1912-08-01 Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
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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Lightning | Assayer | 1995-10-01 |
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Breathing Lessons | Sam | 1994-02-06 |
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Mastergate | Oral Proctor | 1992-11-01 |
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Grass Roots | Sen. Ben Carr | 1992-02-24 |
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The Grifters | Sims | 1990-08-08 |
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Dick Tracy | Night Clerk | 1990-04-05 |
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Enid Is Sleeping | Old Man | 1990-05-25 |
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Arachnophobia | Doctor Sam Metcalf | 1990-07-20 |
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Nowhere to Run | Judge Culbert | 1989-03-01 |
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The Leftovers | Thorndike | 1986-11-16 |
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Code Name: Foxfire | Phillips | 1985-01-27 |
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The Magic Statue | Cyril Carson | 1982-11-15 |
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Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang | 1982-01-16 | |
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Deathtrap | Porter Milgrim | 1982-03-19 |
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California Gold Rush | Joe Gillis | 1981-07-30 |
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Nine to Five | Mr. Hinkle | 1980-12-18 |
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Tail Gunner Joe | Armitage | 1977-02-06 |
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Please Call It Murder | Dr. Vincent | 1975-01-21 |
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Who Is the Black Dahlia? | Lee Jones | 1975-03-01 |
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Roll, Freddy, Roll! | Theodore Menlo | 1974-12-17 |
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Tom Sawyer | Senhor Dobbins | 1973-03-15 |
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The Outfit | Doctor | 1973-10-19 |
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The Letters | Mailman | 1973-03-03 |
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The Daughters of Joshua Cabe | Codge Collier | 1972-09-13 |
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Pete 'n' Tillie | Mr. Tucker | 1972-12-17 |
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Napoleon and Samantha | Mr. Amos Gutteridge | 1972-07-05 |
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Support Your Local Gunfighter | Ez | 1971-05-26 |
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Skin Game | Sam Cutler | 1971-09-30 |
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Love Hate Love | Tom Blunden | 1971-02-09 |
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Rabbit, Run | Mr. Angstrom | 1970-10-01 |
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The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Hanson | 1970-04-01 |
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Dirty Dingus Magee | Rev. Green | 1970-11-18 |
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The Movie Murderer | Martin Moss | 1970-02-02 |
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Angel in My Pocket | Will Sinclair | 1969-04-02 |
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Support Your Local Sheriff! | Henry Jackson | 1969-03-26 |
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Bike Salesman | 1969-01-15 |
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Rascal | Garth Shadwick | 1969-06-11 |
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Something for a Lonely Man | R.J. Hoferkamp | 1968-11-26 |
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Project X | Dr. Crowther | 1968-05-01 |
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Stay Away, Joe | Hy Slager | 1968-03-08 |
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The Crucible | Reverend Parris | 1967-05-04 |
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Le Scandale | Mr. Clark | 1967-03-31 |
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Never Too Late | Dr. Kimbrough | 1965-11-04 |
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Angel Baby | Ben Hays | 1961-05-14 |
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The Bramble Bush | Parker Welk | 1960-02-24 |
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Cash McCall | Gil Clark | 1960-01-20 |
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Vertigo | Coroner | 1958-05-28 |
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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Henry Rufus | 1957-07-29 |
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3:10 to Yuma | Alex Potter, town drunk | 1957-08-07 |
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The Bad Seed | Leroy Jessup | 1956-09-12 |
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The Girl Can't Help It | Mousie | 1956-12-01 |
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The Girl He Left Behind | Hanson | 1956-10-26 |
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Taxi | Thorndike (uncredited) | 1953-01-21 |
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Mr. Matches | Mr. Matches | 1953-01-13 |
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The Lady Says No | Potsy | 1952-01-06 |
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This Is the Army | Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited) | 1943-08-14 |
