Ken Jones (actor)

{{Infobox person

| name = Ken Jones

| image = Ken_Jones_(actor).jpg

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| birth_name = Kenneth J Jones

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|2|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Liverpool, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|2|13|1930|2|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Prescot, Merseyside, England

| spouse = {{marriage|Sheila Fay|30 October 1964|31 August 2013|end=her death}}

| yearsactive = 1964–2014

}}

Kenneth J Jones (20 February 1930 – 13 February 2014) was an English actor.

Jones was born in Liverpool. After working as a signwriter and performing as an amateur, he trained at RADA.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/feb/16/ken-jones|title=Ken Jones obituary|date=16 February 2014|website=The Guardian}} Known for his roles as 'Horrible' Ives in Porridge{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-26186650|title=Porridge actor Ken Jones, who played 'Horrible' Ives, dies|date=14 February 2014|accessdate=14 February 2014|publisher=BBC News}} and as Rex in The Squirrels, he also appeared in The Liver Birds as Uncle Dermot, in Goodnight Sweetheart as Owen Jones, and in Seconds Out as Dave Locket.

Personal life

Jones was married to the actress Sheila Fay, also a native of Liverpool, from 30 October 1964{{Cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-actor-ken-jones-star-6712170|title=Liverpool actor Ken Jones, star of The Liver Birds and Porridge, dies aged 83|first=Alan|last=Selby|date=14 February 2014|website=liverpoolecho}} until her death on 31 August 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?tag=sheila-fay|title=Wackers, The|publisher=TV Cream|accessdate=13 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222161537/http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?tag=sheila-fay|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}} He died from bowel cancer on 13 February 2014 in a nursing home in Prescot.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

