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 Simon Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon Jones (actor) (born 1950), British actor (played Arthur Dent in the BBC Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio and TV-series).
Simon Jones (cricketer) (born 1978), Welsh cricketer who plays for England.
Simon Jones (producer), an executive producer of the reality television series American Idol.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Jones   (132 words)

  
 Audiofile, the Magazine for People Who Love Audiobooks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
(Simon has appeared in a number of Python films, and his wife, Nancy Lewis, was once the American manager of Monty Python.) The CV is filled with theatrical credits from the West End and Broadway and chock a block with major television and movie credits.
Simon performed the role of Arthur Dent, Douglas Adams's hapless hero, in the full-cast recording of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: THE TERTIARY PHASE, which won an Earphones Award in June.
Yet Simon Jones is an avid listener with eclectic tastes, and his enjoyment and appreciation of audio narrative informs his dynamic storytelling style.
www.audiofilemagazine.com /gvpages/jones.shtml   (1383 words)

  
 Simon Jones - Moviefone
Simon Jones (producer), an executive producer of the reality television...
In the 2006 New Year's Honours List, Simon Jones was awarded the MBE for his role...
In February 2006 Simon Jones was placed 9th in a poll of the world's...
movies.aol.com /celebrity/simon-jones/36224/main   (119 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Last hitchhike for Galaxy veteran
Actor Simon Jones, who starred in the original TV series, talks about his involvement in both the new movie and radio version.
But now the 55-year-old actor has a pretender to his throne in Martin Freeman, star of the new film version of Douglas Adams' sci-fi novel.
Jones' enjoyment was augmented by the presence of numerous high-profile guest stars, from veteran comedian Jackie Mason and actor Jonathan Pryce to Hollywood heart-throb Christian Slater.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/4473473.stm   (796 words)

  
 Simon Jones (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jones as Sir Walter Raleigh in the Blackadder episode "Potato"
Its author, Douglas Adams, later said that he wrote the part of Arthur Dent with Simon Jones in mind.
Jones also appeared in various other TV series, including the second series of Blackadder (playing Sir Walter Raleigh) and Brideshead Revisited (in which he played the Earl of Brideshead, the heir to the Marquess of Marchmain), and films, including Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Twelve Monkeys, and Green Card.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Jones_(actor)   (396 words)

  
 The Professor and the Madman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Simon Winchester has produced a mesmerizing coda to the deeply troubled Minor's life, a life that in one sense began with the senseless murder of an innocent British brewery worker that the deluded Minor believed was an assassin sent by one of his numerous "enemies."
British stage actor Simon Jones leads us through this uncommon meeting of minds (the other belonging to self-educated dictionary editor James Murray) at full gallop.
The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness and genius, and the incredible obsessions of two men at the heart of the Oxford English Dictionary and literary history.
isbn.nu /0694520667   (1066 words)

  
 Playbill Features: PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Simon Jones
He may have explored deep space via "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," but for the past several years, actor Simon Jones has limited his terrain to a mile radius in Manhattan.
Nearly as ubiquitous these days on New York City stages as co-countryman Brian Murray, Jones is currently on view in Passion Play, playing a fuddy-duddy hubby who, embarking on an affair, finds himself coming alive in his heart while coming apart in his marriage.
Simon Jones: We did have one smash up.
www.playbill.com /features/article/65068.html   (1669 words)

  
 The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary - ...
The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, 70 years in the making, was an intellectually heroic feat with a twist worthy of the greatest mystery fiction: one of its most valuable contributors was a criminally insane American physician, locked up in an English asylum for murder.
Simon Jones narrates this bizarre but true story with a rich mahogany baritone and an appropriately snooty English accent.
Simon Winchester's history celebrates the dictionary, the man who made it happen, and one of the project's most remarkable volunteers.
www.readingbee.com /review/book006099486X.html   (2631 words)

