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 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.
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Filmography
all 138
TV Shows 82
Movies 56
Lightning (1995)
Breathing Lessons (1994)
Mastergate (1992)
Grass Roots (1992)
The Grifters (1990)
Arachnophobia (1990)
Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Nowhere to Run (1989)
I Married Dora (1987)
The Leftovers (1986)
Sidekicks (1986)
MacGyver (1985)
Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Gun Shy (1983)
The Magic Statue (1982)
Filthy Rich (1982)
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
Deathtrap (1982)
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang (1982)
Falcon Crest (1981)
California Gold Rush (1981)
Nine to Five (1980)
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Here's Boomer (1980)
Mrs. Columbo (1979)
B. J. and the Bear (1979)
Vega$ (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
CHiPs (1977)
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
Phyllis (1975)
We'll Get By (1975)
Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)
Barney Miller (1975)
Please Call It Murder (1975)
Roll, Freddy, Roll! (1974)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Petrocelli (1974)
Run, Joe, Run (1974)
These Are the Days (1974)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
The Outfit (1973)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1973)
The Girl with Something Extra (1973)
Tom Sawyer (1973)
Hawkins (1973)
The Letters (1973)
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
Ghost Story (1972)
The Paul Lynde Show (1972)
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972)
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
Emergency! (1972)
Skin Game (1971)
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971)
The Man and the City (1971)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Love Hate Love (1971)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Night Gallery (1970)
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
Rabbit, Run (1970)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
The Movie Murderer (1970)
Nanny and the Professor (1970)
Rascal (1969)
Angel in My Pocket (1969)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
Here Come the Brides (1968)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Adam-12 (1968)
The Name of the Game (1968)
The Outsider (1968)
Project X (1968)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
The Crucible (1967)
The Champagne Murders (1967)
The Tammy Grimes Show (1966)
Tarzan (1966)
That Girl (1966)
Never Too Late (1965)
Honey West (1965)
Lost in Space (1965)
The Big Valley (1965)
Profiles in Courage (1964)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Bewitched (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
Channing (1963)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The New Breed (1961)
Angel Baby (1961)
Way Out (1961)
Route 66 (1960)
Outlaws (1960)
Checkmate (1960)
Thriller (1960)
The Bramble Bush (1960)
Cash McCall (1960)
The Untouchables (1959)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Vertigo (1958)
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
The Bad Seed (1956)
Playwrights '56 (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Climax! (1954)
Father Knows Best (1954)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
Taxi (1953)
Mr. Matches (1953)
Gulf Playhouse (1952)
The Lady Says No (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
The Web (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Lights Out (1949)
Suspense (1949)
Studio One (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
This Is the Army (1943)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1912-08-01
Deathday1999-05-17 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceNew Jersey, United States of America
ChildrenJocelyn Jones
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHenry Burk Jones
AwardsTony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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