Henry Jones (actor)

Henry Jones
Jones in The Lady Says No (1952)
Born	Henry Burk Jones (1912-08-01)August 1, 1912 New Jersey, U.S.
Died	May 17, 1999(1999-05-17) (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1943–1996
Spouse(s)	Yvonne Bergere (1942; her death) Judy Briggs (1946–61; divorce; 2 children)
Relatives	Henry Burk (grandfather)

Henry Burk Jones (August 1, 1912 – May 17, 1999) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.

Early years

Jones was born in New Jersey, and was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Helen (née Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk, a German immigrant. Jones attended the Jesuit Saint Joseph's Preparatory School.

Career

Early in his career, he performed with the Hedgerow Theatre near Philadelphia. His first Broadway appearance was in Maurice Evans's 1938 Hamlet. During World War II, he served in the Army and was cast in Irving Berlin's This is the Army.

Jones is remembered for his role as handyman Leroy Jessup in the movie The Bad Seed (1956), a role he originated on Broadway. Other theater credits included My Sister Eileen, 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. His last Broadway role was in Advise and Consent in 1960–1961.

Jones appeared in more than 180 films and television shows. His screen credits included The Girl Can't Help It with Jayne Mansfield, 3:10 to Yuma with Van Heflin, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? with Jayne Mansfield and Tony Randall, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo with James Stewart, Cash McCall with James Garner, The Bramble Bush with Richard Burton, Rascal with Bill Mumy, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, Dirty Dingus Magee with Frank Sinatra, Support Your Local Sheriff with James Garner and Walter Brennan, Support Your Local Gunfighter with James Garner, 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin, and Arachnophobia with Jeff Daniels.

On television, Jones' best-remembered role was as the title character's father-in-law in the 1970s sitcom Phyllis. Jones portrayed Jed McCoy on a 1961 episode of the sitcom The Real McCoys. He had a regular role on the drama Channing, with Jason Evers.

Jones also appeared on Appointment with Adventure, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Investigators, The Eleventh Hour, Bewitched, Night Gallery, Emergency!, The Mod Squad, Daniel Boone with Fess Parker, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Thriller, Adam-12, The Doris Day Show, Father Knows Best, The Dukes of Hazzard, Flo, Magnum, P.I. with Tom Selleck, The Untouchables with Robert Stack, Hawkins with James Stewart, Kolchak: The Night Stalker with Darren McGavin, MacGyver, Mr. Belvedere, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show with Burns and Allen,The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Falcon Crest.

He played Dr. Smith's cousin in a 1966 episode of Lost in Space, "Curse of Cousin Smith", and with R.J. Hoferkamp in the 1968 made-for-television movie Something for a Lonely Man. In 1967, he guest-starred as mysterious time travelling villain Mr. Pem in the episode "A Time to Die" of the Sci-Fi TV show Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Jones returned as Pem in the 110th and last episode of the series, "No Way Back". Starting in 1974, he guest-starred three times on The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Jeffrey/Chester Dolenz. This character was a brilliant scientist who built lifelike robots, but although every plot was foiled, he still managed to escape to fight another day. In 1978, he appeared in the Barney Miller episode "The Prisoner".

In the mid-1980s, Jones appeared at local dining theatre productions, including Winnipeg's Stage West.

Personal life and death

Jones was a Republican and supported the campaign of Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election.

Jones died in UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at age 86 from complications from injuries suffered in a fall at his home in Santa Monica, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
1943	This Is the Army	Mr. Brown/World War One Bugle Audition Observer	Musical film produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner and directed by Michael Curtiz, uncredited
1949	Strawhat Cinderella	Stage Director	Short film directed and written by Justin Herman, uncredited
1950	Cowboy Crazy	Papa in His Study	Short film directed by and written by Justin Herman
1951	The Lady Says No	Potsy	Comedy film directed by Frank Ross
1953	Society Man	Narrator	Short film directed and produced by Justin Herman
	Taxi	Thorndike	Drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff, uncredited
1956	The Bad Seed	Leroy Jessup	Thriller film directed by Mervyn LeRoy
	The Girl He Left Behind	Hanson
	The Girl Can't Help It	Mousie
1957	Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	Henry Rufus	Satirical comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin
	3:10 To Yuma	Alex Potter	Western film directed by Delmer Daves
1958	Vertigo	Coroner	Drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
1960	Cash McCall	Gilmore Clark	Romantic drama film directed by Joseph Pevney
	The Bramble Bush	Parker Welk
1961	Angel Baby	Ben Hays
1965	Never Too Late	Dr. James Kimbrough	Comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin
1967	The Champagne Murders	Mr. Clarke
1968	Stay Away, Joe	Hy Slager	Western-comedy film directed by Peter Tewksbury
	Project X	Dr. Crowther
1969	Support Your Local Sheriff!	Henry Jackson
	Angel in My Pocket	Mayor Will Sinclair	Comedy film feature directed by Alan Rafkin
	Rascal	Garth Shadwick
	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Bike Salesman	Western film directed by George Roy Hill
1970	The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County	Hanson
	Rabbit, Run	Mr. Angstrom
	Dirty Dingus Magee	Rev. Green
1971	Support Your Local Gunfighter	Ez	Comedy-western film directed by Burt Kennedy
	Skin Game	Sam
1972	Napoleon and Samantha	Mr. Gutteridge
	Pete 'n' Tillie	Mr. Tucker
1973	Tom Sawyer	Mr. Dobbins	Musical film directed by Don Taylor
	The Outfit	Doctor
1980	Nine to Five	Hinkle	Comedy film directed by Colin Higgins
1982	Deathtrap	Porter Milgrim	Drama film directed by Sidney Lumet
1983	Balboa	Jeffry Duncan
1989	Nowhere to Run	Judge Culbert
1990	Enid Is Sleeping	Old Man
	Dick Tracy	Night Clerk	Action comic film directed by Warren Beatty
	Arachnophobia	Dr. Sam Metcalf	Thriller film directed by Frank Marshall
	The Grifters	Mr. Simms	Neo-noir film directed by Stephen Frears
1994	Breathing Lessons	Sam	TV movie

