Henry Jones

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-08-01 (87 years old)

Deathday

1999-05-17

Place of Birth

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Henry Jones

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 Awar...

Acting

1958

Vertigo

as Coroner

1971

Skin Game

as Sam Cutler

1990

Arachnophobia

as Dr. Sam Metcalf

1995

Lightning

as Assayer

1969

1973

The Outfit

as Doctor

1977

Tail Gunner Joe

as Armitage

1957

3:10 to Yuma

as Alex Potter

1956

The Bad Seed

as Leroy Jessup

1968

Project X

as Dr. Crowther

1982

Deathtrap

as Porter Milgrim

1990

1982

The Magic Statue

as Cyril Carson

1970

Dirty Dingus Magee

as Rev. Green

1969

Rascal

as Garth Shadwick

1967

1969

Angel in My Pocket

as Will Sinclair

1986

The Leftovers

as Thorndike

1972

Pete 'n' Tillie

as Mr. Tucker

1961

Angel Baby

as Ben Hays

1972

1970

Rabbit, Run

as Mr. Angstrom

1975

1943

This Is the Army

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

1965

Never Too Late

as Dr. Kimbrough

1971

Love Hate Love

as Tom Blunden

1981

1975

Please Call It Murder

as Dr. Vincent

1953

Taxi

as Thorndike (uncredited)

1973

Tom Sawyer

as Senhor Dobbins

1973

The Letters

as Mailman

1992

Grass Roots

as Sen. Ben Carr

1970

The Movie Murderer

as Martin Moss

1960

Cash McCall

as Gil Clark

1953

Mr. Matches

as Mr. Matches

1985

1980

Nine to Five

as Mr. Hinkle

1974

Roll, Freddy, Roll!

as Theodore Menlo

1960

The Bramble Bush

as Parker Welk

1968

1989

Nowhere to Run

as Judge Culbert

1972

Napoleon and Samantha

as Mr. Amos Gutteridge

1992

Mastergate

as Oral Proctor

1990

Dick Tracy

as Night Clerk

1990

1952

1967

The Crucible

as Reverend Parris

1968

Stay Away, Joe

as Hy Slager

1971

Hitched

as Barnstable

1970

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