Then Luisa shoots Johnny and herself. Winters introduced Jones to actress Susan Strasberg, the daughter of method acting progenitor Lee Strasberg. When he was cast to star in Ryan's Daughter, Jones was already being heralded as the new James Dean after his role in the cult movie Wild In The Streets opposite Shelley Winters. "I thought she was going to be mad at me but she didn't say anything, and after we'd made love, she whispered in my ear: 'That was the wrong way.' "After I'd been with her, I came back to the hotel and tried Sharon's door which was open. By Later, he married Susan Strasberg, the daughter of Actors Studio founder Lee Strasberg. Later that evening, Jones sat on Tates couch in her hotel room. God bless you Christopher and may you rest in piece. Mr. Jones was filming Ryans Daughter in Ireland at the time. Larry Bishop, making his debut in the film, said that Jones was friendly and generous with the other actors, even giving him tips on how to play his role. 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All Rights Reserved. At the end of the shoot he was taken off to a mental hospital., Jones and Miles enjoyed no sexual chemistry, which became problematic when it came time to shoot their famous sex scene. [CDATA[ William Frank Jones was born in Jackson, Tenn., on Aug. 18, 1941. Below, men can find tips for telling a tale that stokes a lovers passion. "The reason, he claimed, he was so tormented and utterly useless during filmingwasbecause before we started shooting Ryan's Daughter he had fallen deeply in love with Sharon Tate while filming in Rome. She had this little scar on the left of her face against all this perfection, and when I reached over to touch it, I could feel her react. Despite just three brief years making films he had an immediate impact and was feted as a rising star with an edgy, rebellious air. 'American Idol' reveals half of Season 21's Top 24 singers. Miles) married to an older man (Robert Mitchum). I had done three pictures in a row in Europe, and had so many love affairs I was exhausted, he said. "We sat next to each other and she was very nervous, almost like a deer, but she had this beautiful, perfect face. "Everyone says that Sharon didn't smoke pot, yet she was definitely looking for this bag, but couldn't find it so came back over to me, standing by the bed. All I can say is that I was young, had a high libido and no conscience, and I just wanted to figure out a way for my manager to take Sharon back to the hotel so I could see the Italian girl. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "product_link"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "worlcinepara-20"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_placement = "B0007R4T3A"; amzn_assoc_asins = "B0007R4T3A"; amzn_assoc_show_border = true; amzn_assoc_link_opens_in_new_window = true; His mother died when he was 19.[2]. ADVERTISEMENT [1] Early life He was born in Jackson, Tennessee, where his father was a grocery clerk and his mother, Robbie, was an artist. No one seemed to know why Mr. Jones dropped out of the movie-star business. I don't feel guilty,' he said when he first spoke of the affair. "When she got there, she called my manager a couple of times," says Jones, "but she didn't ask to talk to me, which got me a little p****d off. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter. William Frank Jones, stage name Christopher Jones (August 18, 1941 January 31, 2014), was an American stage, movie, and television actor. He and Mr. Jones had many conflicts on the set, but despite that, he told Mr. Brownlow, he found something special about Mr. Jones. [CDATA[ Once touted as the next James. "I thought it was love. That's what was happening when I heard about Sharon's murder." InThree in the Attic(1968), he played Paxton Quigley, a college Casanova who carries on simultaneous affairs with three co-eds (Yvette Mimieux, Judy Pace, and Maggie Thrett) at a womens university in Vermont. Yet directors and agents sought him out for years. In 1969, at 26 years of age, the Colonel's daughter was up to $125,000 per picture, and many called her the most beautiful woman in Hollywood. 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When it comes to sex, so much emphasis is placed on what people do. The point I am trying to make here is that Sharon Tate had the legs that both pieces of fabric were imagined for. A.I. Five weeks after the murders, Hussey said she moved into the home anyway. window.adsContainer = {"position2":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Above_Next_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position3":{"code":"Article_Mobile_300x250_ATF_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position4":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position5":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle1_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position6":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle2_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position7":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle3_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position8":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle4_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position9":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle5_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position10":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle6_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position11":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle7_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position12":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle8_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position13":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle9_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position14":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle10_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position15":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle11_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position16":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle12_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250}} Jones, who