|1969

|The File of the Golden Goose

|Stroud

1971

|Melody

|Mr. Dicks

1971

|Gumshoe

|Labour Exchange Clerk

1979

| Murder by Decree

| Dock Guard

1979

|Porridge

|Ives

1985

|No Surrender

|Ronny

1994

|Stanley's Dragon

|Millington

1996

|Jude

|Mr. Biles

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1962–1974 \|Z-Cars \|Various \|Guest roles (24 episodes)
1963–64 \|ITV Play of the Week \|Garret / Reg \|Episodes: "Double Stakes", "Find Yourself a Mug"
1963–1972 \|Dixon of Dock Green \|Various \|Guest roles (seasons 10–12, 14, 19)
1964 \|{{sortname\|The\|Chase\|nolink=1}} \|Frank Bowles \|TV film
1964–65 \|No Hiding Place \|Luggy Carter / Brooks \|Episodes: "Play on Letters", "Truth or Dare"
1965 \|Theatre 625 \|Kelly \|Episode: "Progress to the Park"
1965 \|R3 \|Eric \|Episode: "And No Birds Sing"
1965–1969 \|{{sortname\|The\|Wednesday Play}} \|Various \|Guest roles (7 episodes)
1966 \|United! \|Arthur Hackforth \|Recurring role (18 episodes)
1966, 1972 \|Thirty Minute Theatre \|Freddie / Ted Humphries \|Episodes: "The Queen Street Girls", "Ten Torrey Canyons"
1966, 1972 \|Play of the Month \|Totmark / Sgt. Lugg \|Episodes: "The Making of Jericho", "The Magistrate"
1967 \|Coronation Street \|Harry Eastham \|Episode: "1.661"
1967, 1970 \|Armchair Theatre \|Mr. Budge / Rickie \|Episodes: "I Am Osango", "Poor Mother"
1968 \|{{sortname\|The\|First Lady\|The First Lady (UK TV series)}} \|Woodley \|Episode: "Ministry Approved"
1968 \|Softly Softly \|Henderson \|Episode: "Red Herring"
1968 \|The Golden Vision \| Joe \|The Wednesday Play
1968–69 \|Her Majesty's Pleasure \|Leslie Mills \|TV series
1969 \|ITV Sunday Night Theatre \|Alf \|Episode: "Hazel and Her New Gas Cooker"
1969 \|Wink to Me Only \|Jack \|Episode: "The Council Wears Earrings"
1969 \|{{sortname\|The\|Expert\|The Expert (TV series)}} \|Walker \|Episode: "No Home in the City"
1970 \|Germinal \|Rasseneur \|TV miniseries
1970 \|W. Somerset Maugham \|Horn \|Episode: "Rain"
1970 \|Scene \|Mr. Potter \|Episode: "£60 Single, £100 Return"
1970 \|Grady \|John Dayton \|Episode: "Look, I'm Nobody"
1970–71 \|Coronation Street \|Arthur Burrows \|Guest role (4 episodes)
1971 \|Long Voyage Out of War \|Andy Ipps \|Episode: "The Gentle Invasion"
1971 \|{{sortname\|The\|Guardians\|The Guardians (British TV series)}} \|Sam Wilson \|Episode: "The Logical Approach"
1971–72 \|{{sortname\|The\|Last of the Baskets}} \|Clifford Basket \|Main role
1972 \|{{sortname\|The\|Liver Birds}} \|Uncle Dermot \|Episodes: "Birds on the Dole", "Birds on Strike", "Liverpool or Everton"
1972 \|{{sortname\|The\|Adventures of Black Beauty}} \|Mr. Fox \|Episode: "The Horsemen"
1973 \|Look and Read \|Mr. West \|Episode: "Joe and the Sheep Rustlers: Part 1"
1973 \|Owen, M.D. \|Ivor Bevan \|Episode: "September Song!"
1973 \|Hunter's Walk \|Philips \|Episode: "The Old Folks at Home"
1974 \|Thriller \|Sam \|Episode: "I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill"
1974 \|Boy Dominic \|Samuel Weatherbane \|Episodes: "Sermons and Snuff", "Ghost in Greenwich", "Lady Bulman Regrets"
1974–75 \|Porridge \|Bernard 'Horrible' Ives \|Guest role (seasons 1–2)
1974–1977 \|{{sortname\|The\|Squirrels\|The Squirrels (TV series)}} \|Rex \|Main role
1975 \|{{sortname\|The\|Wackers\|nolink=1}} \|Billy Clarkson \|TV series
1977 \|Jesus of Nazareth \|Jotham \|TV miniseries
1978 \|Rumpole of the Bailey \|Charlie Wheeler \|Episode: "Rumpole and the Learned Friends"
1979 \|All Day on the Sands \|Mr. Cattley \|TV film
1980 \|The Nesbitts Are Coming \|Det. Sgt. Arnold Nixon \|TV series
1981 \|Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective \|Mr. Norris \|TV film
1981–82 \|Seconds Out \|Dave Locket \|TV series
1982 \|Dead Ernest \|Archangel Derek \|Main role
1983–84 \|Struggle \|Stanley \|Episodes: "One Step Forward Two Steps Back", "Art for the Workers' Sake"
1985 \|Behind the Bike Sheds \|Whistle Willie \|TV series
1986 \|That Uncertain Feeling \|Salter \|Episode: "1.3"
1986 \|Prospects \|Mr. Lambert \|Episode: "Running All the Way: Part 1"
1987 \|Imaginary Friends \|Ed Novar \|TV miniseries
1987–88 \|Valentine Park \|Tom \|TV series
1988 \|Turn on to T-Bag \|Prof. Sparkes \|Episodes: "Sparkes", "Turn on to T-Bag"
1989 \|Act of Will \|Dr. Stalkey \|Episode: "1.1"
1989 \|Boon \|Ben Seymour \|Episode: "All in a Day's Pork"
1991 \|Watching \|Uncle Bernard \|Episodes: "Wining", "Fixing", "Straying"
1996 \|Goodnight Sweetheart \|Owen Jones \|Episode: "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"
1996 \|{{sortname\|The\|Detectives\|The Detectives (1993 TV series)}} \|King Harold \|Episode: "Fur Coat, No Knickers"
1996 \|Murder Most Horrid \|Mr. Belling \|Episode: "The Body Politic"
1996 \|Peak Practice \|Edward Fellows \|Episode: "A New Life"
1996, 2000 \|Casualty \|Len Chesham / George Bryant \|Episodes: "Relative Values", "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
1997–98 \|Out of Sight \|Grandad \|Episodes: "Giving Trouble", "Moment of Truth"
1998 \|Mosley \|J. H. Thomas \|Episodes: "Rules of the Game", "Breaking the Mould"
1998 \|{{sortname\|A\|Certain Justice}} \|Harry Naughton \|Episodes: "1.1", "1.2", "1.3"
2000, 2007 \|Doctors \|Ken / Roy Balcombe \|Episodes: "Second Time Around", "Born and Bread"
2003 \|Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher \|Bernard Ives \|TV film
2005 \|{{sortname\|The\|4400}} \|Matthew Lombard \|Episode: "The Fifth Page"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1962–1974

