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1934-09-18 · Washington, Pennsylvania, USA · Male

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Eddie Jones (September 18, 1934 – July 6, 2019) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. He appeared in more than two-hundred fifty plays, thirty-five films, and forty television shows.

Early life

Jones was born in Washington, Pennsylvania. He was discovered by an agent after Jones had hitchhiked to California where he was working at a gas station.

Theater

Jones was a member of the InterAct Theatre Company of Los Angeles. After returning back East, he became the understudy for Charles Durning and had roles on Broadway including Jason Miller's original 1972 production of That Championship Season as George Sikowski, and Devour in the Snow (1979) as Sheriff McKinstry. Off-Broadway, he starred in Sam Shepard's original 1978 production of Curse of the Starving Class, originating the role of Ellis. He was regular at Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, and Hudson Guild. Nationally, Jones starred in Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Nick, and won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his role in Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman.

Television

Jones made his screen debut on the television soap opera Young Doctor Malone in 1958 as Dr. Matt Steele. He was known for recurring roles as NYPD Detective Lt. Brannigan in the CBS television series The Equalizer (1989), Clark Kent's father Jonathan Kent in ABC's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997), and Charles Borden (a.k.a. The Official), head of The Agency, in the sci-fi series The Invisible Man (2000). In addition to recurring roles, Jones made guest appearances on Spenser: For Hire (1985, 1988), Cheers (1992), Touched by an Angel (1997), Party of Five (1998), Crossing Jordan (2005), Ghost Whisperer (2005), Veep (2012), and Aquarius (2015).

Film

Jones made his film debut in 1978 as "Blackie" in Bloodbrothers. In the 1980s, he played U.S. Marshal Ned Chippy in Prince of the City (1981), a Cop in Trading Places (1983), and William McKenna in Year of the Dragon (1985). After 1990s roles in The Grifters (1990) and The Rocketeer (1991), he played second baseman Marla's widowed father Dave Hooch in A League of Their Own and Buddy Wallace in Sneakers, both in 1992. In 2003 he starred in Seabiscuit as Samuel Riddle, owner of the horses War Admiral and Man O'War. He also appeared in Return to Me (2000), and The Terminal (2004).

Personal life and death

Eddie Jones resided in Los Angeles, with his wife, director Anita Khanzadian-Jones, whom he married in 1991. He died on July 6, 2019, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a battle with a brain tumour, his wife Anita Jones told TheWrap.

Eddie Jones at the Internet Broadway Database

Eddie Jones at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived)