More about Sharon Tate edit Dating History # 5 Roman Polanski 79 104 1966 - 1969 And it is more straight and thorough about the times than any science fiction or horror movie in a while. Emma Joan Becker. Back in 2015, Hussey shared a black and white photo of her with Jones with the caption: 'With actor Christopher Jones. After conferring with Stuart Cohen, one of Jones managers, Immerman was reassured that he would babysit his client and keep him in line during the films production. // ]]> I knew they were lousy movies. Christopher Jones as Jesse James, in 1965, "Christopher Jones, Actor who Quit Field, Dies at 72", Christopher Jones Biography at cinetropic, "Christopher Jones dies at 72; actor quit at peak of career", "Olivia Hussey, star of Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet: 'I was wild', "Olivia Hussey recalls controversial 'Romeo and Juliet' role at 16, reveals personal tragedies", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Jones_(actor)&oldid=1142297304, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 16:47. He was also known for having a love-affair with Sharon Tate shortly before her murder. "They were totally besotted with each other and Sharon had agreed to divorce Roman Polanski so that they could to be together once Ryan's Daughter was in the can. 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. "One of my other managers took it. She has never been so in love.' Their real marriage did not survive the filming, and they divorced in 1968. Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class. Sharon was in Italy filming 13 (Eye of the Devil). Fate is fate. Jones began an affair with his costar, Pia Degermark (star ofElvira Madigan[1967]), and a dalliance with Susan George, who played his girlfriend inThe Looking Glass War. 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. When she was brutally murdered by members of Charles Mansons gang in Los Angeles in August 1969, Jones was devastated and gave up acting, McKenna said. 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. Scroll down for more {9} Further problems ensued in 1996 when Christopher ingested "something caustic" and was taken to hospital. She saysJones started abusing her soon after they began dating in the late 1960s, Hussey and Jones had broken up when she planned to move into the guesthouse of the home Sharon Tate was renting with her husband Roman Polanski prior to the Manson crime spree, Hussey had been planning to help Sharon Tate and Roman Polanksi (left) with their soon-to-born baby when Tate was murdered by Charles Manson's 'family'. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "product_link"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "worlcinepara-20"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_placement = "B0007R4T3A"; amzn_assoc_asins = "B0007R4T3A"; amzn_assoc_show_border = true; amzn_assoc_link_opens_in_new_window = true; "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. 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He is survived by his partner Paule McKenna and his seven children Seagen, Calin, Tauer, Delon, Jeremy, Christopher and Jennifer. Scroll down for more {1} But he adds: "I wasn't planning on anything because I knew she was married to Roman." His year there was one of the worst of his life, he told The Chicago Tribune. She said that he was even given a local pharmacists homemade aphrodisiac. 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. His mother died when he was 19.[2]. Manson died in prison in 2017. // ]]> Peter Winkler is the author of Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel (Barricade Books, 2011). At first, I didn't have a strong reaction because I was so stunned. He appeared in only one more film Mad Dog Time, a 1996 comedy in which he had a small role as a favor to a friend, Larry Bishop, the films director. Stanley Holloways son, Julian, had to dub him throughout. [7] Jones received poor notices anyway, which took a personal toll on the actor. Jones, 72, died Friday at Los Alamitos Medical Center. His works included an oil painting of Rudolph Valentino that was displayed at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[8]. You are a true legend. The bitch in charge kept trying to have sex with me, with six henchmen holding me down., When Des Barres asked him why his managers would do that to him, he said, They wanted control of me and my money. Later that evening however, Jones found himself in Tate's room. So they didnt call the police, they just didnt go out of the office. With her marriage to Roman, her life became one of parties, travel and meeting influential movie people. ), No, Im not a fan of [James] Dean, he said. Netflix releases first clip from second season of 'Shadow and Bone'. Lina Das for MailOnline. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. "Well, God obviously separated them and put me there." 'My face was like a balloon. "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. [CDATA[ You have long been my film idol and inspired me in Ryans Daughter with the portrayal of Major Doryan. Only slowly did it hit me, and then it hit me hard, he said. It had been a very unpleasant experience. 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. When she was 18 years old, actress Olivia Hussey was allegedly raped by Jones in the house Roman Polanski had shared with his wife Sharon Tate, weeks after Tate's death. At the end of the shoot he was taken off to a mental hospital.". 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. God bless you Christopher and may you rest in piece. Winters introduced Jones to actress Susan Strasberg, the daughter of method acting progenitor Lee Strasberg. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "product_link"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "worlcinepara-20"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_placement = "B008I34YTY"; amzn_assoc_asins = "B008I34YTY"; amzn_assoc_show_border = true; amzn_assoc_link_opens_in_new_window = true; William Frank Jones, better known as Christopher Jones (August 18, 1941 - January 31, 2014), was an American movie and television actor. 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