Henry Jones

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

172

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

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • MacGyver

    MacGyver

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Father Knows Best

    Father Knows Best

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

  • Coach

    Coach

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • The Real McCoys

    The Real McCoys

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

    Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

  • Lost in Space

    Lost in Space

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

  • Tarzan

    Tarzan

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Vega$

    Vega$

  • 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

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • 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.

  • Checkmate

    Checkmate

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • Petrocelli

    Petrocelli

  • The Guns of Will Sonnett

    The Guns of Will Sonnett

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Honey West

    Honey West

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Here Come the Brides

    Here Come the Brides

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

  • Phyllis

    Phyllis

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • The Comedy Factory

    The Comedy Factory

  • The New Breed

    The New Breed

  • Nanny and the Professor

    Nanny and the Professor

  • The Outfit

    The Outfit

  • Mrs. Columbo

    Mrs. Columbo

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • B. J. and the Bear

    B. J. and the Bear

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • The Bad Seed

    The Bad Seed

  • Channing

    Channing

  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

  • The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

  • Code Name: Foxfire

    Code Name: Foxfire

  • I Married Dora

    I Married Dora

  • The Grifters

    The Grifters

  • Arachnophobia

    Arachnophobia

  • Nowhere to Run

    Nowhere to Run

  • The Movie Murderer

    The Movie Murderer

  • Hawkins

    Hawkins

  • Support Your Local Sheriff!

    Support Your Local Sheriff!

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Never Too Late

    Never Too Late

  • The Crucible

    The Crucible

  • The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

    The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

  • Cash McCall

    Cash McCall

  • The 48-Hour Mile

    The 48-Hour Mile

  • The Paul Lynde Show

    The Paul Lynde Show

  • Breathing Lessons

    Breathing Lessons

  • The Lady Says No

    The Lady Says No

  • Profiles in Courage

    Profiles in Courage

  • 3:10 to Yuma

    3:10 to Yuma

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Enid Is Sleeping

    Enid Is Sleeping

  • Filthy Rich

    Filthy Rich

  • California Gold Rush

    California Gold Rush

  • Rabbit, Run

    Rabbit, Run

  • Sidekicks

    Sidekicks

  • Run, Joe, Run

    Run, Joe, Run

  • Roll, Freddy, Roll!

    Roll, Freddy, Roll!

  • Deathtrap

    Deathtrap

  • Here's Boomer

    Here's Boomer

  • Who Is the Black Dahlia?

    Who Is the Black Dahlia?

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Grass Roots

    Grass Roots

  • Something for a Lonely Man

    Something for a Lonely Man

  • The Letters

    The Letters

  • Skin Game

    Skin Game

  • Taxi

    Taxi

  • Tail Gunner Joe

    Tail Gunner Joe

  • The Girl with Something Extra

    The Girl with Something Extra

  • The Girl He Left Behind

    The Girl He Left Behind

  • The Web

    The Web

  • Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

    Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

  • Nine to Five

    Nine to Five

  • This Is the Army

    This Is the Army

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Rascal

    Rascal

  • Project X

    Project X

  • Tom Sawyer

    Tom Sawyer

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • The Leftovers

    The Leftovers

  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

    The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

  • The Investigators

    The Investigators

  • Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Support Your Local Gunfighter

  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

    Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

  • The Man and the City

    The Man and the City

  • Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

  • Angel Baby

    Angel Baby

  • Napoleon and Samantha

    Napoleon and Samantha

  • Dirty Dingus Magee

    Dirty Dingus Magee

  • Hitched

    Hitched

  • Please Call It Murder

    Please Call It Murder

  • Stay Away, Joe

    Stay Away, Joe

  • Pete 'n' Tillie

    Pete 'n' Tillie

  • The Champagne Murders

    The Champagne Murders

  • Love Hate Love

    Love Hate Love

  • The Girl Can't Help It

    The Girl Can't Help It

  • These Are the Days

    These Are the Days

  • Angel in My Pocket

    Angel in My Pocket

  • Gun Shy

    Gun Shy

  • The Tammy Grimes Show

    The Tammy Grimes Show

  • Code Name: Foxfire

    Code Name: Foxfire

  • Picture Windows: Lightning

    Picture Windows: Lightning

  • The Bramble Bush

    The Bramble Bush

  • Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

    Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

  • Mastergate

    Mastergate

  • The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

    The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

  • Mr. Matches

    Mr. Matches

  • The Magic Statue

    The Magic Statue