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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Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-08-01
Place of birth
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Vertigo
1958
8.16
Skin Game
1971
6.60
Arachnophobia
1990
6.40
Lightning
1995
0.00
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
7.00
The Outfit
1973
6.80
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
6.00
3:10 to Yuma
1957
7.20
The Bad Seed
1956
7.11
Project X
1968
5.60
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
6.10
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
6.70
Deathtrap
1982
6.70
The Grifters
1990
6.50
The Magic Statue
1982
0.00
Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
4.70
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
6.60
Rascal
1969
5.80
The Champagne Murders
1967
5.50
Angel in My Pocket
1969
5.30
The Leftovers
1986
6.00
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
2.00
Pete 'n' Tillie
1972
5.50
Angel Baby
1961
6.00
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972
5.20
Rabbit, Run
1970
3.50
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975
6.40
This Is the Army
1943
5.77
Never Too Late
1965
5.00
Love Hate Love
1971
5.80
California Gold Rush
1981
5.00
Please Call It Murder
1975
0.00
Taxi
1953
6.40
Tom Sawyer
1973
6.30
The Letters
1973
6.25
Grass Roots
1992
0.00
The Movie Murderer
1970
6.50
Cash McCall
1960
6.00
Mr. Matches
1953
0.00
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
0.00
Nine to Five
1980
6.92
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
1974
6.00
The Bramble Bush
1960
5.50
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
4.00
Something for a Lonely Man
1968
7.40
Nowhere to Run
1989
3.50
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
6.10
Mastergate
1992
2.00
Dick Tracy
1990
6.15
Enid Is Sleeping
1990
4.89
The Lady Says No
1952
4.50
Breathing Lessons
1994
5.40
The Crucible
1967
3.50
Stay Away, Joe
1968
5.30
Hitched
1971
6.00
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971
0.00
The 48-Hour Mile
1970
0.00