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