Henry Jones

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

175

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-08-01

Day of death

1999-05-17 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Henry Jones

Biography

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

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • MacGyver

    MacGyver

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Lost in Space

    Lost in Space

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Coach

    Coach

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • Vega$

    Vega$

  • Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • The Real McCoys

    The Real McCoys

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  • Checkmate

    Checkmate

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

  • Honey West

    Honey West

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • The Partridge Family

    The Partridge Family

  • Tarzan

    Tarzan

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • The Guns of Will Sonnett

    The Guns of Will Sonnett

  • Father Knows Best

    Father Knows Best

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Petrocelli

    Petrocelli

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • B. J. and the Bear

    B. J. and the Bear

  • 3:10 to Yuma

    3:10 to Yuma

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

    Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

  • The Champagne Murders

    The Champagne Murders

  • Cash McCall

    Cash McCall

  • Rabbit, Run

    Rabbit, Run

  • The New Breed

    The New Breed

  • Here Come the Brides

    Here Come the Brides

  • Skin Game

    Skin Game

  • Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

  • Arachnophobia

    Arachnophobia

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • The Comedy Factory

    The Comedy Factory

  • Tom Sawyer

    Tom Sawyer

  • The Outfit

    The Outfit

  • The Leftovers

    The Leftovers

  • Support Your Local Sheriff!

    Support Your Local Sheriff!

  • Channing

    Channing

  • Profiles in Courage

    Profiles in Courage

  • Nanny and the Professor

    Nanny and the Professor

  • Rascal

    Rascal

  • Nine to Five

    Nine to Five

  • Hitched

    Hitched

  • Project X

    Project X

  • Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

  • The Bad Seed

    The Bad Seed

  • Hawkins

    Hawkins

  • Sidekicks

    Sidekicks

  • The Investigators

    The Investigators

  • The Lady Says No

    The Lady Says No

  • Mrs. Columbo

    Mrs. Columbo

  • Deathtrap

    Deathtrap

  • Angel Baby

    Angel Baby

  • Here's Boomer

    Here's Boomer

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

  • Mastergate

    Mastergate

  • The Web

    The Web

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Support Your Local Gunfighter

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • Dirty Dingus Magee

    Dirty Dingus Magee

  • Phyllis

    Phyllis

  • Run, Joe, Run

    Run, Joe, Run

  • The Girl He Left Behind

    The Girl He Left Behind

  • Filthy Rich

    Filthy Rich

  • The Paul Lynde Show

    The Paul Lynde Show

  • Nowhere to Run

    Nowhere to Run

  • Who Is the Black Dahlia?

    Who Is the Black Dahlia?

  • Code Name: Foxfire

    Code Name: Foxfire

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Girl Can't Help It

    The Girl Can't Help It

  • Stay Away, Joe

    Stay Away, Joe

  • The Movie Murderer

    The Movie Murderer

  • California Gold Rush

    California Gold Rush

  • Napoleon and Samantha

    Napoleon and Samantha

  • Something for a Lonely Man

    Something for a Lonely Man

  • These Are the Days

    These Are the Days

  • Pete 'n' Tillie

    Pete 'n' Tillie

  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

    Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

    The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

  • I Married Dora

    I Married Dora

  • The Girl with Something Extra

    The Girl with Something Extra

  • The Grifters

    The Grifters

  • The Man and the City

    The Man and the City

  • The 48-Hour Mile

    The 48-Hour Mile

  • The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

    The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

  • This Is the Army

    This Is the Army

  • Picture Windows: Lightning

    Picture Windows: Lightning

  • Roll, Freddy, Roll!

    Roll, Freddy, Roll!

  • Please Call It Murder

    Please Call It Murder

  • Enid Is Sleeping

    Enid Is Sleeping

  • Mr. Matches

    Mr. Matches

  • Never Too Late

    Never Too Late

  • Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

    Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

  • Angel in My Pocket

    Angel in My Pocket

  • Tail Gunner Joe

    Tail Gunner Joe

  • The Bramble Bush

    The Bramble Bush

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Gun Shy

    Gun Shy

  • Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

    Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

  • Breathing Lessons

    Breathing Lessons

  • Code Name: Foxfire

    Code Name: Foxfire

  • Love Hate Love

    Love Hate Love

  • The Crucible

    The Crucible

  • The Tammy Grimes Show

    The Tammy Grimes Show

  • Taxi

    Taxi

  • The Magic Statue

    The Magic Statue

  • Grass Roots

    Grass Roots

  • The Letters

    The Letters

  • The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

    The Day They Hanged Kid Curry