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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 1, 1912
Died
May 17, 1999
Place of Birth
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Henry Burk Jones
- Генри Джонс
Henry Jones
0.8 Popularity
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
2.0
Assayer
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
5.3
Sam
Breathing Lessons
1994
2.0
Oral Proctor
Mastergate
1992
0.0
Sen. Ben Carr
Grass Roots
1992
6.5
Sims
The Grifters
1990
6.4
Dr. Sam Metcalf
Arachnophobia
1990
4.7
Old Man
Enid Is Sleeping
1990
6.1
Night Clerk
Dick Tracy
1990
3.6
Judge Culbert
Nowhere to Run
1989
6.7
Mr. Newbower
Coach
1989
Credits
Picture Windows: Lightning
as Assayer
1995
2.0
Breathing Lessons
as Sam
1994
5.3
Mastergate
as Oral Proctor
1992
2.0
Grass Roots
as Sen. Ben Carr
1992
0.0
The Grifters
as Sims
1990
6.5
Arachnophobia
as Dr. Sam Metcalf
1990
6.4
Enid Is Sleeping
as Old Man
1990
4.7
Dick Tracy
as Night Clerk
1990
6.1
Nowhere to Run
as Judge Culbert
1989
3.6
Coach
as Mr. Newbower
1989
6.7
🎬
I Married Dora
as Hughes Whitney Lennox
1987
5.0
The Leftovers
as Thorndike
1986
6.0
Sidekicks
1986
6.0
MacGyver
as Charles 'Papa Chuck' Banning
1985
7.7
The Comedy Factory
as Morton Waterman
1985
0.0
Code Name: Foxfire
as Phillips
1985
0.0
Code Name: Foxfire
as Phillips
1985
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Morris Penroy
1984
7.5
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as Barney Dorsey
1983
6.4
Gun Shy
as Homer McCoy
1983
5.0
The Magic Statue
as Cyril Carson
1982
0.0
Filthy Rich
1982
5.0
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
Deathtrap
as Porter Milgrim
1982
6.7
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
2.0
Falcon Crest
as B. Riley Wicker
1981
5.6
California Gold Rush
as Joe Gillis
1981
5.0
Nine to Five
as Mr. Hinkle
1980
6.9
Magnum, P.I.
as The Butler
1980
7.3
Here's Boomer
1980
5.3
Mrs. Columbo
as Josh Alden
1979
6.1
B. J. and the Bear
1979
5.5
Vega$
1978
7.0
Fantasy Island
as Bank Teller
1978
6.4
The Love Boat
as Frank Jensen
1977
6.3
CHiPs
as Dutton
1977
6.8
Tail Gunner Joe
as Armitage
1977
6.0
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
as Richard Hawley
1976
7.5
Phyllis
as Jonathan Dexter
1975
6.9
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
as Lee Jones
1975
6.4
Barney Miller
as Father Clement
1975
7.3
Please Call It Murder
as Dr. Vincent
1975
0.0
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
as Theodore Menlo
1974
6.0
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Captain Julian Wells
1974
7.6
Petrocelli
as Wheaton
1974
7.2
Run, Joe, Run
as Feeny
1974
6.3
These Are the Days
1974
3.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Dolenz
1974
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Chester Dolenz
1974
7.3
The Outfit
as Doctor
1973
6.8
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973
5.0
The Girl with Something Extra
as Owen Metcalf
1973
7.5
Hitched
as Barnstable
1973
6.0
Tom Sawyer
as Senhor Dobbins
1973
6.4
Hawkins
as George Davis
1973
7.2
The Letters
as Mailman
1973
6.2
Pete 'n' Tillie
as Mr. Tucker
1972
5.8
Ghost Story
as Truthers
1972
7.1
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Codge Collier
1972
4.9
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
5.0
Napoleon and Samantha
as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
1972
6.2
Emergency!
