From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
Series | Project X | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | The Fleshtones: Pardon Us for Living But the Graveyard Is Full | Himself | 2009-04-03 |
Movie | Lightning | Assayer | 1995-10-01 |
Movie | Breathing Lessons | Sam | 1994-02-06 |
Movie | Mastergate | Oral Proctor | 1992-11-01 |
Movie | Grass Roots | Sen. Ben Carr | 1992-02-24 |
Movie | Dick Tracy | Night Clerk | 1990-04-05 |
Movie | Enid Is Sleeping | Old Man | 1990-05-25 |
Movie | Arachnophobia | Doctor Sam Metcalf | 1990-07-20 |
Movie | The Grifters | Sims | 1990-08-08 |
Movie | Nowhere to Run | Judge Culbert | 1989-03-01 |
Series | I Married Dora | 1987-09-22 | |
Movie | The Leftovers | Thorndike | 1986-11-16 |
Series | Sidekicks | Unknown | 1986-09-26 |
Movie | Code Name: Foxfire | Phillips | 1985-01-27 |
Series | Code Name: Foxfire | Phillips | 1985-01-27 |
Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
Series | Gun Shy | Homer McCoy | 1983-03-15 |
Movie | Deathtrap | Porter Milgrim | 1982-03-19 |
Series | Filthy Rich | Unknown | 1982-08-09 |
Series | Cagney & Lacey | Unknown | 1982-03-25 |
Movie | California Gold Rush | Joe Gillis | 1981-07-30 |
Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
Movie | Nine to Five | Mr. Hinkle | 1980-12-18 |
Series | Here's Boomer | Unknown | 1980-03-14 |
Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
Series | B. J. and the Bear | Unknown | 1979-02-10 |
Series | Mrs. Columbo | Josh Alden | 1979-02-26 |
Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
Movie | Tail Gunner Joe | Armitage | 1977-02-06 |
Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
Series | Barney Miller | Unknown | 1975-01-23 |
Movie | Who Is the Black Dahlia? | Lee Jones | 1975-03-01 |
Series | Phyllis | Judge Jonathan Dexter | 1975-09-08 |
Series | These Are the Days | 1974-09-07 | |
Series | Run, Joe, Run | Unknown | 1974-09-07 |
Movie | Roll, Freddy, Roll! | Theodore Menlo | 1974-12-17 |
Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Movie | The Letters | Mailman | 1973-03-03 |
Movie | Tom Sawyer | Senhor Dobbins | 1973-03-15 |
Series | The Girl with Something Extra | Owen Metcalf | 1973-09-14 |
Movie | The Outfit | Doctor | 1973-10-19 |
Series | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Unknown | 1973-09-26 |
Movie | Napoleon and Samantha | Mr. Amos Gutteridge | 1972-07-05 |
Series | The Paul Lynde Show | Unknown | 1972-09-13 |
Series | Emergency! | Unknown | 1972-01-22 |
Movie | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe | Codge Collier | 1972-09-13 |
Movie | Pete 'n' Tillie | Mr. Tucker | 1972-12-17 |
Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
Movie | Love Hate Love | Tom Blunden | 1971-02-09 |
Movie | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Ez | 1971-05-26 |
Series | The Man and the City | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
Movie | Skin Game | Sam Cutler | 1971-09-30 |
Movie | The Movie Murderer | Martin Moss | 1970-02-02 |
Series | Nanny and the Professor | Unknown | 1970-01-21 |
Movie | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Hanson | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Dirty Dingus Magee | Rev. Green | 1970-11-18 |
Movie | Rabbit, Run | Mr. Angstrom | 1970-10-01 |
Movie | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Bike Salesman | 1969-01-15 |
Movie | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Henry Jackson | 1969-03-26 |
Movie | Rascal | Garth Shadwick | 1969-06-11 |
Movie | Angel in My Pocket | Will Sinclair | 1969-04-02 |
Movie | Stay Away, Joe | Hy Slager | 1968-03-08 |
Movie | Project X | Dr. Crowther | 1968-05-01 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
Series | Here Come the Brides | Unknown | 1968-09-25 |
Movie | Something for a Lonely Man | R.J. Hoferkamp | 1968-11-26 |
Movie | The Champagne Murders | Mr. Clark | 1967-03-31 |
Movie | The Crucible | Reverend Parris | 1967-05-04 |
Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Series | The Tammy Grimes Show | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Series | Tarzan | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Series | That Girl | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Movie | Never Too Late | Dr. Kimbrough | 1965-11-04 |
Series | Lost in Space | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Honey West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Channing | 1963-09-18 | |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Movie | Angel Baby | Ben Hays | 1961-05-14 |
Movie | Cash McCall | Gil Clark | 1960-01-20 |
Movie | The Bramble Bush | Parker Welk | 1960-02-24 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | J. Hardy Hempstead | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | Vertigo | Coroner | 1958-05-28 |
Movie | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Henry Rufus | 1957-07-29 |
Movie | 3:10 to Yuma | Alex Potter, town drunk | 1957-08-07 |
Movie | The Bad Seed | Leroy Jessup | 1956-09-12 |
Movie | The Girl Can't Help It | Mousie | 1956-12-01 |
Movie | The Girl He Left Behind | Hanson | 1956-10-26 |
Series | Playwrights '56 | Unknown | 1955-10-04 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
Movie | Taxi | Thorndike (uncredited) | 1953-01-21 |
Movie | The Lady Says No | Potsy | 1952-01-06 |
Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Series | The Web | Unknown | 1950-07-04 |
Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
Movie | This Is the Army | Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited) | 1943-08-14 |