Henry Jones
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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.
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Known For
Murder, She Wrote
Studio One
The Love Boat
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Adam-12
Hallmark Hall of Fame
MacGyver
Lux Video Theatre
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Daniel Boone
Quincy, M.E.
The Twilight Zone
Magnum, P.I.
CHiPs
The Philco Television Playhouse
Night Gallery
Climax!
Route 66
Gunsmoke
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Thriller
Emergency!
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Name of the Game
Ghost Story
Suspense
Fantasy Island
Kraft Television Theatre
Falcon Crest
Alias Smith and Jones
Cagney & Lacey
Tarzan
Letter to Loretta
Robert Montgomery Presents
Checkmate
Profiles in Courage
Outlaws
Father Knows Best
Here's Boomer
The Outsider
Run, Joe, Run
Lost in Space
B. J. and the Bear
Filthy Rich
The Web
The Leftovers
Mastergate
Nine to Five
Arachnophobia
Gun Shy
Vertigo
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Girl with Something Extra
Code Name: Foxfire
Project X
Phyllis
Mr. Matches
Lights Out
Petrocelli
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