as Dr. Alexander Knott
1972
7.8
Skin Game
as Sam Cutler
1971
6.6
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Dr. Metz
1971
6.3
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
as Judge
1971
0.0
🎬
The Man and the City
1971
5.0
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Ez
1971
6.6
Love Hate Love
as Tom Blunden
1971
5.2
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Night Gallery
as Malcolm Hample
1970
7.8
Dirty Dingus Magee
as Rev. Green
1970
4.3
The 48-Hour Mile
as Decker
1970
0.0
Rabbit, Run
as Mr. Angstrom
1970
3.0
The Partridge Family
as Mr. Phelps
1970
6.8
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Mr. Arnell
1970
7.5
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Hanson
1970
6.2
The Movie Murderer
as Martin Moss
1970
6.5
Nanny and the Professor
as Mr. Abercrombie
1970
6.0
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Bike Salesman
1969
7.6
Rascal
as Garth Shadwick
1969
5.8
Angel in My Pocket
as Will Sinclair
1969
5.8
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Henry Jackson
1969
7.0
Something for a Lonely Man
as R.J. Hoferkamp
1968
7.4
Here Come the Brides
1968
6.3
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
The Mod Squad
as Herbert Milne
1968
6.2
Adam-12
as Harry Craig
1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
as Mr. McKim
1968
6.8
The Name of the Game
as George
1968
6.8
The Outsider
1968
5.2
Project X
as Dr. Crowther
1968
5.6
Stay Away, Joe
as Hy Slager
1968
5.3
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Preacher Soul
1967
6.2
The Second Hundred Years
as Langston Barnes
1967
6.3
The Crucible
as Reverend Parris
1967
2.7
The Champagne Murders
as Mr. Clark
1967
5.3
That Girl
1966
6.1
Tarzan
1966
6.7
🎬
The Tammy Grimes Show
1966
5.0
Never Too Late
as Dr. Kimbrough
1965
5.0
Honey West
as Reedy Comfort
1965
7.0
The Big Valley
as General Alderson
1965
6.1
Lost in Space
as Jeremiah Smith
1965
7.1
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Hamilton Fish
1964
5.0
Daniel Boone
as Landers
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Jonas Morgan
1964
7.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Vincent Lockridge
1964
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Dean Timothy Dwight
1964
7.1
Bewitched
1964
7.9
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Dr. Sprague
1964
7.7
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Prof. Raymond Shipley
1963
5.3
Burke's Law
as Harrison Quentin Filmore
1963
6.0
Channing
as Dean Fred Baker
1963
7.0
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Alex Morrow
1962
7.9
The Virginian
as Ned Cochran
1962
6.4
The Investigators
as The Gov
1961
5.0
The New Breed
as Davidson
1961
7.0
Angel Baby
as Ben Hays
1961
6.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
Outlaws
1960
6.2
Checkmate
as Ed Thurston, D.A.
1960
4.1
Thriller
as Erik Borg
1960
6.6
Thriller
as Carl Somers
1960
6.6
The Bramble Bush
as Parker Welk
1960
4.6
Cash McCall
as Gil Clark
1960
6.2
The Untouchables
as Brooks Wells
1959
7.8
Adventures in Paradise
as Professor Flanders
1959
5.7
The Twilight Zone
as J. Hardy Hempstead
1959
8.5
Bonanza
as King Arthur / Uncle Leo
1959
7.5
Vertigo
as Coroner
1958
8.2
The Real McCoys
as Jed McCoy
1957
5.6
Wagon Train
as Ben Morrell
1957
6.6
3:10 to Yuma
as Alex Potter
1957
7.2
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
as Henry Rufus
1957
6.7
The Girl Can't Help It
as Mousie
1956
6.2
The Girl He Left Behind
as Hanson
1956
3.5
The Bad Seed
as Leroy Jessup
1956
7.1
🎬
Playwrights '56
1955
6.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Wally Long
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Harry Parker
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as George Tiffany
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as John Treadwell
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Miles Cheever
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Harvey Cagle
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Papa Steiffer
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as J. Luther Gross
1955
6.6
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Homer McCoy
1954
7.8
Climax!
as Dr. Barney O'Keefe
1954
3.3
Father Knows Best
as Mr Kermit
1954
6.5
🎬
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
1954
0.0
Letter to Loretta
as Henry Stokes
1953
6.5
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
0.0
Taxi
as Thorndike (uncredited)
1953
6.4
Mr. Matches
as Mr. Matches
1953
0.0
The Lady Says No
as Potsy
1952
4.5
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sam
1951
8.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Sanford
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Jim
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Dan
1950
6.3
🎬
The Web
1950
6.7
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Lights Out
1949
5.8
Suspense
as Man at Train Station
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Mr. Matches
1949
4.9
Studio One
as Sloane
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Simon Hazlett
1948
5.0
Studio One
as St. Barnabas
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Mr. Weaver
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Sam
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Professor Stark-Purvis
1948
6.3
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.5
Kraft Television Theatre
as Professor Bowdin
1947
7.5
This Is the Army
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
1943
5.6