Cast & creator
Henry Jones
Best known for MacGyver, Bonanza, The Love Boat
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.
Also known as: Henry Burk Jones, Генри Джонс
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television credits
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1943–1995 · acting roles
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Filmography (182)
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MacGyver
Charles 'Papa Chuck' Banning
1985
Bonanza
King Arthur / Uncle Leo
1959
The Love Boat
Frank Jensen
1977
Magnum, P.I.
The Butler
1980
Falcon Crest
B. Riley Wicker
1981
Bewitched
1964
Wagon Train
Ben Morrell
1957
Adam-12
Harry Craig
1968
Murder, She Wrote
Morris Penroy
1984
Quincy, M.E.
1976Quincy, M.E.
Richard Hawley
1976
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Alex Morrow
1962
Coach
Mr. Newbower
1989
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Barney Miller
Father Clement
1975
Climax!
Dr. Barney O'Keefe
1954
The Virginian
Ned Cochran
1962
Studio One
Sloane
1948Studio One
Simon Hazlett
1948Studio One
Mr. Weaver
1948Studio One
St. Barnabas
1948Studio One
Sam
1948
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Dolenz
1974The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Chester Dolenz
1974
Emergency!
Dr. Alexander Knott
1972
The Twilight Zone
J. Hardy Hempstead
1959
The Untouchables
Brooks Wells
1959
Daniel Boone
Landers
1964Daniel Boone
Jonas Morgan
1964
The Philco Television Playhouse
Professor Stark-Purvis
1948
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mr. Arnell
1970
The Big Valley
General Alderson
1965
Burke's Law
Harrison Quentin Filmore
1963
Lost in Space
Jeremiah Smith
1965
Fantasy Island
Bank Teller
1978
Route 66
1960
The Name of the Game
Mr. McKim
1968The Name of the Game
George
1968
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Barney Dorsey
1983
Night Gallery
Malcolm Hample
1970
Father Knows Best
Mr Kermit
1954
That Girl
1966
Gunsmoke
Harvey Cagle
1955Gunsmoke
Papa Steiffer
1955Gunsmoke
J. Luther Gross
1955
Kraft Television Theatre
1947Kraft Television Theatre
Professor Bowdin
1947
The Partridge Family
Mr. Phelps
1970
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Dr. Sprague
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Prof. Raymond Shipley
1963
Vega$
1978
Adventures in Paradise
Professor Flanders
1959
The Real McCoys
Jed McCoy
1957
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Vincent Lockridge
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dean Timothy Dwight
1964
Thriller
Erik Borg
1960Thriller
Carl Somers
1960
The Mod Squad
1968The Mod Squad
Herbert Milne
1968
Suspense
Man at Train Station
1949Suspense
Mr. Matches
1949
Nanny and the Professor
Mr. Abercrombie
1970
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Wally Long
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Harry Parker
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
George Tiffany
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
John Treadwell
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Miles Cheever
1955
Checkmate
Ed Thurston, D.A.
1960
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Preacher Soul
1967
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Captain Julian Wells
1974
Outlaws
1960
Lights Out
1949
Tarzan
1966
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Dr. Metz
1971
CHiPs
Dutton
1977Lux Video Theatre
Sanford
1950Lux Video Theatre
Jim
1950Lux Video Theatre
Dan
1950
Honey West
Reedy Comfort
1965
Ghost Story
Truthers
1972
Tales of Tomorrow
1951Danger
1950
Petrocelli
Wheaton
1974
Vertigo
Coroner
1958
B. J. and the Bear
1979
The New Breed
Davidson
1961
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Bike Salesman
1969
You Are There
William Savage
1953
Startime
Byrnes
1959
The Wonderful World of Disney
Homer McCoy
1954
The Second Hundred Years
Langston Barnes
1967
Here Come the Brides
1968
The Comedy Factory
Morton Waterman
1985
The Outsider
1968
Letter to Loretta
Henry Stokes
1953Profiles in Courage
Hamilton Fish
1964
Nine to Five
Mr. Hinkle
1980
Mrs. Columbo
Josh Alden
1979
The Investigators
The Gov
1961
Here's Boomer
1981Playwrights '56
1955
Supertrain
James Malinson
1979
Sidekicks
1986
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
Filthy Rich
1982
3:10 to Yuma
Alex Potter
1957
Phyllis
Jonathan Dexter
1975
Hawkins
George Davis
1973
Run, Joe, Run
Feeny
1974
Channing
Dean Fred Baker
1963
Dick Tracy
Night Clerk
1990
The Girl with Something Extra
Owen Metcalf
1973The Web
1950
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973
The Bad Seed
Leroy Jessup
1956
These Are the Days
1974I Married Dora
Hughes Whitney Lennox
1987
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sam
1951
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Henry Jackson
1969The Man and the City
1971
The Grifters
Sims
1990
Arachnophobia
Dr. Sam Metcalf
1990
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
The Girl Can't Help It
Mousie
1956
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Ez
1971
Deathtrap
Porter Milgrim
1982
Tom Sawyer
Senhor Dobbins
1973
Gun Shy
Homer McCoy
1983
The Outfit
Doctor
1973
The Tammy Grimes Show
1966
The Champagne Murders
Mr. Clark
1967
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Henry Rufus
1957
This Is the Army
Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
1943
Enid Is Sleeping
Old Man
1990
Stay Away, Joe
Hy Slager
1968
Skin Game
Sam Cutler
1971
Dirty Dingus Magee
Rev. Green
1970
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Lee Jones
1975
Code Name: Foxfire
Phillips
1985
Angel in My Pocket
Will Sinclair
1969
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
Judge
1971
Project X
Dr. Crowther
1968
The Girl He Left Behind
Hanson
1956
Tail Gunner Joe
Armitage
1977
Mastergate
Oral Proctor
1992
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Hanson
1970
Something for a Lonely Man
R.J. Hoferkamp
1968
Napoleon and Samantha
Mr. Amos Gutteridge
1972
Pete 'n' Tillie
Mr. Tucker
1972
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Codge Collier
1972
The Letters
Mailman
1973
Cash McCall
Gil Clark
1960
The Movie Murderer
Martin Moss
1970
Grass Roots
Sen. Ben Carr
1992
Breathing Lessons
Sam
1994The Mystery of Thirteen
Walter Palmer
1957
The Bramble Bush
Parker Welk
1960
Love Hate Love
Tom Blunden
1971
The Lady Says No
Potsy
1952Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
1954
Please Call It Murder
Dr. Vincent
1975
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
Angel Baby
Ben Hays
1961
The 48-Hour Mile
Decker
1970
Rabbit, Run
Mr. Angstrom
1970
Picture Windows: Lightning
Assayer
1995
The Leftovers
Thorndike
1986
The Crucible
Reverend Parris
1967
Never Too Late
Dr. Kimbrough
1965
Rascal
Garth Shadwick
1969
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
Theodore Menlo
1974
Nowhere to Run
Judge Culbert
1989
Mr. Matches
Mr. Matches
1953
The Magic Statue
Cyril Carson
1982
Hitched
Barnstable
1973
Taxi
Thorndike (uncredited)
1953
The Best Years
Dean Baker
1963
California Gold Rush
Joe Gillis
1981Code Name: Foxfire
Phillips
1985