Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Actor Aug 1 (died age 86) Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA 1943–1995 (52 year career)

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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…

Known For

Vertigo

Vertigo

Coroner

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Bike Salesman

Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia

Dr. Sam Metcalf

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

Alex Potter

Nine to Five

Nine to Five

Mr. Hinkle

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

Night Clerk

The Grifters

The Grifters

Sims

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

Leroy Jessup

Filmography

Acting (158)

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Movies (61)

Picture Windows: Lightning

Picture Windows: Lightning

as Assayer

Breathing Lessons

Breathing Lessons

as Sam

Mastergate

Mastergate

as Oral Proctor

Grass Roots

Grass Roots

as Sen. Ben Carr

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

as Night Clerk

The Grifters

The Grifters

as Sims

Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia

as Dr. Sam Metcalf

Enid Is Sleeping

Enid Is Sleeping

as Old Man

Nowhere to Run

Nowhere to Run

as Judge Culbert

The Leftovers

The Leftovers

as Thorndike

Code Name: Foxfire

Code Name: Foxfire

as Phillips

Deathtrap

Deathtrap

as Porter Milgrim

The Magic Statue

The Magic Statue

as Cyril Carson

Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

as Joe Gillis

Nine to Five

Nine to Five

as Mr. Hinkle

Tail Gunner Joe

Tail Gunner Joe

as Armitage

Please Call It Murder

Please Call It Murder

as Dr. Vincent

Who Is the Black Dahlia?

Who Is the Black Dahlia?

as Lee Jones

Roll, Freddy, Roll!

Roll, Freddy, Roll!

as Theodore Menlo

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

as Senhor Dobbins

The Outfit

The Outfit

as Doctor

Hitched

Hitched

as Barnstable

The Letters

The Letters

as Mailman

Napoleon and Samantha

Napoleon and Samantha

as Mr. Amos Gutteridge

Pete 'n' Tillie

Pete 'n' Tillie

as Mr. Tucker

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

as Codge Collier

Skin Game

Skin Game

as Sam Cutler

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

as Judge

Love Hate Love

Love Hate Love

as Tom Blunden

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

as Ez

The 48-Hour Mile

The 48-Hour Mile

as Decker

The Movie Murderer

The Movie Murderer

as Martin Moss

Rabbit, Run

Rabbit, Run

as Mr. Angstrom

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

as Hanson

Dirty Dingus Magee

Dirty Dingus Magee

as Rev. Green

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

as Bike Salesman

Rascal

Rascal

as Garth Shadwick

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

as Henry Jackson

Angel in My Pocket

Angel in My Pocket

as Will Sinclair

Project X

Project X

as Dr. Crowther

Stay Away, Joe

Stay Away, Joe

as Hy Slager

Something for a Lonely Man

Something for a Lonely Man

as R.J. Hoferkamp

The Champagne Murders

The Champagne Murders

as Mr. Clark

The Crucible

The Crucible

as Reverend Parris

Never Too Late

Never Too Late

as Dr. Kimbrough

The Best Years

The Best Years

as Dean Baker

Angel Baby

Angel Baby

as Ben Hays

The Bramble Bush

The Bramble Bush

as Parker Welk

Cash McCall

Cash McCall

as Gil Clark

Vertigo

Vertigo

as Coroner

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

as Alex Potter

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

as Henry Rufus

The Mystery of Thirteen

as Walter Palmer

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

as Leroy Jessup

The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It

as Mousie

The Girl He Left Behind

The Girl He Left Behind

as Hanson

Taxi

Taxi

as Thorndike (uncredited)

Mr. Matches

Mr. Matches

as Mr. Matches

The Lady Says No

The Lady Says No

as Potsy

This Is the Army

This Is the Army

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

Television (97)

Coach

Coach

as Mr. Newbower

I Married Dora

as Hughes Whitney Lennox

Sidekicks

Sidekicks

MacGyver

MacGyver

as Charles 'Papa Chuck' Banning

The Comedy Factory

The Comedy Factory

as Morton Waterman

Code Name: Foxfire

Code Name: Foxfire

as Phillips

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

as Potter

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as Morris Penroy

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as Barney Dorsey

Gun Shy

Gun Shy

as Homer McCoy

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

Filthy Rich

Filthy Rich

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

as B. Riley Wicker

Here's Boomer

Here's Boomer

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

as The Butler

B. J. and the Bear

B. J. and the Bear

Mrs. Columbo

Mrs. Columbo

as Josh Alden

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

as Bank Teller

Vega$

Vega$

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as Frank Jensen

CHiPs

CHiPs

as Dutton

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

Barney Miller

Barney Miller

as Father Clement

Phyllis

Phyllis

as Jonathan Dexter

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Dr. Dolenz

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Captain Julian Wells

Petrocelli

Petrocelli

as Wheaton

These Are the Days

These Are the Days

Run, Joe, Run

Run, Joe, Run

as Feeny

The Girl with Something Extra

The Girl with Something Extra

as Owen Metcalf

Hawkins

Hawkins

as George Davis

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Emergency!

Emergency!

as Dr. Alexander Knott

Ghost Story

Ghost Story

as Truthers

The Paul Lynde Show

The Paul Lynde Show

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Dr. Metz

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

The Man and the City

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Mr. Arnell

Night Gallery

Night Gallery

as Malcolm Hample

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

as Mr. Phelps

Nanny and the Professor

Nanny and the Professor

as Mr. Abercrombie

Adam-12

Adam-12

as Harry Craig

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

as Mr. McKim

The Outsider

The Outsider

Here Come the Brides

Here Come the Brides

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

as Herbert Milne

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett

as Preacher Soul

The Second Hundred Years

The Second Hundred Years

as Langston Barnes

That Girl

That Girl

Tarzan

Tarzan

The Tammy Grimes Show

Lost in Space

Lost in Space

as Jeremiah Smith

The Big Valley

The Big Valley

as General Alderson

Honey West

Honey West

as Reedy Comfort

Bewitched

Bewitched

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

as Landers

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Dr. Sprague

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Vincent Lockridge

Profiles in Courage

as Hamilton Fish

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

as Harrison Quentin Filmore

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Prof. Raymond Shipley

Channing

Channing

as Dean Fred Baker

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Alex Morrow

The Virginian

The Virginian

as Ned Cochran

The New Breed

The New Breed

as Davidson

The Investigators

The Investigators

as The Gov

Route 66

Route 66

Thriller

Thriller

as Erik Borg

Checkmate

Checkmate

as Ed Thurston, D.A.

Outlaws

Outlaws

Bonanza

Bonanza

as King Arthur / Uncle Leo

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as J. Hardy Hempstead

The Untouchables

The Untouchables

as Brooks Wells

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

as Professor Flanders

Wagon Train

Wagon Train

as Ben Morrell

The Real McCoys

The Real McCoys

as Jed McCoy

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Wally Long

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as Harvey Cagle

Playwrights '56

Climax!

Climax!

as Dr. Barney O'Keefe

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Homer McCoy

Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best

as Mr Kermit

Janet Dean, Registered Nurse

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

as Henry Stokes

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Tales of Tomorrow

Tales of Tomorrow

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Sam

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Lux Video Theatre

as Sanford

The Web

Suspense

Suspense

as Man at Train Station

Lights Out

Lights Out

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Professor Stark-Purvis

Studio One

Studio One

as Sloane

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre

as Professor Bowdin