Personal Info
Birth date
1912-08-01 (113 Years)
Day of death
1999-05-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Also known as
Henry Burk Jones
Генри Джонс
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 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.
Filmography
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.Bonanza
7.512
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The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.The Love Boat
6.3
Overview:
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.Quincy, M.E.
7.509
Overview:
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.Bewitched
7.9
Overview:
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.MacGyver
7.7
Overview:
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.The Virginian
6.344
Overview:
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.Magnum, P.I.
7.297
Overview:
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.Adam-12
6.929
Overview:
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.Climax!
3.273
Overview:
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.Coach
6.702
Overview:
Hayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the ball.Emergency!
7.815
Overview:
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.Lost in Space
7.111
Overview:
The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonise. The voyage is sabotaged time and again by an inept stowaway, Dr. Zachary Smith. The family's spaceship, Jupiter II, also carries a friendly robot who endures an endless stream of abuse from Dr. Smith, but is a trusted companion of young Will RobinsonRobert Montgomery Presents
5.6
Overview:
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.Falcon Crest
5.538
Overview:
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.The Untouchables
7.839
Overview:
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.Wagon Train
6.3
Overview:
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.The Twilight Zone
8.452
Overview:
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.The Six Million Dollar Man
7.257
Overview:
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.Daniel Boone
6.867
Overview:
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.The Philco Television Playhouse
6.286
Overview:
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.822
Overview:
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.Studio One
5
Overview:
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.The Big Valley
6.074
Overview:
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.Gunsmoke
6.558
Overview:
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.Barney Miller
7.311
Overview:
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.Route 66
6.324
Overview:
After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.That Girl
6.258
Overview:
That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York to try to make it big in New York City. Ann has to take a number of offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts. Ted Bessell played her boyfriend Donald Hollinger, a writer for Newsview Magazine; Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp played Lew Marie and Helen Marie, her concerned parents. Bernie Kopell, Ruth Buzzi and Reva Rose played Ann and Donald's friends. That Girl was developed by writers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, who had served as head writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show earlier in the 1960s.The Name of the Game
6.8
Overview:
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.Acting
1995Lightning as Assayer
1994Breathing Lessons as Sam
1992Mastergate as Oral Proctor
1992Grass Roots as Sen. Ben Carr
1990The Grifters as Sims
1990Arachnophobia as Dr. Sam Metcalf
1990Enid Is Sleeping as Old Man
1990Dick Tracy as Night Clerk
1989Nowhere to Run as Judge Culbert
1989Coach (1 Episode) as Mr. Newbower
1987I Married Dora (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1986The Leftovers as Thorndike
1986Sidekicks (1 Episode) as Unknown
1985MacGyver (1 Episode) as Charles 'Papa Chuck' Banning
1985The Comedy Factory (1 Episode) as Morton Waterman
1985Code Name: Foxfire as Phillips
1985Code Name: Foxfire (7 Episodes) as Phillips
1984Murder, She Wrote (1 Episode) as Morris Penroy
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1 Episode) as Barney Dorsey
1983Gun Shy (6 Episodes) as Homer McCoy
1982The Magic Statue as Cyril Carson
1982Filthy Rich (1 Episode) as Unknown
1982Cagney & Lacey (1 Episode) as Unknown
1982Deathtrap as Porter Milgrim
1982Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang as Unknown
1981Falcon Crest (9 Episodes) as B. Riley Wicker
1981California Gold Rush as Joe Gillis
1980Nine to Five as Mr. Hinkle
1980Magnum, P.I. (1 Episode) as The Butler
1980Here's Boomer (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Mrs. Columbo (13 Episodes) as Josh Alden
1979B. J. and the Bear (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978Vega$ (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978Fantasy Island (1 Episode) as Bank Teller
1977The Love Boat (1 Episode) as Frank Jensen
1977CHiPs (1 Episode) as Dutton
1977Tail Gunner Joe as Armitage
1976Quincy, M.E. (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Richard Hawley
1975Phyllis (48 Episodes) as Judge Jonathan Dexter
1975Who Is the Black Dahlia? as Lee Jones
1975Barney Miller (1 Episode) as Father Clement
1975Please Call It Murder as Dr. Vincent
1974Roll, Freddy, Roll! as Theodore Menlo
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1 Episode) as Captain Julian Wells
1974Petrocelli (1 Episode) as Wheaton
