Henry Burk Jones (August 1, 1912 â€" May 17, 1999) was an American
actor of stage, film and television.Jones was born in New Jersey, and
was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Helen
(née Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of
Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk, a German immigrant. Jones
attended the Jesuit 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 theater 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. His last Broadway role was in Advise and Consent in
1960-1961.Jones appeared in more than 180 films 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,
Rascal, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Dirty Dingus Magee,
Support Your Local Gunfighter, 9 to 5 and Arachnophobia.
actor of stage, film and television.Jones was born in New Jersey, and
was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Helen
(née Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of
Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk, a German immigrant. Jones
attended the Jesuit 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 theater 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. His last Broadway role was in Advise and Consent in
1960-1961.Jones appeared in more than 180 films 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,
Rascal, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Dirty Dingus Magee,
Support Your Local Gunfighter, 9 to 5 and Arachnophobia.
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