also toplined the Samuel Z. Arkoff cult classic Wild in the Streets (1968) and played the title character in the ABC series The Legend of Jesse James, died Friday at Los Alamitos (Calif.) Medical Center of complications from cancer, Paula McKenna told The Hollywood Reporter. "One minute she was looking at me and the next thing I knew, she was pulling me on top of her on to the bed. The home was owned byHussey's agentRudi Altobelli and they had all arranged for the young British actress to help a then-pregnant Tate once the baby was born. He then joined the Army, but went AWOL, and after serving a sentence in a military prison, he moved to New York City, where he began his acting career. Speculation ranged across several possible explanations: a troubled personal history, a rebels rejection of the strict regimen of filmmaking, his shock when a loved one was murdered because of her fame. "I didn't envisage that she would leave Roman; I didn't envisage anything. The internal damage was so severe he now has to take all nutrients through a syringe connected to his stomach. Much later (in 2007) he revealed in an interview he had been having an affair with the actress, who was married to Roman Polanski at the time and pregnant with the director's child. Jones finally accepted a small role in the 1996 film Mad Dog Time. He was far superior as an actor. Jones disdained his films, calling them crap. I never read a script all the way through, he said. The bitch in charge kept trying to have sex with me, with six henchmen holding me down., When Des Barres asked him why his managers would do that to him, he said, They wanted control of me and my money. The prolonged and onerous nature of the filming of Ryan's Daughter combined with the shock of the Tate murder led him to abandon his career upon returning to California, and he lived for a time in the caretaker's cottage behind the Polanski house. He also starred in The Looking Glass War and TVs The Legend of Jesse James before leaving Hollywood after the murder of Sharon Tate at the peak of his brief career in the '60s. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "product_link"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "worlcinepara-20"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_placement = "B000CBG5PQ"; amzn_assoc_asins = "B000CBG5PQ"; amzn_assoc_show_border = true; amzn_assoc_link_opens_in_new_window = true; Christopher Jones. "Well, maybe Susan didn't know about Sharon, but I had a little too much on my plate, and even that wasn't enough. I got religious suddenly, he later said. In 1996, he told Pamela Des Barres that his life had not been a success, and he felt haunted by his youthful fame, like Dorian Gray. [5], After two films in Europe with Pia DegermarkThe Looking Glass War and Brief Season, both in 1970Jones was cast by director David Lean in Ryan's Daughter (1970). In 1994 professed fan Quentin Tarantino offered him the part of Zed in Pulp Fiction , but Jones turned it down, preferring instead to concentrate on other pursuits including painting and sculpture. eventAction: 'click_adunit' July 26, 2018 / 2:41 PM They were gay and since they couldnt have me they wanted to destroy my ass., People knew Chris had a nervous breakdown, Millie Perkins said. Richard Beymer and Lana Wood are separated. I always expected to see her again." PHOTOS: 35 of 2014s Most Anticipated Movies. ga('ads.send', { Get a daily dose of showbiz gossip direct to your inbox. "She didn't seem the least bit concerned about Roman, so either I was irresistible or she must have been unhappy. He followedThe Looking Glass WarwithA Brief Season(1969), filmed in Italy. It was terrifying.'. His relationships with them were hardly serene. Miles makes frequent mention of Jones's erratic behaviour during filming, and paints a picture of an actor who was pretty much a loner. He had this extraordinary quality of screen personality, Lean said, which I always find terribly difficult to describe, or even to understand., Christopher Jones, Rising Star Actor Who Quit the Field, Dies at 72, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/movies/christopher-jones-actor-who-quit-field-dies-at-72.html. After conferring with Stuart Cohen, one of Jones managers, Immerman was reassured that he would babysit his client and keep him in line during the films production. She said Jones punched her, but she stuck by him: "I was young, and I loved him. }); Christopher Jones, an actor who seemed poised for stardom before abruptly abandoning his movie career in the late 1960s, died on Jan. 31 in Los Alamitos, Calif. Hussey has been married three different times and has three adult children from each relationship. [CDATA[ Scroll down for more {7} There was a huge buzz surrounding him - a factor which partly explains why so American an actor (Jones was born in Tennessee) should have been chosen to play so English a role, in the shape of Major Doryan. "In that first scene where I'm pushing her up against the wall, as much as she said she didn't feel anything, she was gone. Back in 2015, Hussey shared a black and white photo of her with Jones with the caption: 'With actor Christopher Jones. Jones said that his last two films made him realize he hated acting. 