
Henry Jones
Born: 1912-08-01
Place of Birth: Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
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

Vertigo

Nine to Five

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Deathtrap

The Outfit

Dick Tracy

Arachnophobia

Rascal

The Champagne Murders

The Leftovers

Skin Game

Tom Sawyer

3:10 to Yuma

Mastergate

Project X

Hitched

Cash McCall

The Grifters

Picture Windows: Lightning

The Bad Seed

Pete 'n' Tillie

This Is the Army

The Girl Can't Help It

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Napoleon and Samantha

California Gold Rush

Stay Away, Joe

The Bramble Bush

Rabbit, Run

Support Your Local Gunfighter

The Crucible

Tail Gunner Joe

Enid Is Sleeping

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

The Movie Murderer

The 48-Hour Mile

Love Hate Love

The Letters

Nowhere to Run

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

The Girl He Left Behind

Grass Roots

Roll, Freddy, Roll!

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

Angel Baby

Mr. Matches

Angel in My Pocket

Never Too Late

Dirty Dingus Magee

Code Name: Foxfire

Breathing Lessons

Taxi

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

Please Call It Murder

Who Is the Black Dahlia?

The Lady Says No

The Magic Statue

Something for a Lonely Man
