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.
Acted in 153
1990s
- 1995
Picture Windows: Lightning
Assayer
- 1994
Breathing Lessons
Sam
- 1992
Mastergate
Oral Proctor
- 1990
Enid Is Sleeping
Old Man
1980s
- 1989
Nowhere to Run
Judge Culbert
- 1986
The Leftovers
Thorndike
Sidekicks
TV
- 1985
Code Name: Foxfire
Phillips
Code Name: Foxfire
Phillips · 7 episodes
- 1984
- 1983
Gun Shy
Homer McCoy · 6 episodes
- 1982
The Magic Statue
Cyril Carson
Filthy Rich
TV
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Movie
- 1981
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
Mrs. Columbo
Josh Alden · 13 episodes
- 1978
- 1977
Tail Gunner Joe
Armitage
- 1976
- 1975
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Lee Jones
Please Call It Murder
Dr. Vincent
- 1974
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
Theodore Menlo
Run, Joe, Run
Feeny · 1 episode
- 1973
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
TV
The Girl with Something Extra
Owen Metcalf · 22 episodes
Hitched
Barnstable
Hawkins
George Davis · 1 episode
The Letters
Mailman
- 1972
Pete 'n' Tillie
Mr. Tucker
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Codge Collier
The Paul Lynde Show
TV
Napoleon and Samantha
Mr. Amos Gutteridge
- 1971
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
Judge
Love Hate Love
Tom Blunden
- 1970
Dirty Dingus Magee
Rev. Green
The 48-Hour Mile
Decker
Rabbit, Run
Mr. Angstrom
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Hanson
The Movie Murderer
Martin Moss
1960s
- 1969
Rascal
Garth Shadwick
Angel in My Pocket
Will Sinclair
- 1968
Something for a Lonely Man
R.J. Hoferkamp
Project X
Dr. Crowther
Stay Away, Joe
Hy Slager
- 1967
The Champagne Murders
Mr. Clark
- 1966
The Tammy Grimes Show
TV
- 1965
Never Too Late
Dr. Kimbrough
- 1964
- 1963
The Best Years
Dean Baker
- 1962
- 1961
Angel Baby
Ben Hays
- 1960
The Bramble Bush
Parker Welk
Cash McCall
Gil Clark
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Henry Rufus
- 1956
The Girl He Left Behind
Hanson
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV
Taxi
Thorndike (uncredited)
Mr. Matches
Mr. Matches
- 1952
The Lady Says No
Potsy
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sam · 1 episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1943
This Is the Army
Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
