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.
Movie | Breathing Lessons | Sam | 1994-02-06 |
Movie | Mastergate | Oral Proctor | 1992-11-01 |
Movie | Dick Tracy | Night Clerk | 1990-04-05 |
Movie | Enid Is Sleeping | Old Man | 1990-05-25 |
Movie | Arachnophobia | Doctor Sam Metcalf | 1990-07-20 |
Movie | The Grifters | Sims | 1990-08-08 |
Movie | Nowhere to Run | Judge Culbert | 1989-03-01 |
Series | I Married Dora | 1987-09-22 | |
Series | Sidekicks | Unknown | 1986-02-16 |
Movie | The Leftovers | Thorndike | 1986-11-16 |
Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Movie | Code Name: Foxfire | Phillips | 1985-01-27 |
Series | Code Name: Foxfire | Phillips | 1985-01-27 |
Series | Gun Shy | Homer McCoy | 1983-03-15 |
Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
Movie | Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang | 1982-01-16 | |
Movie | Deathtrap | Porter Milgrim | 1982-03-19 |
Series | Filthy Rich | Unknown | 1982-08-09 |
Series | Cagney & Lacey | Unknown | 1982-03-25 |
Movie | California Gold Rush | Joe Gills | 1981-07-30 |
Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
Series | Here's Boomer | Unknown | 1980-03-14 |
Movie | Nine to Five | Mr. Hinkle | 1980-12-18 |
Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
Series | B. J. and the Bear | Unknown | 1979-02-10 |
Series | Mrs. Columbo | Josh Alden | 1979-02-26 |
Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
Movie | Tail Gunner Joe | Armitage | 1977-02-06 |
Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
Series | Barney Miller | Unknown | 1975-01-23 |
Series | Phyllis | Judge Jonathan Dexter | 1975-09-08 |
Movie | Who Is the Black Dahlia? | Lee Jones | 1975-03-01 |
Series | These Are the Days | 1974-09-07 | |
Series | Run, Joe, Run | Unknown | 1974-09-07 |
Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Movie | Roll, Freddy, Roll! | Theodore Menlo | 1974-12-17 |
Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Movie | The Letters | Mailman | 1973-03-03 |
Movie | Tom Sawyer | Senhor Dobbins | 1973-03-15 |
Movie | The Outfit | Doctor | 1973-10-19 |
Series | The Girl with Something Extra | Owen Metcalf | 1973-09-14 |
Series | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Unknown | 1973-09-26 |
Movie | Napoleon and Samantha | Mr. Amos Gutteridge | 1972-07-05 |
Series | Emergency! | Unknown | 1972-01-22 |
Movie | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe | Codge Collier | 1972-09-13 |
Series | The Paul Lynde Show | Unknown | 1972-09-13 |
Movie | Pete 'n' Tillie | Mr. Tucker | 1972-12-17 |
Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
Movie | Love Hate Love | Tom Blunden | 1971-02-09 |
Movie | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Ez | 1971-05-26 |
Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
Series | The Man and the City | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
Movie | Skin Game | Sam Cutler | 1971-09-30 |
Movie | The Movie Murderer | Martin Moss | 1970-02-02 |
Series | Nanny and the Professor | Unknown | 1970-01-21 |
Movie | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Hanson | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Rabbit, Run | Mr. Angstrom | 1970-10-01 |
Movie | Dirty Dingus Magee | Rev. Green | 1970-11-18 |
Movie | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Henry Jackson | 1969-03-26 |
Movie | Angel in My Pocket | Will Sinclair | 1969-04-02 |
Movie | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Bike Salesman | 1969-09-23 |
Movie | Rascal | Garth Shadwick | 1969-06-11 |
Movie | Project X | Dr. Crowther | 1968-05-01 |
Movie | Stay Away, Joe | Hy Slager | 1968-03-08 |
Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Something for a Lonely Man | R.J. Hoferkamp | 1968-11-26 |
Series | Here Come the Brides | Unknown | 1968-09-25 |
Movie | The Champagne Murders | Mr. Clark | 1967-03-31 |
Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | The Crucible | Reverend Parris | 1967-05-04 |
Series | The Tammy Grimes Show | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Series | Tarzan | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Series | That Girl | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Lost in Space | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Movie | Never Too Late | Dr. Kimbrough | 1965-11-04 |
Series | Honey West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
Series | Channing | 1963-09-18 | |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Movie | Angel Baby | Ben Hays | 1961-05-14 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Movie | The Bramble Bush | Parker Welk | 1960-02-24 |
Movie | Cash McCall | Gil Clark | 1960-01-20 |
Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
Series | Checkmate | Ed Thurston, D.A. | 1960-09-17 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | J. Hardy Hempstead | 1959-10-02 |
Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
Movie | Vertigo | Coroner | 1958-05-28 |
Movie | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Henry Rufus | 1957-07-29 |
Movie | 3:10 to Yuma | Alex Potter, town drunk | 1957-08-07 |
Movie | The Girl He Left Behind | Hanson | 1956-10-26 |
Movie | The Bad Seed | Leroy Jessup | 1956-09-12 |
Movie | The Girl Can't Help It | Mousie | 1956-12-01 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Playwrights '56 | Unknown | 1955-10-04 |
Series | Father Knows Best | Mr Kermit | 1954-10-03 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
Movie | Taxi | Thorndike (uncredited) | 1953-01-21 |
Movie | The Lady Says No | Potsy | 1952-01-06 |
Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Series | The Web | Unknown | 1950-07-04 |
Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | This Is the Army | Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited) | 1943-08-14 |