
as Thorndike
Never Too Late (1965)
as Dr. Kimbrough
The Magic Statue (1982)
as Cyril Carson
Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
as Phillips
California Gold Rush (1981)
as Joe Gillis
Hitched (1973)
as Barnstable