Television

year	title	role	notes
1949	Hands of Murder	Guest	Episode: "A Room Full of Water" (S 1:Ep 12)
1950	Studio One	Guest	Episode: "The Dusty Godmother: (S 2:Ep 27)
	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Charles Jones	Episode: "The Kleebob Card Game" (S 1:Ep 1)
	Danger	Guest	Episode: "Another Man's Poison" (s 1:Ep 11)
	The Ford Theatre Hour	Guest	Episode: "Father Malachy's Miracle" (S 2:Ep 16)
	Actors Studio	Guest	Episode: "The Timid Guy" (S 2:Ep 18)
	Danger	Guest	Episode: "Surprise for the Boys" (S 1:Ep 14)
1951	Danger	Guest	Episode: "Footfalls" (S 1:Ep 16)
	Armstrong Circle Theatre	Guest	Episode: "The Big Rainbow" (S 2:Ep 47)
	The Web	Himself	Episode:"A Switch in Time" (S 1:Ep 47)
	Prudential Family Playhouse	Guest	Epispode: "Ruggles of Red Gap" (S 1:Ep 11)
	Big Town	Guest	Episode: "The Return" (S 1:Ep 28)
	Danger	Guest	Episode: "Death Gambles" (S 1:Ep 45)
	The Philco Television Playhouse	Guest	Episode: "Ephraim Tutt's Clean Hands" (S 3:Ep 48)
	The Web	Himself	Episode: "The Dishonorable Thief" (S 1:Ep 60)
	Big Town	Guest	Episode: "Neighborhood Story" (S 1:Ep 42)
	The Web	Himself	Episode: "All the Way to the Moon" (S 2:Ep 2)
	Armstrong Circle Theatre	Guest	Episode: "Marionettes" (S 3:Ep 13)
	Schlitz Playhouse	Guest	Episode: "Still Life" (S 1:Ep 4)
	Suspense	Man at Train Station	Episode: "The Far-Off House" (S 4:Ep 12)
	Lux Video Theatre	Sanford	Episode: "Dames Are Poison" (S 2:Ep 14)
1952	The Gulf Playhouse	Guest	Episode: "The Duel" (S 1:Ep 7)
	Short Short Dramas	Guest	Episode: "Meet Me at the Liberty" (S 1:Ep 14)
	The Gulf Playhouse	Guest	Episode: "Our Two Hundred Children" (S 1:Ep 10)
	Schlitz Playhouse	Guest	Episode: "P.G." (S 1:Ep 17)
	Short Short Dramas	Guest	Episode: "Night School" (S 1:Ep 23)
	Schlitz Playhouse	Guest	Episode: "Apple of His Eye" (S 1:Ep 22)
	Tales of Tomorrow	Guest	Episode: "A Bird in Hand" (S 1:Ep 45)
	Short Short Dramas	George Woodhull	Episode: "Equal Partners" (S 1:Ep 56)
	Lights Out	Guest	Episode: "A Lucky Piece" (S 4:Ep 34)
	Lux Video Theatre	Dan	Episode: "The Orchard" (S 2:Ep 51)
	The Philco Television Playhouse	Guest	Episode: "The Gift" (S 5:Ep 6)
1953	The Revlon Mirror Theater	Guest	Episode: "The Little Wife" (S 1:ep 1)
	Eye Witness	Guest	Episode: "The Righteous" (S 1:Ep 6)
	Suspense	Mr. Matches	Episode: "Mr. Matches" (S 5:Ep 13)
	The Doctor	Joey Martin	Episode: "Song for a Banker" (S 1:Ep 26)
	Tales of Tomorrow	Irwin	Episode: "The Spider's Web" (S 2:Ep 38)
1954	You Are There	Captain Kidd	Episode: "The Hanging of Captain Kidd (May 23, 1701)" (S 2:Ep 25)
1956	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Wally Long	Season 2 Episode 3: "De Mortuis"
1957	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Harry Parker	Season 2 Episode 16: "Nightmare in 4-D"
1957	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	George Tiffany	Season 2 Episode 35: "The West Warlock Time Capsule"
1958	Father Knows Best	Mr. Kermit	Episode: "Margaret's Other Family" (S4:Ep19)
1959	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	John Treadwell	Season 5 Episode 8: "The Blessington Method"
1959	The Twilight Zone	J. Hardy Hempstead	Episode: "Mr. Bevis" (S1:Ep 33)
1960	The Untouchables	Brooks Wells	Episode: "Portrait of a Thief" (S1:Ep 25)
1961	Thriller	Erik Borg	Episode: "The Weird Tailor" (S2:Ep 4)
