Mark Jones (actor)

Mark Jones (22 April 1939 – 14 January 2010) was an English actor, who appeared frequently in various films and television series.[1]

Mark Jones
Born22 April 1939
England, UK
Died14 January 2010(2010-01-14) (aged 70)
Shropshire, England, UK

Credits include: A Family at War, Z-Cars, Van der Valk, Doctor Who (in the serial The Seeds of Doom), The New Avengers, The Onedin Line, Target, Secret Army, Tales of the Unexpected, Buccaneer, Blott on the Landscape, Casualty, Call Me Mister and Dempsey and Makepeace.[2]

He also appeared in the films Tell Me Lies (1968), Connecting Rooms (1970), Under Milk Wood (1972), Layout for 5 Models (1972), Keep It Up, Jack (1973, title role), The Sexplorer (1975), Secrets of a Superstud (1976), The Medusa Touch (1978), Can I Come Too? (1979), Bear Island (1979), Don't Open till Christmas (1984), and the Star Wars saga film The Empire Strikes Back (1980).[3][1]

On stage he worked with the RSC several times, including in Peter Brook's production of Marat/Sade at the Aldwych Theatre in 1964, and in its Broadway transfer the following year.[4][5] He also appeared in the film version.[6]

Did two years National Service at S.H.A.P.E. Paris 1959-61.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1945Meet Sexton BlakeBarman
1967Marat/SadeMother
1968Tell Me LiesMark
1970M*A*S*HMinor RoleUncredited
1970Connecting RoomsJohnny
1972Under Milk WoodEvans the Death
1972Layout for 5 ModelsDavid
1974Keep It Up, JackJack
1975The SexplorerLecher
1976Secrets of a SuperstudPeter
1978The Medusa TouchSgt. Hughes
1979Bear IslandCook
1979Can I Come Too?Freddy Lawrence
1980The Empire Strikes BackCommander Nemet (Imperial Officer)
19814D Special AgentsSgt. Bowman
1983Invitation to the WeddingCustoms Officer
1984Don't Open till ChristmasDetective Sergeant Powell
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References
  1. "Mark Jones". BFI.
  2. "Mark Jones". www.aveleyman.com.
  3. "Mark Jones | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  4. "Mark Jones | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  5. "The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  6. "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1966)". BFI.


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