Vic Bieber. "The next day I ran into actress Nathalie Delon (wife of actor Alain Delon) who was a friend of Sharon's and whom I had also been seeing, and she said: 'Chris, what did you do to Sharon? hitType: 'event', Jones was said to be devastated by Tate's murder and gave up acting shortly after. "My face was like a balloon. Ron Howard once offered him a part, Ms. McKenna said. I did exactly as I pleasedwithin my world., Im not bitter and have no reason to be bitter, he told Harvey Chartrand. Jones was tired out after makingThe Looking Glass Warand disinclined to doA Brief Season. pg.acq.push(function() { It had been a very unpleasant experience. 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. However, things didn't work out exactly as planned as her agent soon received a call about the murder. Jones said that his last two films made him realize he hated acting. // ]]> She said that he was even given a local pharmacists homemade aphrodisiac. Given the evil manner of Tate's death, some of Jones's recollections about his former lover take on an eerie significance. 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. "I told her she shouldn't say things like that because it made me nervous. By 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. Although she seemed very happy that she was pregnant. In one scene Jones was supposed to pin Miles against a wall and kiss her, with a framed picture behind them. [CDATA[ "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. 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. It was terrifying. Although she had told only a few close ones about the attack, she found out weeks later that she was pregnant. Born August 18, 1941 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA. By 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. Both women eventually filed restraining orders against him. I knew Stuart and Rudy [Jones managers, Stuart Cohen and Rudy Altobelli], and they were not bad people. The 67-year-old actress shot to fame after her role as the starstruck Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most celebrated plays 'Romeo and Juliet'. In his later years, Jones had a career as an artist and sculptor. She says her former boyfriend, actor Christopher Jones, attacked and raped her in the home where Sharon Tate was murdered. "Olivia wanted to come to Ireland with me, so she did. Jones's father and aunt admitted her to the state hospital in Bolivar, Tennessee, in 1945. Most people think he's ugly, but he's not.' Unbeknownst to Jones, he was drugged during his filming of Ryan's Daughter by Sarah Miles, according to her first autobiography, A Right Royal Bastard; this caused him to believe he was having a breakdown. hitType: 'event', 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. Lean couldnt believe it and, in the middle of a rehearsal, he had a nervous breakdown. She says her former boyfriend, actor Christopher Jones, attacked and raped her in the home where Sharon Tate was murdered. But soon she got a call that Tate and four others were murdered while Altobelli was away. He is survived by his partner Paule McKenna and his seven children Seagen, Calin, Tauer, Delon, Jeremy, Christopher and Jennifer. } Jones told Pamela Des Barres that his managers misappropriated his funds and that one of them inveigled him to visit a house in Virginia, where he was imprisoned for weeks with 20 or 30 others in some kind of cult, all of them doing one of those Im OK, youre OK-type self-help things. I don't think I'm betraying any confidence by talking about it. Thats the way it was. It was during this time that she had met Sharon Tate who was then residing along with her husband Roman Polanski at their Los Angeles home of Altobelli in 1969. Jones owns the screen during his brief appearance as fake hit man Nicholas Falco, showing he still had seductive charisma to burn. His mother was an artist who entered a mental hospital when he was 4 and died there when he was 19. Get a daily dose of showbiz gossip direct to your inbox. // ]]> The then-pregnant Tate was deprived of the company of her husband, Roman Polanski, who couldnt obtain a visa to leave London. Rare Photos of Sharon Tate - Sharon Tate Pictures - Esquire }); [1] Early life He was born in Jackson, Tennessee, where his father was a grocery clerk and his mother, Robbie, was an artist. MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of What a time for it to hit me! [CDATA[ Hussey, who rose to fame following the 1968 movie 'Romeo and Juliet', claims her ex-boyfriend Christopher Jones brutally attacked her at the infamous Los Angeles home back in 1969. "I knew that she was married to Roman and I had no intention of splitting them up. 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. In 2007, Jones told a British newspaper that during the filming of the movie he was having a real-life affair with actressSharon Tate, the wife of director Roman Polanski. "At the time (of Tate's murder) Christopher was distinctlydisturbed about something, so much so that he could hardly perform at all. Fox on Parkinson's and how he finds "optimism is sustainable", Ed Sheeran plays guitar in court in bid to show he didn't steal Marvin Gaye song, James Corden ends his final "Late Late Show" with message for Americans. ga('ads.send', { Based on John Le Carres novel,The Looking Glass War(1969) boasted a cast that included Sir Ralph Richardson and a young Anthony Hopkins. Jones died on January 31, 2014, at the age of 72, owing to complications arising from gallbladder cancer. It broke my heart although I have never regretted it. "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. Christopher Jones (actor) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ga('ads.send', { "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. "There was probably some guilt on my part there, in the way that any man would think to themselves: 'I deserve to be shot'." Tools William Frank Jones, better known as Christopher Jones (August 18, 1941 - January 31, 2014), was an American movie and television actor. "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. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. "He said, 'They're all dead.' 18:52 BST 25 Jul 2018 Christopher Jones was an actor considered 'the next James Dean' who quit Hollywood after his life was repeatedly touched by tragedy. He looked like James Dean, but Chris Jones didnt take himself seriously like James Dean. 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. His year there was one of the worst of his life, he told The Chicago Tribune. While talking to People, Hussey claimed that, immediately after they had started dating, Jones had begun abusing her both physically and mentally. Jones's next acting role, was rock star and presidential aspirant Max Frost in the influential cult film Wild in the Streets (1968), co-starring Shelley Winters, Hal Holbrook, and Richard Pryor. When the series ended, he accepted the title role in the movie Chubasco (1967) with Susan Strasberg playing his character's lover/wife. Mr. Jones and his older brother, Bobby Joe, ended up in an orphanage. When he came of age, Mr. Jones joined the Army then went AWOL and spent six months in jail. eventAction: 'click_image_ads' "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 was a brief cult star of the late '60s counterculture era and a would-be rebel successor to James Dean had he wanted it. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. . hitType: 'event', In 1965 he starred in "The Legend of Jesse James" on television. Christopher Jones dies at 72; actor quit at peak of career The actress is opening up about past trauma in her life in new book "The Girl on the Balcony." ga('ads.send', { Olivia Hussey claims she was raped by ex at Sharon Tate's home In quick succession he was cast in Three in the Attic (1968), a tale of infidelity that also starred Yvette Mimieux; The Looking Glass War (1969), a spy thriller based on a John le Carr novel; and Brief Season, a story of star-crossed love. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { Jones came to Hollywood and landed a gig as the notorious outlaw in The Legend of Jesse James, but the Western, facing steep competition on Monday nights from The Lucy Show on CBS and Dr. Kildare on NBC, lasted just one season, airing from September 1965 to May 1966. She said she learned she was pregnant weeks later and decided to have an abortion. where Jones was filming and Sharon Tate was visiting. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Actor Christopher Jones has revealed he had a relationship with actress Sharon Tate shortly before she was found murdered in her Los Angeles home. Later, Lean decided to have Julian Holloway re-record all of Jones' lines in post-production, a decision previously taken by Degermark for The Looking Glass War. "We sat next to each other and she was very nervous, almost like a deer, but she had this beautiful, perfect face. No one seemed to know why Mr. Jones dropped out of the movie-star business. Getting on with his life included embarking on an affair with Olivia Hussey, whom he had seen in the movie Romeo And Juliet. You have long been my film idol and inspired me in Ryans Daughter with the portrayal of Major Doryan. Besides Ms. McKenna, Mr. Jones is survived by his brother; four sons, Seagen, Tauer, Jeromy and Christopher, and three daughters, Calin, Delon and Jennifer Jones. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. "Another time I was looking over at her and asking her what she was thinking about, and she suddenly came out with: 'The Devil is beautiful. At first, I didn't have a strong reaction because I was so stunned. }); 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? He most recently had a career as an artist and sculptor; his oil painting of legendary actor Rudolph Valentinowas displayed at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. I couldnt make sense of it, that someone that beautiful and young had to die like that., Christopher Jones was an enigma and a deeply troubled soul, Miles toldmirror.co.ukafter his death. eventAction: 'click_adunit' // He contributed to the air of mystery surrounding his decision to quit acting by giving contradictory answers to interviewers questions on the subject. Jones has had seven children by four women, and one son, Timothy, was convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of his mother, actress Susan Cabot. ", Andrea is an entertainment producer at CBSNews.com, First published on July 26, 2018 / 2:41 PM. [1] eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), In 2000, he told journalist Harvey Chartrand that one of his managers broke contracts he had with AIP and Columbia Pictures. 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. He tried out for the Actors Studio in New York and appeared on Broadway in The Night of the Iguana in 1961. Although Jones failed to appear for a read through of the script with the rest of the films cast, principal photography onWildwrapped in 20 days without incident. He was also known for having a love-affair with Sharon Tate shortly before her murder. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), 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.