Emrys Jones (actor)

For other people with the same name, see Emrys Jones.
Emrys Jones
Jones in a publicity still for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
Born
John Emrys Whittaker Jones

(1915-09-22)22 September 1915
Manchester, England
Died10 July 1972(1972-07-10) (aged 56)
Johannesburg, South Africa
OccupationActor
Years active1937–1972
Spouses
  • Pauline Bentley
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    ​
    (m. 1946; div. 1963)​
  • Anne Ridler
    ​
    (m. 1963)​

John Emrys Whittaker Jones (22 September 1915 – 10 July 1972) was an English actor.[1][2]

Career

After Jones made his stage debut in Donald Wolfit's company in 1937, his film debut came in Powell and Pressburger's One of Our Aircraft Is Missing in 1942, and he began to develop a career in the British cinema of the 1940s.[3][1] Due to his boyish looks he would often be cast as young innocents in films such as The Wicked Lady (1945), The Rake's Progress (1945), Nicholas Nickleby (1947), and Powell and Pressburger's The Small Back Room (1949).[4]

When Jones was relegated to second features in the 1950s he concentrated on his stage career, maturing into an accomplished character actor in the process. The latter half of his career was mostly spent on television in such programmes as Softly, Softly, Out of the Unknown, Dixon of Dock Green, Doomwatch, Z-Cars, Special Branch, and as 'The Master of the Land of Fiction' in the Doctor Who serial The Mind Robber (1968).[5][6]

Personal life

Jones was married to actresses Pauline Bentley and Anne Ridler. He died of a heart attack in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1972, where he was in a stage production, playing Winston Churchill.[3][7]

Film appearances

Year Title Role Notes
1942 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing Bob Ashley - Radio Operator in B for Bertie
1943 The Shipbuilders Young Naval Officer from HMS Milano
1945 Give Me the Stars Jack Ross
1945 The Wicked Lady Ned Cotterill
1945 The Rake's Progress Bateson Uncredited
1946 Beware of Pity Lt. Joszi Molnar
1947 Nicholas Nickleby Frank Cheeryble
1947 Holiday Camp Michael Halliday
1948 This Was a Woman Terry Russell
1949 The Small Back Room Joe
1949 Dark Secret Chris Merryman
1949 Miss Pilgrim's Progress Vicar
1949 Blue Scar Tom Thomas
1953 Deadly Nightshade Matthews / Barlow
1955 Three Cases of Murder George (segment "You Killed Elizabeth")
1956 The Shield of Faith
1960 The Trials of Oscar Wilde Robbie Ross
1961 Ticket to Paradise Jack Watson
1962 Serena Howard Rogers
1963 On the Run Frank Stewart Episode of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Television

Selected theatre work

References

  1. ^ a b "Emrys Jones". Archived from the original on 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Emrys Jones - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. ^ a b McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Emrys Jones - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  5. ^ "Emrys Jones". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. ^ Braxton, Mark. "The Mind Robber ★★★★". Radio Times. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. ^ "EMRYS JONES". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "Production of Macbeth - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  9. ^ Wearing, J. P. (22 August 2014). The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893061 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Wearing, J. P. (22 August 2014). The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893061 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Dial M. for Murder. By Frederick Knott. (Westminster.) WivEs should » 27 Jun 1952 » The Spectator Archive".
  12. ^ Wearing, J. P. (16 September 2014). The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893085 – via Google Books.