<Tr> <Th> Notable work </Th> <Td> Amadeus, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Beetlejuice </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Julian Coutts </Td> </Tr> <P> 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). His career started in Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, advanced to London and Broadway, before leading to a series of character acting roles in film and television, which often capitalized on Jones's deadpan delivery of characters in unusual situations to comic effect . Jones was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Joseph II in Amadeus (1984) and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble cast of Deadwood . </P> <P> After graduating from the Putney School in 1964, Jones enrolled at Lawrence University as a premed student, where his performances in university productions brought him to the attention of Tyrone Guthrie, who recruited him for the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota . He then went to London in 1969 to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, followed by a three - year stint with the Stratford Theatre in Stratford, Ontario . </P>

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