Henry Jones' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Flo Harold I Married Dora Hughes Whit… Mrs. Columbo Josh Alden Phyllis Judge Jonat… The Girl with Something Extra Owen Metcalf Alcoa Premiere Dean Baker Code Name: Foxfire Phillips These Are the Days Jeff Day The Tammy Grimes Show Commander M… We'll Get By Grandpa

Main Movie Roles 1990 - The Grifters 1990 - Arachnophobia 1990 - Dick Tracy 1982 - Deathtrap 1980 - Nine to Five 1973 - The Outfit 1973 - Tom Sawyer 1972 - Napoleon and Samantha 1971 - Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971 - Skin Game 1970 - Dirty Dingus Magee 1969 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1968 - Project X 1960 - Cash McCall 1958 - Vertigo 1957 - 3:10 To Yuma 1957 - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? 1956 - The Girl Can't Help It 1956 - The Bad Seed 1943 - This Is the Army

BIOGRAPHY:

Henry Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he graduated from St. Jospeh's College. His Broadway debut was in 1938 in 'Maurice Evans'' "Hamlet" (Reynaldo and the second gravedigger). He served in the army in World War II. His highly reviewed stage appearances included the murdered handyman in "The Bad Seed," which he reprised in the film version (The Bad Seed (1956)), and the part of Louis Howe, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's confidant in Sunrise at Campobello (1960). Though very ordinary in appearance ("The casting directors didn't know what to do with me. I was never tall enough or good looking enough to play juvenile leads"), he had a long and varied career on Broadway, in movies and television. His parts included a wide range of second-string roles (ministers, judges, janitors), often with a dark and even frightening underside. His television career, which included over 150 appearances, began early, in 1950. Though his movies included such well-known titles as Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Grifters (1990), and Dick Tracy (1990) no doubt his most recognizable screen performance was in the brief role of the methodical, nearly cruel coroner in Alfred Hitchcock (I)'s Vertigo (1958). He lived in Santa Monica, CA, and died 17 May 1999, aged 86, at the UCLA Medical Center.


TRIVIA:

• Won Broadway's 1958 Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Sunrise at Campobello."
• Jones amassed a considerable stage resume. He was active on Broadway as early as 1931, working there rather infrequently until late 1938 when his appearance there began to increase. He continued to appear on Broadway in numerous hit productions ("My Sister Eileen," "The Solid Gold Cadillac," "The Bad Seed," "Sunrise at Campobello," and "Advise and Consent") until 1961 when he moved into film and TV work exclusively.
• Daughter is actress and acting teacher 'Jocelyn Jones (I)' (qv)
• He was a favorite of 'Alfred Hitchcock (I)' (qv).