Griffith jones biography
Griffith jones biography
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Griffith Jones (actor)
English actor (1909–2007)
Griffith Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born | Harold Jones (1909-11-19)19 November 1909 Notting Hill, London, England |
| Died | 30 January 2007(2007-01-30) (aged 97) London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1929–2000 |
| Spouse | Irene Isaac (m. 1932; died 1985) |
| Children | Gemma Jones Nicholas Jones |
Griffith Jones (born Harold Jones; 19 November 1909 – 30 January 2007) was an Anglo-Welsh film, stage and television actor.
Early life
Born in Notting Hill, London, on 19 November 1909, Jones was the 5th child of William Thomas Jones and Harriet Eleanor J. Doughty (1878–1973), a Welsh-speaking dairy owner. In 1930, he was studying law at University College London when Kenneth Barnes, the Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, noticed him in a student performance and offered him a career as an actor.
His first professional engagement w