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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 39
Top works
- Alice's Friendship Bench
- I'm Just Saying...
- Religion of Gold
- Greater Things
- Words I Speak
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Buffalo, New York, USA
Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American character actor, best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus (1984), Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), Dr. Skip Tyler in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Eddie Barzoon in The Devil's Advocate (1997), and A. W. Merrick in both Deadwood (2004–2006) and Deadwood: The…
Known for
- Deadwood: The Movie — A. W. Merrick2019
- 10.0 Earthquake — Gladstone2014
- Hemingway & Gellhorn — Charles Colebaugh (uncredited)2012
- Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off — Self2011
- Who's Your Caddy? — Richard Cummings2007
- Who Is Ferris Bueller? — Self2006
- The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories — Self2006
- Deadwood — A. W. Merrick2004
- Deadwood — A.W. Merrick2004
- Stuart Little: The Animated Series — Uncle Crenshaw Little (voice)2003
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1931-09-12
- Active to
- 2013-04-26
Discography
- Grand Ole Opry’s New Star George Jones Country Song Hits1956
- Sings 14 Top Country Favorites1957
- Country Church Time1959
- George Jones Sings White Lightning and Other Favorites1959
- George Jones Salutes Hank Williams1960
- The Crown Prince of Country Music1960
- Duets Country Style1962
- Sings Bob Wills1962
- Sings Country and Western Hits1962
- Sings the Hits of His Country Cousins1962
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26
- Total plays
- 167
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,538x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,949x
- The Relational View: Cooperative Strategy and Sources of Interorganizational Competitive Advantage
· 1998 · cited 25,226x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,577x
- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
· 2005 · cited 21,982x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Jeffrey Duncan Jones , ( 1946-09-28 ) September 28, 1946 (age 79) , Buffalo, New York , U.S.
- Education
- The Putney School London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Alma mater
- Lawrence University
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1970–present
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus (1984), Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), Dr. Skip Tyler in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Eddie Barzoon in The Devil's Advocate (1997), and A. W. Merrick in both Deadwood (2004–2006) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019).
His career started in Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, and advanced to London and Broadway. In film and television, Jones has had many roles which capitalized on his deadpan portrayal of characters in unusual situations, often to comic effect. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in Amadeus and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble cast of Deadwood.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jeffrey Jones” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.