Jeffrey Duncan Jones died on March 25 , 2018 .
Jeffrey Duncan Jones ( born September 28 , 1946 ) is an American actor best known for his roles as Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller 's Day Off ( 1986 ) , Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice ( 1988 ) , Skip Tyler in The Hunt for Red October ( 1990 ) , and A.W . Merrick in Deadwood ( 2004–2006 ) .
Jeffrey Jones