Claude Earl Jones

Actor Apr 29 (died age 86) Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA 1967–2026 (59 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Wonder Years

1988 · as Linzer

8.3

Seinfeld

1989 · as Mr. Bevilaqua

8.3

Quantum Leap

1989 · as Captain Elias

8.0

Known For

Film

Miracle Mile

Harlan

Film

Bride of Re-Animator

Lt. Leslie Chapham

Film

Used Cars

Film

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Philby

Film

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Film

No Man's Land

Uncle Ray

Film

Evilspeak

Coach

Film

The Dutchman

Pianist

Filmography

Acting (43)

Movies (21)

The Dutchman

as Pianist

Love, Cheat & Steal

as Mayor

as Att. General Lindsay

5.0

Bride of Re-Animator

1990

as Lt. Leslie Chapham

Miracle Mile

as Harlan

No Man's Land

as Uncle Ray

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

as Bartender

Hollywood Zap

as Uncle Lucas

Impulse

as Sheriff

Evilspeak

as Coach

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

as Philby

Callie & Son

as Abel Lorrance

Used Cars

as Al

Goldie and the Boxer

as Willie

The Bastard

as Fat Man

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

1978

as Al

6.3

Thunder and Lightning

1977

as Carl

4.8

Little Ladies of the Night

1977

as Wally (uncredited)

4.2

The Girl in the Empty Grave

as Deputy Fred

Deadly Game

as Deputy Fred

She Freak

as Greasy

Television (22)

The Outsiders

as Beddoe

Seinfeld

as Mr. Bevilaqua

Quantum Leap

as Captain Elias

Baywatch

as Lloyd

The Wonder Years

as Linzer

21 Jump Street

as Jake Shaffer

Matlock

as Mr. Henderson

Hunter

as Uncle Pete Collier

The A-Team

as Skeeter

Buffalo Bill

as Stan Fluger

T. J. Hooker

as Tutti Nelson

Simon & Simon

as Sheriff Earl

Dallas

as Matt Henderson

Battlestar Galactica

as Lacerta

Kaz

The Bastard

as Fat Man

The Rear Guard

as Krupinsky

Ellery Queen

as Mounted Officer

Little House on the Prairie

as Mr. Gibson

Police Woman

as McGuire

Kojak

as Det. Al Buchinsky

Police Story

as Bonanno