18:52 BST 25 Jul 2018 "We were going to get married at one point, but my manager talked me out of it - I'm sure he was thinking of finances when he did - and after that, Olivia and I didn't talk much either. // ]]> Peter Winkler is the author of Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel (Barricade Books, 2011). Jones studied at Strasberg's Actors Studio. . In a 2007 interview with BritainsDaily Mail, Jones revealed that he had an affair with Sharon Tate while she was filmingTwelve Plus One(1970) in Rome in March 1969. His stardom peaked in 1969 when David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago, cast him as the romantic lead in Ryans Daughter. Mr. Jones portrayed a brooding British army officer who becomes involved with an Irish woman (Ms. 'She told me, 'I'm so looking forward to meeting you, my baby is coming soon'. She was the wife of director Roman Polanski, a star of the cult movie Valley Of The Dolls, and with her flawless blonde looks was lauded as one of the great beauties of her time, but even to this. Its stylish and it was stylish at the time to hate your agents, hate your managers. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Last night his co-star in Ryan's Daughter Sarah Miles paid tribute to the troubled actor and revealed how his reaction to Tate's murder left him barely able to work on the film. While talking to People, Hussey claimed that, immediately after they had started dating, Jones had begun abusing her both physically and mentally. Jones went from Rome to Dingle to begin shooting on Ryan's Daughter and Tate returned to LA. She says her former boyfriend, actor Christopher Jones, attacked and raped her in the home where Sharon Tate was murdered. It broke my heart although I have never regretted it. Jones died in 2014, but the actress had already found her right one in her husband Dean Paul Martin who is the son of singer Dean Martin. ga('ads.send', { if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ And dont come out!, Jones didnt attend the premiere ofRyans Daughterin 1970. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. His works included an oil painting of Rudolph Valentino that was displayed at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[8]. She went to mention, "All I felt was Sharons vibration. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), 'I was young, and I loved him. Christopher Jones as Jesse James, in 1965, "Christopher Jones, Actor who Quit Field, Dies at 72", Christopher Jones Biography at cinetropic, "Christopher Jones dies at 72; actor quit at peak of career", "Olivia Hussey, star of Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet: 'I was wild', "Olivia Hussey recalls controversial 'Romeo and Juliet' role at 16, reveals personal tragedies", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Jones_(actor)&oldid=1142297304, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox person with multiple spouses, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 16:48. Jones and Hussey had broken up when she planned to move into the guesthouse of the home Tate was renting with herhusband Roman Polanski prior to the Manson crime spree. "At the time I was not sure whether to believe him, but that was the last time I saw Christopher Jones.". Most people think he's ugly, but he's not.' I was very loyal." I knew they were lousy movies. Based on John Le Carres novel,The Looking Glass War(1969) boasted a cast that included Sir Ralph Richardson and a young Anthony Hopkins. eventAction: 'render' In Europe he made "The Looking Glass War". I did exactly as I pleasedwithin my world., Im not bitter and have no reason to be bitter, he told Harvey Chartrand. Quentin Tarantino offered Jones the role of Zed inPulp Fiction(1994). 22:42 BST 30 Aug 2007 She asked me to stay, but when I looked out the window I couldnt see a fire escape and my first thought then was: What if Polanski comes back? I wasnt afraid of him, just worried about the repercussions, but she stopped asking me to stay and I left.. Please enter valid email address to continue. The glass was replaced with plexiglass. }); "I was feeling weird," says Jones, "I attributed that to an accident I had had in my Ferrari or to Sharon's death, but I had no idea they had drugged me." [8] He engaged in a few long-term relationships, took up painting and sculpting, and lived quietly at the beach with his children. document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ It was terrifying." What a time for it to hit me! I didnt know who he was, Mr. Jones said in 2000. He was a big comer and with the right person handling and directing, he could still be as big as anybody., STORY: Quentin Tarantino Suing Gawker Over Leaked Hateful Eight Script (Exclusive). Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Jones suffered a nervous breakdown early into the filming ofRyans Daughterafter learning that Sharon Tate and four others had been murdered in her home in Los Angeles on August 9, 1969. [1] So they didnt call the police, they just didnt go out of the office. True Hollywood Story. I knew Stuart and Rudy [Jones managers, Stuart Cohen and Rudy Altobelli], and they were not bad people. }); I wastired, man. One minute she was looking at me and the next thing I knew, she was pulling me on top of her on to the bed. Jones also starred in Three in the Attic (1968) as a man who gets his comeuppance from three girls who discover hes been three-timing them. But I never went as far as he did. //

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