Jeffrey Jones' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Deadwood A.W. Merrick If Tomorrow Comes Budge Holla… The People Next Door Walter Kell…

Main Movie Roles 2007 - Who's Your Caddy? 2001 - How High 2001 - Dr. Dolittle 2 2001 - Heartbreakers 1999 - Stuart Little 1999 - Sleepy Hollow 1999 - Ravenous 1997 - The Devil's Advocate 1997 - The Pest 1996 - The Crucible 1995 - Houseguest 1994 - Ed Wood 1993 - Heaven & Earth 1992 - Mom and Dad Save the World 1990 - The Hunt for Red October 1989 - Valmont 1989 - Who's Harry Crumb? 1988 - Without a Clue 1986 - Howard the Duck 1986 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1985 - Transylvania 6-5000 1984 - Amadeus 1983 - Easy Money

BIOGRAPHY:

Jeffrey Duncan Jones was born in Buffalo, New York. He is a very tall, fair-haired character actor who is recognized all over for his excellent work. He is a veteran stage actor having such plays as "The Elephant Man" and Neil Simon (I)'s "London Suite" under his belt. His first film role was in The Revolutionary (1970).


TRIVIA:

• In November 2002, after having been accused of hiring a 14-year-old boy to pose for sexually explicit photographs, Jones was charged with one felony count of employing a minor for purposes of taking sexually explicit photos and a misdemeanour count of possessing child pornography and released on $20,000 bail. In July 2003, after pleading no contest to the felony charge, he was placed on a sex offender register, given five years probation and ordered to undergo counselling. The misdemeanour charge of possession or control of child pornography was dropped.
• He went to London in 1969 to attend the London Academy of Dramatic Art for four years. Afterwards, he ventured to Canada to perform with the Stratford Theater, in Ontario, for three years.
• Used the same, chilling voice in the _"Tales from the Crypt" (1989)_ (qv) episode (Season 5, Episode 9: Creep Course 10 November 1993) as he did as the possessed Dr. Walter Jenning in _Howard the Duck (1986)_ (qv).
• He's the son of an art historian.
• Member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.
• Attended and graduated from high school in Putney, Vermont.
• In 1974, he joined the famed Actors Theater of Louisville for roles ranging from 'William Shakespeare (I)' (qv) to "Frankenstein".
• Godfather of Corey Frakes.