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