	The Investigators	Gov	Episode: "The Dead End Man" (S 1:Ep 13)
1962	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Miles Cheever	Season 7 Episode 23: "Profit-Sharing Plan"
1962	Route 66	Asa Turnbull	Episode: "Two on the House" (S2:Ep 27)
	Wagon Train	Ben Morrell	Episode: "The Terry Morrell Story" (S5:Ep 30)
1964	Bonanza	King Arthur / Uncle Leo	Episode: "A Knight to Remember" (S6:Ep 13)
1965	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Alex Marrow	Season 3 Episode 25: "The World's Oldest Motive"
1966	Lost In Space	Colonel Jeremiah Smith	Episode: "Curse of Cousin Smith" (S2:Ep 10)
	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Dr. Sprauge	Episode: "Night of Terror" (S3:Ep 04)
	Bewitched	Brian O'Brian	Episode: "The Leprechaun" (S2:Ep 27)
1967	The Big Valley	General Alderson	Episode: "Court Martial"
	Gunsmoke	Harvey Cagle	Episode: "Stranger in Town"
	Daniel Boone	Landers	Episode: “The Spanish Horse”
	That Girl	T.L. Harrison	Season 2 Episode 3: "Black, White and Read All Over"
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Mr. Pem	Episode: “A Time To Die” (S4:Ep 11) Episode: “No Way Back” (S4:Ep 26)
1968	The Mod Squad	Herbert Milne	Episode: "My What A Pretty Bus" (S1:Ep 3)
1969	The Name of the Game	The Reverend Mr. McKim	Episode: "Love-In at Ground Zero" (S1:Ep 19)
1970	Gunsmoke	Papa Steiffer	"The Badge" (S15:Ep19)
	The Name of the Game	George	Episode: "Island of Gold and Precious Stones" (S2:Ep 16)
	Nanny and the Professor	Mr. Abercrombie	Episode: "I Think That I Shall Never See a Tree" (S1:EP 10)
	The Virginian	Ned Cochran	Episode: "No War for the Warrior" (S8:Ep 20)
1971	The Mod Squad	Paulie	Episode: "And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them" (S4:Ep 11)
1972	Emergency!	Dr. Alexander Knott	Episode: "Show Biz" (S2:Ep 3)
1972	Adam-12	Harry Craig	Episode: "Harry Nobody" (S5:Ep 7)
1972	Bonanza	Sheriff	Episode: "The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother" (S13: Ep 23)
1973	The Doris Day Show	Sam Johnson	Episode: "The Last Huzzah" (S5:Ep 16)
	Hawkins	George Davis	Episode: "Die, Darling, Die" (S1:Ep 2)
1973	The Partridge Family	Mr. Phelps	Episode: “The Partridge Connection” (S3: Ep 22)
1974	Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law	Dr. Metz	Episode: "The Desertion of Keith Ryder" (S3: Ep 22)
	Petrocelli	Wheaton	Episode: "A Life for a Life" (S1: Ep 5)
	The Six Million Dollar Man	Dr. Chester Dolenz	Episode: "Day Of The Robot" (S1: Ep 4) Episode: "Run, Steve, Run" (S1: Ep 13) and Episode: "Return Of The Robot Maker" (S2: Ep 15)
1975-1977	Phyllis	Judge Jonathan Dexter
1979	Mrs. Columbo	Josh Alden	Episode: "Word Games" (S1: Ep 01)
1981	CHiPs	Dutton	Episode “Diamond in the Rough” (S5:EP 8)
1982	The Love Boat	Frank Jensen	Episode "Good Neighbors/Captain's Portrait/Familiar Faces" (S5:Ep 14)
1985-1986	Falcon Crest	B. Riley Wicker
1986	MacGyver	Charles 'Papa Chuck' Banning	Episode "The Eraser" (S2:Ep 2)
1987	Magnum, P.I.	The Butler	Episode "Murder by Night" (S7:Ep 13)
1988	Murder, She Wrote	Morris Penroy	Episode “Mr. Penroy’s Vacation” (S5:Ep 3)
1990	Coach	Mr. Newbower	Episode “Cabin Fever” (S3:Ep 9)

External links

• Henry Jones at the Internet Broadway Database
• Henry Jones at IMDb
• Henry Jones at the TCM Movie Database