# Ken Jones (actor)

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. Known for his roles as 'Horrible' Ives in Porridge 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 until her death on 31 August 2013. He died from bowel cancer on 13 February 2014 in a nursing home in Prescot.

## Filmography
### Film

| 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

| Year | Title | Role | 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 | The Chase | 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 | 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 | The First Lady | 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 | The Expert | 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 | The Guardians | Sam Wilson | Episode: "The Logical Approach" |
| 1971–72 | The Last of the Baskets | Clifford Basket | Main role |
| 1972 | The Liver Birds | Uncle Dermot | Episodes: "Birds on the Dole", "Birds on Strike", "Liverpool or Everton" |
| 1972 | 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 | The Squirrels | Rex | Main role |
| 1975 | The Wackers | 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 | The Detectives | 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 | 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 | The 4400 | Matthew Lombard | Episode: "The Fifth Page" |