Biography for
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Date of Birth

28 September 1946, Buffalo, New York, USA

Birth Name

Jeffrey Duncan Jones

Height

6' 4½" (1.94 m)

Mini 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's "London Suite" under his belt. His first film role was in The Revolutionary (1970).

IMDb Mini Biography By: Alex G. Bowman <bowmaag@wku.edu>

Trivia

Father of actor Julian Coutts.

Attended Lawrence University.

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.

Member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.

In 1967, his performance in a Lawrence University production of "Hobson's Choice" brought him to the attention of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, who invited him to join the prestigious Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Played "Hamlet" in second grade.

Attended and graduated from high school in Putney, Vermont.

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.

In 1974, he joined the famed Actors Theater of Louisville for roles ranging from William Shakespeare to "Frankenstein".

Used the same, chilling voice in the "Tales from the Crypt" (1989) episode, "Tales from the Crypt: Creep Course (#5.9)" (1993) (10 November 1993), as he did as the possessed "Dr. Walter Jenning" in Howard the Duck (1986).

Godfather of Corey Frakes.

He's the son of an art historian.

Originally planned on a career in medicine.

Personal Quotes

My intentions as an actor are always to make whatever I'm doing work. I look for the piece to be good as a whole and then, hopefully, to have something good for myself as an actor. I've always been intent on giving to both the project and myself.

I didn't so much learn how to act at the London Academy as I did about speech, movement and how to relax. Their attitude was that the acting was basically up to you.

I don't think I have a particular style or acting technique. What I think I have is the ability to fiddle with my own character and make it do different things.

Where Are They Now

(April 2005) Sarasota, Florida.