Known for Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eddie Jones (born 1937 Washington, Pennsylvania) is an American actor known for playing Clark Kent's father Jonathan Kent in the ABC television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Charles Broden (a.k.a. The Official), head of The Agency, in the Sci-Fi television series The Invisible Man. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eddie Jones (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
September 18, 1934
Died
July 6, 2019 (age 84)
Birthplace
Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Filmography
44 films, 18 shows


Mercy
2014 · 1h 18m
country: United States
A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.


Act Your Age
2011 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Lake, a young theater actor with no respect for the elderly, is forced to make himself look old, in order to land a part in a Broadway-bound play. His ego drives his girlfriend away, and when research for the play requires him to spend a week in a nursing home, he is forced to review his life choices. Lake eventually learns to abandon his preconceptions and rid himself of the anger that has been holding him back, in pursuit of his dreams.


Disconnect
2010 · 1h 52m
country: United States
A distraught college student finds a phone that enables her to talk to her deceased mother in the past. Instead of a heart attack, she learns that her mother was murdered. She tries to use the phone to stop the murder from occurring before the killer finds and kills her too.


Fighting Tommy Riley
2005 · 1h 49m
country: United States
An aging trainer and a young fighter, both in need of a second chance, team-up to overcome the demons of their past...and chase the dreams of their future.


The Terminal
2004 · 2h 8m
country: United States
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.


The Singing Detective
2003 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.


Seabiscuit
2003 · 2h 21m
country: United States
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.


The Invisible Man
2000 · 1h 29m
country: United States
A thief is given the means to become invisible and ends up working for a government agency.


Return to Me
2000 · 1h 56m
country: United States
Dragged out on a blind date a year after his wife's tragic death, grieving architect Bob Rueland finds an unexpected spark not with his date, but with Grace, the sharp-witted waitress at a lively Irish-Italian restaurant. Unbeknownst to Bob, Grace is the recipient of his late wife's donated heart. As they grow closer, their romance offers the promise of healing and the weight of a secret that could tear them apart.


Stranger in My House
1999 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .


Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
1998 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Four guys, best friends, have grown up together in DANCER, TEXAS POP. 81, a tiny town in West Texas. Years ago, they made a solemn vow to leave town together as soon as they graduate. Now, it's that weekend and the time has come to "put up or shut up." The clock is ticking and as all 81 people in the town watch, comment, offer advice and place bets, these four very different boys with unique backgrounds struggle with the biggest decision of their lives... whether to stay or leave home.


The Day Lincoln Was Shot
1998 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.


True Friends
1998 · 1h 43m
country: United States
New York, The Bronx, 1980. Two Italian boys Joey Esposito and Louie Mazerino jump to the defence of a smaller Puerto Rican boy, J.J. Lopez, when J.J. is threatened by six schoolyard bullies. The three boys soon become best friends, and they always look out for each other. However, their innocence is shattered when they witness Big Tony, the local Mob boss kill a man. The three boys vow to each other to keep it a secret. Fifteen years later, the three boys, now in their late twenties are still the best of friends and still living in The Bronx. They dream of opening their own bar. Desperate to better themselves, Joey devises a scheme to steal money from Big Tony and open their own Joint.


Letter to My Killer
1995 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A letter is found by a demolition worker that reveals a cover up and a murder that is over 30 years old. The victim is the author of the letter that also contains evidence that leads to the killers. The demolition worker and his wife complicate things when they decide to blackmail the killers, who are wealthy and upstanding citizens of the community, of course.


Body Language
1995 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A lawyer, defending a Mafia boss, falls for a beautiful woman with a sad story to tell. She says she's being abused by her brutal husband and she needs his help.


Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
1995 · 1h 35m
country: United States
In New York two detectives of the 87th precinct are initially baffled by the brutal, ritualistic slayings of several young women. Through good detective work and clues left at the crime scenes by the psychopathic killer, they are able to deduce who the killer's next victim will be. A tense chase ensues as they try to prevent him from continuing his bloody rampage


Final Appeal
1993 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A lawyer must defend his sister in the court of law who's accused of murdering her seemingly perfect, but in fact very abusive husband.


The Return of Ironside
1993 · 1h 29m
country: United States
After forty years of good and faithful services, Robert T. Ironside, reprocessed police force of San Francisco, is finally on the point of tasting with the joys of a rest deserved well with Katherine, his wife, in their vineyard recently bought. However, a few days after his official departure, he is contacted by persons in charge for the police force of Denver, which offers the post of general manager temporarily to him their services, following the assassination for preceding occupying of the station in question. Initially reticent, Ironside ends up yielding and, with the agreement of his wife, agrees to take up the challenge, the more so as he has pleasure to find Susan, the girl of the one of her former assistants.


The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993 · 1h 39m
country: United States
A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.


Sneakers
1992 · 2h 5m
country: United States
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.


A League of Their Own
1992 · 2h 8m
country: United States
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.


Us
1991 · 1h 33m
country: United States
When the police finds a necklace with some criminal, a detective remembers that it was missing evidence in a murderer case many years ago. So it turns out that Jeff Hayes, sentenced to life-long prison, was innocent. After 18 years in jail he's finally released - but has problems finding back into normal life. There's his father who believed him guilty and his ex-wife Ellen, who told their son Kerry and her new husband Paul Kramer his father had died.


The Rocketeer
1991 · 1h 48m
country: United States
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.


Tales from the Darkside
1990 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
A compilation of episodes from the classic '80s horror anthology TV series "Tales From The Darkside" for the VHS market.


The Grifters
1990 · 1h 50m
country: Canada
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.


Cadillac Man
1990 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two-timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife.


Stanley & Iris
1990 · 1h 44m
country: United States
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.


Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990 · 1h 35m
country: Unknown
Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder.


She Was Marked for Murder
1988 · 1h 35m
country: United States
While jogging in New York Central Park, the rich widow Elena meets Eric. Although he's 10 years younger, she falls in love with him and they marry shortly after. Soon she discovers that he has a long-going affair with her secretary Claire. Elena suspects they're after her money.


Case Closed
1988 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A young homicide detective and a retired police detective work together to solve three recent murders related to an old, unsolved case of a stolen diamond.


Apprentice to Murder
1988 · 1h 37m
country: Canada
Pennsylvania, 1928. Billy Kelly, a sixteen-year old boy, meets a mysterious traveler claiming he's the messenger of God. Falling under under the spell of this "doctor" Reese, he will soon discover Reese has murderous plans for his future. Based on a true story.


The Believers
1987 · 1h 54m
country: United States
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.


Doubletake
1985
country: United States
Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives investigating. Meanwhile, Janek is trying to find out why an old friend and colleague committed suicide, which eventually leads to a romantic situation with photographer Caroline Wallace and the discovery of some major corruption among his superiors, all of which has little or nothing to do with the murder story.


Invasion U.S.A.
1985 · 1h 47m
country: United States
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.


Year of the Dragon
1985 · 2h 14m
country: United States
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.


The New Kids
1985 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.


C.H.U.D.
1984 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photojournalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.


When the Mountains Tremble
1983 · 1h 23m
country: Guatemala
A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.


Trading Places
1983 · 1h 56m
country: United States
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.


Q
1982 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent.


Prince of the City
1981 · 2h 47m
country: United States
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.


The First Deadly Sin
1980 · 1h 52m
country: United States
A serial killer is stalking New York City. Inspector Edward Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?


Bloodbrothers
1978 · 1h 56m
country: United States
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.


On the Yard
1978 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.