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Norman Jones (actor)
English actor (1932–2013) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Norman Jones (16 June 1932[1] – 23 April 2013) was an English actor, primarily known for his work on television.
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Early life
A native of Shropshire, Norman Jones was born at Donnington, son of coal miner Clar (sic) and his wife Florrie Jones. He was educated at Adams' Grammar School, Newport, Shropshire.[1] He took part in local amateur dramatics in Donnington and was employed as a cost clerk at the Lilleshall Company and Sankey's in the area.
Career
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Jones began his acting career at Birmingham Repertory Theatre,[1] and commenced a screen career in 1962, the year of his 30th birthday.[2]
Over the following 26 years he appeared in numerous episodes of British TV series. This included three Doctor Who serials — The Abominable Snowmen (1967, as Khrisong), Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, as Major Baker) and The Masque of Mandragora (1976, as Hieronymous).[3] He also appeared in Crossroads (as milkman Ralph Palmer) and The Professionals. In The Sweeney he was cast as Detective Inspector Perrault in the 1976 episode "Bad Apple".[2] He also played another detective, Chief Inspector Bell, in the first series of Inspector Morse, broadcast in 1987.[4]
Jones had roles in films including You Only Live Twice (1967), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970), and The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971).[4]
Jones played Nicholas Higgins in the 1975 TV serial North and South.[5] He also played Ernest Defarge in the 1980 TV adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities.[6]
Jones also appeared in the title role of The Crooked Man in the Granada Television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.[7] His last appearance was in the 1988 shot-on-video British independent production, The Assassinator (released on DVD as Hitman).[8]
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Personal life and death
Jones lived and worked in the United States for a time, as well as in Manchester, Birmingham and London, before settling in Newport, Shropshire. He died, after a heart attack, at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford on 23 April 2013, aged 80. He was cremated at Telford Crematorium.[1][9]
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