After working as a signwriter and performing as an amateur, he trained at RADA.

[1] Known for his roles as 'Horrible' Ives in Porridge[2] and as Rex in The Squirrels, he also appeared in The Liver Birds as Uncle Dermot, in Goodnight Sweetheart as Owen Jones, and in Seconds Out as Dave Locket.

Jones was married to the actress Sheila Fay, also a native of Liverpool, from 30 October 1964[3] until her death on 31 August 2013.

[4] He died from bowel cancer on 13 February 2014 in a nursing home in Prescot.

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