Christopher Jones
Christopher Jones was born in Jackson, Tennessee, United States on August 18th, 1941 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 72, Christopher Jones biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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William Frank Jones, better known as Christopher Jones (August 18, 1941 – January 31, 2014), was an American stage, movie, and television actor.
Early life
He was born in Jackson, Tennessee, where his father was a grocery clerk and his mother, Robbie, was an artist. Jones's father and aunt admitted her to the state hospital in Bolivar, Tennessee, in 1945. Jones and his brother were then placed in Boys Town in Memphis, where he became a fan of James Dean after being told he bore a resemblance to him. He then joined the Army, but went AWOL, and after serving a sentence in a military prison, he moved to New York City, where he began his acting career. His mother died when he was 19.
Later life
Jones was offered the part of Zed in Pulp Fiction (1994) by director Quentin Tarantino, but he turned it down. He made a final screen appearance in crime comedy Mad Dog Time (1996) for his friend, director/actor Larry Bishop, who had appeared in Wild in the Streets. In his later years, Jones had a career as an artist and sculptor. His works included an oil painting of Rudolph Valentino that was displayed at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Acting career
Jones (having adopted the stage name Christopher) made his Broadway debut in Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Irmians, directed by Frank Corsaro and starring Shelley Winters. Susan Strasberg, the daughter of method acting progenitor Lee Strasberg, was introduced to Jones by Winters. Jones spent time at Strasberg's Actors Studio. Jones married Susan in 1965, but the couple divorced in 1968. Jennifer Robin Jones Jones Jones, their daughter, was born in 1966.
Jones was cast in the title role of ABC's television series The Legend of Jesse James, which aired for 34 episodes from 1965 to 1966. He accepted the lead role in the film Chubasco (1967) with Susan Strasberg as his character's lover/wife when the series ended. Their true marriages did not survive the filming, and they divorced in 1968.
Max Frost, a rock star and presidential aspirant, appeared in the influential cult film Wild in the Streets (1968), co-starring Shelley Winters, Hal Holbrook, and Richard Pryor. Jones appeared in the Attic later this year alongside Yvette Mimieux in the sex comedy Three.
Joones appeared in Ryan's Daughter (1970), after two films in Europe with Pia Degermark—The Looking Glass War and Brief Season, both 1970. The two men had a difficult relationship; this was the case for several actors who worked with Lean. When the film was made, the difficulties multiplied rather than the anticipated six months, because Lean would wait for the right combination of clouds or the perfect storm to brew. According to Sarah Miles' first autobiography, A Right Royal Bastard, he was drugged during his filming of Ryan's Daughter, causing him to believe he was having a breakdown. Jones was also involved in a car accident, but was unaware he had been drugged. He was never warned by the producer and producers that he had been aware of the drug use. Lean Later, Lean decided to have Julian Holloway re-record all of Jones' lines in post-production, a move taken by Degermark for The Looking Glass War. Jones didn't get any good news despite this personal toll on him. Jones returned to California after filming ended, living for a while in his manager's guest house, the cottage behind 10050 Cielo Drive, where Sharon Tate had been murdered and barred from acting, and he's decided against acting. He had a few long-term relationships, began painting and sculpting, and lived peacefully at the beach with his children.