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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 Pl…
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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.
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as Assayer
Breathing Lessons
as Sam
Mastergate
as Oral Proctor
Grass Roots
as Sen. Ben Carr
The Grifters
as Sims
Arachnophobia
as Dr. Sam Metcalf
Dick Tracy
as Night Clerk
Enid Is Sleeping
as Old Man
Nowhere to Run
as Judge Culbert
The Leftovers
as Thorndike
Code Name: Foxfire
as Phillips
The Magic Statue
as Cyril Carson
Deathtrap
as Porter Milgrim
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
California Gold Rush
as Joe Gillis
Nine to Five
as Mr. Hinkle
Tail Gunner Joe
as Armitage
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
as Lee Jones
Please Call It Murder
as Dr. Vincent
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
as Theodore Menlo
The Outfit
as Doctor
Hitched
as Barnstable
Tom Sawyer
as Senhor Dobbins
The Letters
as Mailman
Pete 'n' Tillie
as Mr. Tucker
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Codge Collier
Napoleon and Samantha
as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
Skin Game
as Sam Cutler
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
as Judge
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Ez
Love Hate Love
as Tom Blunden
Dirty Dingus Magee
as Rev. Green
The 48-Hour Mile
as Decker
Rabbit, Run
as Mr. Angstrom
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Hanson
The Movie Murderer
as Martin Moss
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Bike Salesman
Rascal
as Garth Shadwick
Angel in My Pocket
as Will Sinclair
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Henry Jackson
Something for a Lonely Man
as R.J. Hoferkamp
Project X
as Dr. Crowther
Stay Away, Joe
as Hy Slager
The Crucible
as Reverend Parris
The Champagne Murders
as Mr. Clark
Never Too Late
as Dr. Kimbrough
The Best Years
as Dean Baker
Angel Baby
as Ben Hays
The Bramble Bush
as Parker Welk
Cash McCall
as Gil Clark
Vertigo
as Coroner
No Poster
The Mystery of Thirteen
as Walter Palmer
3:10 to Yuma
as Alex Potter
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
as Henry Rufus
The Girl Can't Help It
as Mousie
The Girl He Left Behind
as Hanson
The Bad Seed
as Leroy Jessup
Taxi
as Thorndike (uncredited)
Mr. Matches
as Mr. Matches
The Lady Says No
as Potsy
This Is the Army
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)