Biography

On stage from 1921, screen from 1932, latterly as a balding character actor. Best known for aristocratic portrayals and as the crazed scientist of Seven Days to Noon (1950). Retired in 1966.

Educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey (1902-09). At the age of seven, he attempted to join a touring Shakespearean troupe. On leaving scholl he joined P&O and B.I Steam Navigation Companies in Guernsey. At the outbreak of World War I he enlisted as a private before commissioning with the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, transferring to the Royal Irish Fusiliers in July 1915. The Fusilers were mobilised to France in January 1916 where he was seriously wounded, returning to Guernsey to recuperate from his injuries. He returned to France once again in April 1918, this time with the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry as Recreational Training Officer, serving at General Headquarters , Montreuil. He was demobilised in 1921.

Life partner of actor and writer Maurice Colbourne. Jones appeared in the title role in Colbourne's play 'Charles the King' at the Lyric Theatre in London in 1936. They appeared together in the film version of Shaw's "Arms And The Man" playing the romantic rivals Bluntschli and Saranoff.

The top 2 joints of the little finger of his left hand are missing as can be seen in the film The 39 Steps (1959).