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Henry Jones Sr. (left) and Henry "Indiana" Jones (right) The father of renowned archaeologist Indiana Jones, Henry was born in Scotland on December 12, 1872. [7] Having received his degree from the University of Oxford in 1893, [7] he is a professor of medieval literature at Princeton University [1] – according to his son, "the one the students hope they don't get".
Sean Connery as Henry Jones Sr.: Indiana's father, a professor of medieval literature who cared more about looking for the Grail than raising his son. Spielberg had Connery in mind when he suggested introducing Indiana's father, though he did not tell Lucas at first.
Connery starred in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), playing Henry Jones Sr., the title character's father, and received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. Harrison Ford said Connery's contributions at the writing stage enhanced the film.
Harrison Ford paid tribute to Sean Connery, a.k.a. Henry Jones Sr. in the "Indiana Jones" series, who died on Saturday at the age of 90. "He was my father…not in life…but in 'Indy 3,'" Ford ...
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Some heroes such as Superman, Batman, Luke Skywalker, and Indiana Jones are beloved worldwide. ... Gregory Peck played the widowed father, Atticus Finch. ... Whether it was Sean Connery, Roger ...
Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Sr. (Sean Connery) is Indiana's estranged father, who was distant from his son due to his obsessive study of the Holy Grail and its possible location. Captured by Nazis in 1938, he is rescued by his son, and in the process of racing the Nazis to the Grail's location, they become closer.
1989 — Sean Connery ... "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" franchise star Ford won the title in 1998 when he was 56. ... the 46-year-old father of two with 25 years in show business still reigns as ...