Henry Jones1912 - 1999

usually

Actor

Popularity

1.2

Famous

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.

Credits

Lightning
Lightning

1995

Drama • TV Movie

as Assayer

2
0.2
Breathing Lessons
Breathing Lessons

1994

Drama • TV Movie

as Sam

5.4
0.4
Mastergate
Mastergate

1992

Comedy

as Oral Proctor

2
0.4
Grass Roots
Grass Roots

1992

Crime • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Sen. Ben Carr

1.2
The Grifters
The Grifters

1990

Crime • Drama

as Sims

6.5
1.5
Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia

1990

Comedy • Horror

as Dr. Sam Metcalf

6.4
1.9
Enid Is Sleeping
Enid Is Sleeping

1990

Comedy • Crime

as Old Man

4.9
0.4
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy

1990

Adventure • Comedy • Crime

as Night Clerk

6.2
2.2
Nowhere to Run
Nowhere to Run

1989

Action • Thriller

as Judge Culbert

3.5
0.2
The Leftovers
The Leftovers

1986

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Thorndike

6
0.4
Code Name: Foxfire
Code Name: Foxfire

1985

Action • TV Movie

as Phillips

0.2
The Magic Statue
The Magic Statue

1982

Comedy

as Cyril Carson

0.1
Deathtrap
Deathtrap

1982

Comedy • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Porter Milgrim

6.7
1.2
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

1982

Adventure • Drama • Family • TV Movie

2
0.1
California Gold Rush
California Gold Rush

1981

Family • TV Movie • Western

as Joe Gillis

5
0.2
Nine to Five
Nine to Five

1980

Comedy

as Mr. Hinkle

6.9
2.6
Tail Gunner Joe
Tail Gunner Joe

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as Armitage

6
0.5
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Who Is the Black Dahlia?

1975

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Lee Jones

6.4
0.4
Please Call It Murder
Please Call It Murder

1975

Drama • Horror • Mystery • TV Movie

as Dr. Vincent

0.2
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
Roll, Freddy, Roll!

1974

Comedy • TV Movie

as Theodore Menlo

6
0.3
The Outfit
The Outfit

1973

Crime • Drama

as Doctor

6.8
1
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer

1973

Adventure • Family • Music

as Senhor Dobbins

6.3
0.9
The Letters
The Letters

1973

Drama • TV Movie

as Mailman

6.3
0.3
Pete 'n' Tillie
Pete 'n' Tillie

1972

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Mr. Tucker

5.6
0.4
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

1972

Comedy • TV Movie • Western

as Codge Collier

5.2
0.1
Napoleon and Samantha
Napoleon and Samantha

1972

Action • Adventure • Drama • Family

as Mr. Amos Gutteridge

6.1
0.4
Skin Game
Skin Game

1971

Action • Comedy • Western

as Sam Cutler

6.6
0.6
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

1971

TV Movie • Western

as Judge

0.2
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

Comedy • Western

as Ez

6.6
1.4
Hitched
Hitched

1971

Comedy • TV Movie • Western

as Barnstable

6
0.2
Love Hate Love
Love Hate Love

1971

Drama • TV Movie

as Tom Blunden

5.8
0.1
Dirty Dingus Magee
Dirty Dingus Magee

1970

Comedy • Western

as Rev. Green

4.7
0.5
The 48-Hour Mile
The 48-Hour Mile

1970

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Decker

0.2
Rabbit, Run
Rabbit, Run

1970

Drama

as Mr. Angstrom

3.5
0.5
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970

Action • Comedy • Romance • Western

as Hanson

6.3
0.4
The Movie Murderer
The Movie Murderer

1970

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Martin Moss

6.5
0.4
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

Adventure • Crime • Drama • History • Western

as Bike Salesman

7.6
3.1
Rascal
Rascal

1969

Drama • Family

as Garth Shadwick

5.8
0.5
Angel in My Pocket
Angel in My Pocket

1969

Comedy • Family

as Will Sinclair

5.8
0.3
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969

Comedy • Western

as Henry Jackson

7
1.8
Something for a Lonely Man
Something for a Lonely Man

1968

TV Movie • Western

as R.J. Hoferkamp

7.4
0.4
Project X
Project X

1968

Mystery • Science Fiction

as Dr. Crowther

5.6
0.6
Stay Away, Joe
Stay Away, Joe

1968

Comedy • Music • Western

as Hy Slager

5.3
0.6
The Crucible
The Crucible

1967

Drama • TV Movie

as Reverend Parris

3.5
0.3
The Champagne Murders
The Champagne Murders

1967

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Mr. Clark

5.5
0.5
Never Too Late
Never Too Late

1965

Comedy

as Dr. Kimbrough

5
0.2
Angel Baby
Angel Baby

1961

Drama

as Ben Hays

6
1.3
The Bramble Bush
The Bramble Bush

1960

Drama

as Parker Welk

5.5
0.3
Cash McCall
Cash McCall

1960

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Gil Clark

6
0.6
Vertigo
Vertigo

1958

Mystery • Romance • Thriller

as Coroner

8.2
4.9
3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma

1957

Drama • Thriller • Western

as Alex Potter

7.2
1.6
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

1957

Comedy • Romance

as Henry Rufus

6.7
0.8
The Girl Can't Help It
The Girl Can't Help It

1956

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Mousie

6.1
0.7
The Girl He Left Behind
The Girl He Left Behind

1956

Comedy • Drama

as Hanson

4
0.7
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed

1956

Drama • Horror • Thriller

as Leroy Jessup

7.1
2.4
Taxi
Taxi

1953

Drama • Romance

as Thorndike (uncredited)

6.4
0.5
Mr. Matches
Mr. Matches

1953

Thriller

as Mr. Matches

0.1
The Lady Says No
The Lady Says No

1952

Comedy • Romance

as Potsy

4.5
1
This Is the Army
This Is the Army

1943

Comedy • Music • Romance • War

as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)

5.8
1.1

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