|Z-Cars

|Various

|Guest roles (24 episodes)

1963–64

|ITV Play of the Week

|Garret / Reg

|Episodes: "Double Stakes", "Find Yourself a Mug"

1963–1972

|Dixon of Dock Green

|Various

|Guest roles (seasons 10–12, 14, 19)

1964

|{{sortname|The|Chase|nolink=1}}

|Frank Bowles

|TV film

1964–65

|No Hiding Place

|Luggy Carter / Brooks

|Episodes: "Play on Letters", "Truth or Dare"

1965

|Theatre 625

|Kelly

|Episode: "Progress to the Park"

1965

|R3

|Eric

|Episode: "And No Birds Sing"

1965–1969

|{{sortname|The|Wednesday Play}}

|Various

|Guest roles (7 episodes)

1966

|United!

|Arthur Hackforth

|Recurring role (18 episodes)

1966, 1972

|Thirty Minute Theatre

|Freddie / Ted Humphries

|Episodes: "The Queen Street Girls", "Ten Torrey Canyons"

1966, 1972

|Play of the Month

|Totmark / Sgt. Lugg

|Episodes: "The Making of Jericho", "The Magistrate"

1967

|Coronation Street

|Harry Eastham

|Episode: "1.661"

1967, 1970

|Armchair Theatre

|Mr. Budge / Rickie

|Episodes: "I Am Osango", "Poor Mother"

1968

|{{sortname|The|First Lady|The First Lady (UK TV series)}}

|Woodley

|Episode: "Ministry Approved"

1968

|Softly Softly

|Henderson

|Episode: "Red Herring"

1968

|The Golden Vision

| Joe

|The Wednesday Play

1968–69

|Her Majesty's Pleasure

|Leslie Mills

|TV series

1969

|ITV Sunday Night Theatre

|Alf

|Episode: "Hazel and Her New Gas Cooker"

1969

|Wink to Me Only

|Jack

|Episode: "The Council Wears Earrings"

1969

|{{sortname|The|Expert|The Expert (TV series)}}

|Walker

|Episode: "No Home in the City"

1970

|Germinal

|Rasseneur

|TV miniseries

1970

|W. Somerset Maugham

|Horn

|Episode: "Rain"

1970

|Scene

|Mr. Potter

|Episode: "£60 Single, £100 Return"

1970

|Grady

|John Dayton

|Episode: "Look, I'm Nobody"

1970–71

|Coronation Street

|Arthur Burrows

|Guest role (4 episodes)

1971

|Long Voyage Out of War

|Andy Ipps

|Episode: "The Gentle Invasion"

1971

|{{sortname|The|Guardians|The Guardians (British TV series)}}

|Sam Wilson

|Episode: "The Logical Approach"

1971–72

|{{sortname|The|Last of the Baskets}}

|Clifford Basket

|Main role

1972

|{{sortname|The|Liver Birds}}

|Uncle Dermot

|Episodes: "Birds on the Dole", "Birds on Strike", "Liverpool or Everton"

1972

|{{sortname|The|Adventures of Black Beauty}}

|Mr. Fox

|Episode: "The Horsemen"

1973

|Look and Read

|Mr. West

|Episode: "Joe and the Sheep Rustlers: Part 1"

1973

|Owen, M.D.

|Ivor Bevan

|Episode: "September Song!"