1974Run, Joe, Run (1 Episode) as Feeny
1974These Are the Days (16 Episodes) as Unknown
1974The Six Million Dollar Man (1, 2 Episode) as Dr. Dolenz, Dr. Chester Dolenz
1973The Outfit as Doctor
1973Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973The Girl with Something Extra (22 Episodes) as Owen Metcalf
1973Tom Sawyer as Senhor Dobbins
1973Hawkins (1 Episode) as George Davis
1973The Letters as Mailman
1972Pete 'n' Tillie as Mr. Tucker
1972Ghost Story (1 Episode) as Truthers
1972The Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Codge Collier
1972The Paul Lynde Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972Napoleon and Samantha as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
1972Emergency! (1 Episode) as Dr. Alexander Knott
1971Skin Game as Sam Cutler
1971The Day They Hanged Kid Curry as Judge
1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1 Episode) as Dr. Metz
1971The Man and the City (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971Support Your Local Gunfighter as Ez
1971Hitched as Barnstable
1971Love Hate Love as Tom Blunden
1971Alias Smith and Jones (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970Night Gallery (1 Episode) as Malcolm Hample
1970Dirty Dingus Magee as Rev. Green
1970The 48-Hour Mile as Decker
1970Rabbit, Run as Mr. Angstrom
1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Hanson
1970The Movie Murderer as Martin Moss
1970Nanny and the Professor (1 Episode) as Mr. Abercrombie
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Bike Salesman
1969Rascal as Garth Shadwick
1969Angel in My Pocket as Will Sinclair
1969Support Your Local Sheriff! as Henry Jackson
1968Something for a Lonely Man as R.J. Hoferkamp
1968Here Come the Brides (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968The Mod Squad (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Herbert Milne
1968Adam-12 (1 Episode) as Harry Craig
1968The Name of the Game (1, 1 Episode) as Mr. McKim, George
1968The Outsider (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968Project X as Dr. Crowther
1968Stay Away, Joe as Hy Slager
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett (1 Episode) as Preacher Soul
1967The Crucible as Reverend Parris
1967The Champagne Murders as Mr. Clark
1966That Girl (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Tarzan (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966The Tammy Grimes Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965Never Too Late as Dr. Kimbrough
1965Honey West (1 Episode) as Reedy Comfort
1965Lost in Space (1 Episode) as Jeremiah Smith
1965The Big Valley (1 Episode) as General Alderson
1964Profiles in Courage (1 Episode) as Hamilton Fish
1964Daniel Boone (1, 1 Episode) as Landers, Jonas Morgan
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1, 1 Episode) as Vincent Lockridge, Dean Timothy Dwight
1964Bewitched (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre (1 Episode) as Prof. Raymond Shipley
1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Harrison Quentin Filmore
1963Channing (1 Episode) as Dean Fred Baker
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 Episode) as Alex Morrow
1962The Virginian (1 Episode) as Ned Cochran
1961The Investigators (1 Episode) as The Gov
1961The New Breed (1 Episode) as Davidson
1961Angel Baby as Ben Hays
1960Route 66 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Outlaws (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Checkmate (1 Episode) as Ed Thurston, D.A.
1960Thriller (1, 1 Episode) as Erik Borg, Carl Somers
1960The Bramble Bush as Parker Welk
1960Cash McCall as Gil Clark
1959The Untouchables (1 Episode) as Brooks Wells
1959Adventures in Paradise (1 Episode) as Professor Flanders
1959The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as J. Hardy Hempstead
1959Bonanza (1 Episode) as King Arthur / Uncle Leo
1958Vertigo as Coroner
1957The Real McCoys (2 Episodes) as Jed McCoy
1957Wagon Train (1 Episode) as Ben Morrell
19573:10 to Yuma as Alex Potter
1957Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? as Henry Rufus
1956The Girl Can't Help It as Mousie
1956The Girl He Left Behind as Hanson
1956The Bad Seed as Leroy Jessup
1955Playwrights '56 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Wally Long, Harry Parker, George Tiffany, John Treadwell, Miles Cheever
1955Gunsmoke (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Harvey Cagle, Papa Steiffer, J. Luther Gross
1954The Wonderful World of Disney (1 Episode) as Homer McCoy
1954Climax! (1 Episode) as Dr. Barney O'Keefe
1954Father Knows Best (1 Episode) as Mr Kermit
1953Letter to Loretta (1 Episode) as Henry Stokes
1953Taxi as Thorndike (uncredited)
1953Mr. Matches as Mr. Matches
1952The Lady Says No as Potsy
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Sam
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1951Tales of Tomorrow (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1950Lux Video Theatre (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sanford, Jim, Dan
1950The Web (1 Episode) as Unknown
1950Robert Montgomery Presents (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1949Lights Out (1 Episode) as Unknown
1949Suspense (1, 1 Episode) as Man at Train Station, Mr. Matches
1948Studio One (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sloane, Simon Hazlett, Mr. Weaver, St. Barnabas, Sam
1948The Philco Television Playhouse (1 Episode) as Professor Stark-Purvis
1947Kraft Television Theatre (2, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Professor Bowdin
1943This Is the Army as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)