Simon Jones (actor)

Jones was born 27 July 1950, in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England. Jones studied at King's College, Taunton, before going up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, at age 25. ==Career==

Jones appeared in various television series, including Brideshead Revisited, in which he played the Earl of Brideshead, or 'Bridey', heir to the Marquess of Marchmain, and the second series of Blackadder (1986), In ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, as Max, Benefactors'' (1985), In 2003, Jones reprised his role as Arthur Dent in a new radio series of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. In 2012 and 2013, he returned to the UK, to star in a national stage tour of ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Live!'' In addition to his work as an actor, Jones is also a co-artistic director at New York Off-Broadway company The Actors Company Theatre (TACT). ==Personal life==

Jones and his son Tim were hit by a car on 8 October 2010; though they suffered only bruises, he had to withdraw from The Actors Company Theatre's production of Václav Havel's Memorandum. On 20 December 2019 his wife, Nancy Lewis, died in Manhattan of leukaemia aged 76. ==Partial filmography==

Sources: • Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980) – Joachim • ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (1981, TV Series) – Arthur Dent • Reds (1981) – Louise Bryant's Colleague in France (uncredited) • Giro City (1982) – Henderson • Privates on Parade (1982) – Sergeant Eric Young-Love • ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life'' (1983) – Chadwick / Jeremy Portland-Smythe • Brazil (1985) – Arrest Official • Blackadder II (1986, TV Series) – Sir Walter Raleigh • Club Paradise (1986) – Toby Prooth • Newhart (1987, TV Series) – Dr. Miles Rangel • Green Card (1990) – Party Guest • American Friends (1991) – Anderson • For Love or Money (1993) – Albert • Miracle on 34th Street (1994) – Donald Shellhammer • 12 Monkeys (1995) – Zoologist • ''The Devil's Own'' (1997) – Harry Sloan • Guru in Seven (1998) – Removal man 1 • The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) – The Accountant (uncredited) • Benjamin Franklin (2002, TV mini-series documentary) – Thomas Penn • ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005) – Ghostly Image • Griffin & Phoenix (2006) – Professor • Spectropia (2006) – The Duck • The Search for Simon (2013) – The Man in the Hat • ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live'' (2016) – Arthur Dent • Downton Abbey (2019) – George V • The Gilded Age (2022–25, TV series) – Bannister ==References==