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. 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. "I saw Olivia's beautiful face up on screen and I asked my manager if he could arrange for us to meet, and so we started seeing each other. }) [8] He engaged in a few long-term relationships, took up painting and sculpting, and lived quietly at the beach with his children. Actor Christopher Jones, who abruptly quit working Hollywood in the 1960s after starring in Ryan's Daughter and ABC's The Legend of Jesse James . Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. He was 72. 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In the interim, he lived on the money he had made from his movies and pursued a successful career as an artist (his painting of Rudolph Valentino hangs in the famous Hollywood Forever Cemetery). He was traumatized and depressed over Ms. Tates death and at odds with his co-star, Sarah Miles. Hussey met Jones through her agent, Rudi Altobelli, and the two reportedly started dating in 1969. [8] He is survived by seven children, Jennifer Strasberg, Christopher Jones Jr., Jeromy McKenna, Delon Jones, Tauer Jones, Calin Jones, and Seagen Jones. 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. I knew they were lousy movies. "He said, 'They're all dead.' // ]]> We are no longer accepting comments on this article. He looked like James Dean, but Chris Jones didnt take himself seriously like James Dean. Olivia Hussey of 'Romeo and Juliet' says she was raped in home - KHOU Christopher Jones, who had a key role in David Lean 's 1970 romantic epic Ryan's Daughter, died of complications from gallbladder cancer last Friday, January 31, 2014, at Los Alamitos Medical Center, approximately 35 km southwest of downtown Los Angeles. // His mother died when he was 19.[2]. }); Jones left Rome for Dingle, Ireland to act in the most prestigious production of his career, David LeansRyans Daughter(1970). "I don't think I'm betraying any confidence by talking about it. . 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. "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.' pg.acq.push(function() { Actor Christopher Jones, who played the shell-shocked British army officer in classic film Ryan's Daughter, has died of complications from cancer at the age of 72. "At the time (of Tate's murder) Christopher was distinctlydisturbed about something, so much so that he could hardly perform at all. Miles and Robert Mitchum sneaked . Yet directors and agents sought him out for years. The schools headmistress (Nan Martin) eventually discovers his whereabouts and Mimieux leaves the school with him. [citation needed], Jones was offered the part of Zed in Pulp Fiction (1994) by director Quentin Tarantino, but he turned it down. "There was probably some guilt on my part there, in the way that any man would think to themselves: 'I deserve to be shot'." When he did find me with the Pulp Fiction script, I had no interest in acting or in the part he was offering. My girlfriend at the time read it and said: Youre not doing thisits disgusting, he told another interviewer. . Scroll down for more {10} "One night we went to visit the Trevi Fountain, and I looked at her and had the strongest feeling she was going to die. PHOTOS: 35 of 2014s Most Anticipated Movies. Tate was eight months pregnant with Polanski's baby at the time, and yet her attackers paid little heed, stabbing her 16 times and murdering the four friends who were with her - Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Steven Parent and Voyteck Frykowski. Hussey said that not long after, in 1969, she connected with Tate, who was pregnant at the time and renting the home of Hussey's agent Rudi Altobelli. "The second she said that, the doors to the restaurant blew open even though there wasn't any wind, and she looked really shocked." Christopher Jones, an heir apparent to James Dean who starred in such films as The Looking Glass War and Ryans Daughter before quitting show business at the height of his brief but dazzling career, has died. At just six months old, the future star was named Miss Tiny Tot. where Jones was filming and Sharon Tate was visiting. Finding his way to New York, he worked odd jobs, studied painting, met artists and landed a small role in the 1961 Broadway production of Tennessee Williamss The Night of the Iguana.. 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Tate, who starred in the campy "Valley of the Dolls," and four other friends was killed Aug. 9, 1969, by followers of Charles Manson. Lina Das for MailOnline Hussey and Martin got married in 1971 and were parents to a son Alex who is now 45-years-old. She then said: Chris, have you ever smoked opium? and I told her no, and she said I had to try it and that she had some in the bedroom. "It was a difficult shoot, and after Ryan's Daughter I gave up acting because I realised I hated it." Mr. Jones was filming Ryans Daughter in Ireland at the time. "I thought it weird at the time but Roman had just done the movie Rosemary's Baby so I related it to that. And I wasnt interested. By She has never been so in love.' Jones was tired out after makingThe Looking Glass Warand disinclined to doA Brief Season. But what about what people say? I don't feel guilty,' he said when he first spoke of the affair. 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. 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. Hussey said she found out she was expecting several weeks later but decided to terminate the pregnancy. He was known for his roles on Ryan's Daughter and in The Legend of Jesse James. The cause was gallbladder cancer, said Paula McKenna, his longtime companion. Of the last night they spent together in Rome, Jones says: "I told her that we'd get back together when we were in America and she agreed, and when I said: 'What about Roman? 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. // ]]> "He had a rare charisma on screen and no amount of great acting can replicate that. 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. Jones died in 2014. Jones was married to Susan Strasberg, the daughter of Actors Studio founder Lee Strasberg, from 1965 to 1968, and had numerous affairs with other well-known actors, including Susan George and Olivia Hussey. 'I didn't know if he was going to kill me,' Hussey said. She responded to queries from fans saying all would be revealed in her new book. Jones finally accepted a small role in the 1996 film Mad Dog Time. In 1965 he married Susan Strasberg, the daughter of the acting coaches Lee and Paula Strasberg. He called Thom up and he said, Forget lunch, I cant get out of the building, because Chris Jones is sitting outside with a gun pointed at the door and said that he is going to shoot any agent that walks out the door. Now, at that time you didnt squeal on movie stars. He and Mr. Jones had many conflicts on the set, but despite that, he told Mr. Brownlow, he found something special about Mr. Jones. },false) 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. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. ", Andrea is an entertainment producer at CBSNews.com, First published on July 26, 2018 / 2:41 PM. Mr. Jones made only a few films, but his talent and star power drew comparisons with James Dean, whose brief career his own mimicked in some ways. Mr. Jones told an interviewer in 2007 that he had been having an affair with the actress Sharon Tate when she and four others were viciously killed on Aug. 9, 1969, by members of the Charles Manson cult in the California home of Ms. Tates husband, the director Roman Polanski, who was away. Set in Ireland's Dingle Peninsula, the story follows Rosy (Sarah Miles), the wife of schoolmaster Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum), who has an affair with the dashing English officer Doryan, who arrives to take command of the local Army base. The internal damage was so severe he now has to take all nutrients through a syringe connected to his stomach. },false) Something went wrong, please try again later. Initially Lean's film was poorly received, but it was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning two, and is today regarded as a cinematic classic. In addition to McKenna, survivors include his children Seagen, Calin, Tauer, Delon, Jeremy, Christopher and Jennifer. "She didn't seem the least bit concerned about Roman, so either I was irresistible or she must have been unhappy.