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 Jesuitrun Saint Josephs 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 Cant Help It 310 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 Smiths cousin in a 1966 episode of Lost In Space Curse Of Cousin Smith great acting by Henry and RJ Hoferkamp in the 1968 madefortelevision 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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