1973

|Hunter's Walk

|Philips

|Episode: "The Old Folks at Home"

1974

|Thriller

|Sam

|Episode: "I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill"

1974

|Boy Dominic

|Samuel Weatherbane

|Episodes: "Sermons and Snuff", "Ghost in Greenwich", "Lady Bulman Regrets"

1974–75

|Porridge

|Bernard 'Horrible' Ives

|Guest role (seasons 1–2)

1974–1977

|{{sortname|The|Squirrels|The Squirrels (TV series)}}

|Rex

|Main role

1975

|{{sortname|The|Wackers|nolink=1}}

|Billy Clarkson

|TV series

1977

|Jesus of Nazareth

|Jotham

|TV miniseries

1978

|Rumpole of the Bailey

|Charlie Wheeler

|Episode: "Rumpole and the Learned Friends"

1979

|All Day on the Sands

|Mr. Cattley

|TV film

1980

|The Nesbitts Are Coming

|Det. Sgt. Arnold Nixon

|TV series

1981

|Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

|Mr. Norris

|TV film

1981–82

|Seconds Out

|Dave Locket

|TV series

1982

|Dead Ernest

|Archangel Derek

|Main role

1983–84

|Struggle

|Stanley

|Episodes: "One Step Forward Two Steps Back", "Art for the Workers' Sake"

1985

|Behind the Bike Sheds

|Whistle Willie

|TV series

1986

|That Uncertain Feeling

|Salter

|Episode: "1.3"

1986

|Prospects

|Mr. Lambert

|Episode: "Running All the Way: Part 1"

1987

|Imaginary Friends

|Ed Novar

|TV miniseries

1987–88

|Valentine Park

|Tom

|TV series

1988

|Turn on to T-Bag

|Prof. Sparkes

|Episodes: "Sparkes", "Turn on to T-Bag"

1989

|Act of Will

|Dr. Stalkey

|Episode: "1.1"

1989

|Boon

|Ben Seymour

|Episode: "All in a Day's Pork"

1991

|Watching

|Uncle Bernard

|Episodes: "Wining", "Fixing", "Straying"

1996

|Goodnight Sweetheart

|Owen Jones

|Episode: "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"

1996

|{{sortname|The|Detectives|The Detectives (1993 TV series)}}

|King Harold

|Episode: "Fur Coat, No Knickers"

1996

|Murder Most Horrid

|Mr. Belling

|Episode: "The Body Politic"

1996

|Peak Practice

|Edward Fellows

|Episode: "A New Life"

1996, 2000

|Casualty

|Len Chesham / George Bryant

|Episodes: "Relative Values", "No More Mr. Nice Guy"

1997–98

|Out of Sight

|Grandad

|Episodes: "Giving Trouble", "Moment of Truth"

1998

|Mosley

|J. H. Thomas

|Episodes: "Rules of the Game", "Breaking the Mould"

1998

|{{sortname|A|Certain Justice}}

|Harry Naughton

|Episodes: "1.1", "1.2", "1.3"

2000, 2007

|Doctors

|Ken / Roy Balcombe

|Episodes: "Second Time Around", "Born and Bread"

2003

|Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

|Bernard Ives

|TV film

2005

|{{sortname|The|4400}}

|Matthew Lombard

|Episode: "The Fifth Page"

References

External links

{{IMDb name}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20170616114254/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ee25777 Ken Jones] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}

Category:1930 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer in England

Category:English male television actors

Category:Male actors from Liverpool

Category:20th-century English male actors

Category:21st-century English male actors