Henry Jones
ActingHenry 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
Coroner
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Bike Salesman
Dick Tracy
Night Clerk
3:10 to Yuma
Alex Potter
The Bad Seed
Leroy Jessup
Arachnophobia
Dr. Sam Metcalf
Nine to Five
Mr. Hinkle
The Grifters
Sims
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Henry Jackson
Deathtrap
Porter Milgrim
Filmography — Acting
Vertigo
Coroner
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Bike Salesman
Dick Tracy
Night Clerk
3:10 to Yuma
Alex Potter
The Bad Seed
Leroy Jessup
Arachnophobia
Dr. Sam Metcalf
Nine to Five
Mr. Hinkle
The Grifters
Sims
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Henry Jackson
Deathtrap
Porter Milgrim
The Outfit
Doctor
Tom Sawyer
Senhor Dobbins
The Girl Can't Help It
Mousie
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Henry Rufus
Rabbit, Run
Mr. Angstrom
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Ez
Rascal
Garth Shadwick
Skin Game
Sam Cutler
Grass Roots
Sen. Ben Carr
Angel Baby
Ben Hays
Napoleon and Samantha
Mr. Amos Gutteridge
Stay Away, Joe
Hy Slager
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Hanson
Taxi
Thorndike (uncredited)
Hitched
Barnstable
This Is the Army
Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
Cash McCall
Gil Clark
Tail Gunner Joe
Armitage
The Leftovers
Thorndike
Dirty Dingus Magee
Rev. Green
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Codge Collier
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Lee Jones
Something for a Lonely Man
R.J. Hoferkamp
Pete 'n' Tillie
Mr. Tucker
The Girl He Left Behind
Hanson
The Crucible
Reverend Parris
Nowhere to Run
Judge Culbert
The Movie Murderer
Martin Moss
Breathing Lessons
Sam
Enid Is Sleeping
Old Man
Angel in My Pocket
Will Sinclair
The Champagne Murders
Mr. Clark
The Letters
Mailman
The 48-Hour Mile
Decker
Never Too Late
Dr. Kimbrough
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
Judge
Mastergate
Oral Proctor
The Bramble Bush
Parker Welk
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
Theodore Menlo
Picture Windows: Lightning
Assayer
Project X
Dr. Crowther
Love Hate Love
Tom Blunden
The Magic Statue
Cyril Carson
Code Name: Foxfire
Phillips
The Lady Says No
Potsy
California Gold Rush
Joe Gillis
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Please Call It Murder
Dr. Vincent
The Best Years
Dean Baker
The Mystery of Thirteen
Walter Palmer
Mr. Matches
Mr. Matches