John Emrys Whittaker Jones (22 September 1915 – 10 July 1972) was an English actor.
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. 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).
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).
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.
Film appearances Year Title Role Notes1942 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 Uncredited1946 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 1966 Bat Out of Hell - Walter Bowen - (five episodes) 1968 Doctor Who: The Mind Robber - The Master - (five episodes) 1971 Paul Temple - Edward Caine - (episode: "The Specialists")
Selected theatre work Macbeth (1942) directed by John Gielgud at the Piccadilly Theatre (as Malcolm) Flare Path (1942) Original production at the Apollo Theatre, (as Flight Lieutenant Teddy Graham) The Hasty Heart (1945) Original production at the Aldwych Theatre (as Lachlen) Dial M for Murder (1952) Original West End production at the Westminster Theatre (as Tony Wendice) Albertine by Moonlight (1956) at the Westminster Theatre (as Mac)
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