Henry Jones

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

177

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

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • MacGyver

    MacGyver

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • Coach

    Coach

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Lost in Space

    Lost in Space

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

    Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker

  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

  • Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

  • 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

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • Vega$

    Vega$

  • Tom Sawyer

    Tom Sawyer

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • 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.

  • Petrocelli

    Petrocelli

  • Deathtrap

    Deathtrap

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • The Real McCoys

    The Real McCoys

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • Nanny and the Professor

    Nanny and the Professor

  • Hitched

    Hitched

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo

  • Tarzan

    Tarzan

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Project X

    Project X

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • B. J. and the Bear

    B. J. and the Bear

  • Father Knows Best

    Father Knows Best

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  • The Guns of Will Sonnett

    The Guns of Will Sonnett

  • The Partridge Family

    The Partridge Family

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • Checkmate

    Checkmate

  • Honey West

    Honey West

  • The New Breed

    The New Breed

  • The Movie Murderer

    The Movie Murderer

  • This Is the Army

    This Is the Army

  • Picture Windows: Lightning

    Picture Windows: Lightning

  • Mastergate

    Mastergate

  • Cash McCall

    Cash McCall

  • Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

  • Hawkins

    Hawkins

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

  • Skin Game

    Skin Game

  • Profiles in Courage

    Profiles in Courage

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Stay Away, Joe

    Stay Away, Joe

  • The Girl with Something Extra

    The Girl with Something Extra

  • Please Call It Murder

    Please Call It Murder

  • Rascal

    Rascal

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Comedy Factory

    The Comedy Factory

  • Here Come the Brides

    Here Come the Brides

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • The Paul Lynde Show

    The Paul Lynde Show

  • Mrs. Columbo

    Mrs. Columbo

  • Pete 'n' Tillie

    Pete 'n' Tillie

  • Sidekicks

    Sidekicks

  • Here's Boomer

    Here's Boomer

  • 3:10 to Yuma

    3:10 to Yuma

  • The Web

    The Web

  • The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

  • Channing

    Channing

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Phyllis

    Phyllis

  • Arachnophobia

    Arachnophobia

  • Code Name: Foxfire

    Code Name: Foxfire

  • Tail Gunner Joe

    Tail Gunner Joe

  • These Are the Days

    These Are the Days

  • Napoleon and Samantha

    Napoleon and Samantha

  • The Investigators

    The Investigators

  • Filthy Rich

    Filthy Rich

  • Nine to Five

    Nine to Five

  • The Grifters

    The Grifters

  • Love Hate Love

    Love Hate Love

  • Run, Joe, Run

    Run, Joe, Run

  • Support Your Local Sheriff!

    Support Your Local Sheriff!

  • The Bad Seed

    The Bad Seed

  • Angel in My Pocket

    Angel in My Pocket

  • The Outfit

    The Outfit

  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

    Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

  • Revlon Mirror Theatre

    Revlon Mirror Theatre

  • I Married Dora

    I Married Dora

  • Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Support Your Local Gunfighter

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • The Man and the City

    The Man and the City

  • Who Is the Black Dahlia?

    Who Is the Black Dahlia?

  • Gun Shy

    Gun Shy

  • The Champagne Murders

    The Champagne Murders

  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

  • Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

    Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

  • Taxi

    Taxi

  • Code Name: Foxfire

    Code Name: Foxfire

  • Nowhere to Run

    Nowhere to Run

  • The Crucible

    The Crucible

  • Grass Roots

    Grass Roots

  • Breathing Lessons

    Breathing Lessons

  • California Gold Rush

    California Gold Rush

  • The Bramble Bush

    The Bramble Bush

  • The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

    The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

  • The Girl He Left Behind

    The Girl He Left Behind

  • The Letters

    The Letters

  • The Girl Can't Help It

    The Girl Can't Help It

  • Angel Baby

    Angel Baby

  • Dirty Dingus Magee

    Dirty Dingus Magee

  • The Magic Statue

    The Magic Statue

  • Enid Is Sleeping

    Enid Is Sleeping

  • The 48-Hour Mile

    The 48-Hour Mile

  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

    The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

  • The Tammy Grimes Show

    The Tammy Grimes Show

  • Mr. Matches

    Mr. Matches

  • Never Too Late

    Never Too Late

  • Rabbit, Run

    Rabbit, Run

  • The Lady Says No

    The Lady Says No

  • Something for a Lonely Man

    Something for a Lonely Man

  • Roll, Freddy, Roll!

    Roll, Freddy, Roll!

  • The Leftovers

    The Leftovers

  • The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

    The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

  • Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

    Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

  • The Best Years

    The Best Years