  
 National Audio Theatre Festivals - NATF
Simon Jones To Perform and Teach at The June 2003 Audio Theatre Workshop
Simon Jones, probably best known to the audio drama community for his performances as Arthur Dent in "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy," will be one of the special guests on-hand for this year's Audio Theatre Workshop from June 14-20, 2003, at Southwest Missouri State University in West Plains.
In addition to the audio acting classes that Simon Jones will teach, there will also be voice and performance classes offered by Jeff Hedquist and Elaine Bankston-Speer -- best known for their national radio commercials.
www.natf.org /simonpress.html   (738 words)

  
 The Flick Filosopher | Life, the Universe, and Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Some are famous names: Monty Python's Terry Jones; cartoonist Berkeley Breathed; actor Simon Jones (the original radio and TV Arthur Dent), inexplicably wearing the original dressing gown from 1981 BBC miniseries.
Adams adapted his own radio scripts, so it's no wonder that the dialogue is so sharp and flows so smoothly, even though it's packed with exposition and much convoluted humor that demands you pay close attention in order to understand the punch line (which may not pay off for quite a while, actually).
And all those Guide entries, read by the authoritative but calm and friendly voice of Peter Jones (Chariots of Fire) are positively made for the DVD Pause button.
www.flickfilosopher.com /flickfilos/archive/2005/douglasadams.shtml   (962 words)

  
 Meanwhile: Simon Jones putting the world to writes.
My name is Simon Jones, and right now at I have about six seconds to capture your interest before you decide this website isn't your 'cup of tea' and simply click off to some other location in the vast expanse of zeros and ones we call 'the internet'.
The content of 'Meanwhile' is the exclusive copyright property of Simon Jones.
More websites created by Simon Jones can be located at simonjones.co.uk.
www.simonjones.co.uk /meanwhile   (413 words)

  
 Barry Jones - Actor - 1893 / 1981
At the age of seven, determined to be an actor, he applied for a role in a Shakespearean touring company that was visiting Guernsey (Sir Frank and Lady Benson's,
When Barry was seven years old, Sir Frank Benson and his troupe of players from Stratford-on-Avon came within reach of the Guernsey home where young Mr Jones was quite happy as the baby of a large family.
Then young Barry announced his future profession, 'I am going to be an actor when I grow up,' he said, 'I am going to play Shakespeare with Sir Frank Benson.
website.lineone.net /~simon.jones/bjindex.htm   (332 words)

  
 Celebrity Readers - FCPL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
British actor Jeremy Irons, who played the lead in the PBS series based on this novel, relates Waugh’s classic story of an Englishman’s intense relationship with the wealthy but dysfunctional family that inhabited Brideshead.
In a voice as rich as it is recognized, James Earl Jones lends his narrative talents to the King James Version of the New Testament.
Gr 6-8-Actor Simon Jones does an excellent job of giving voice to Cornelia Funke's mystery adventure tale which has won several European children's literature awards (Scholastic, 2002).
www.fairfaxcounty.gov /LIBRARY/reading/adult/celebrec3.htm   (1907 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: DVD: Peter Jones,Simon Jones,David Dixon,Joe Melia,Martin ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
For example, sometimes the actors seemed less than absorbed and involved in the movie, and except for brief scenes here and there, I thought the most convincing players were the stolid and unprepossessing Vogons who are the beaurocratic bad guys in the film, although the John Malkovich character was good.
The only three actors whom I have heard of were ALAN RICKMAN (Galaxy Quest, Die Hard, Dogma) and Sam Rockwell (who also played in Galaxy Quest) and the dwarf actor Warwick Davis (famous for his roles in the six LEPRECHAUN movies) he is dressed in the Marvin The Paranoid Android outfit.
Prosser, Martin Benson as Vogon Captain, Steve Conway as Barman, Cleo Rocos as Alien, Andrew Mussell as Alien, Sandra Dickinson as Trillian, Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Michael Cule as Vogon Guard, Rayner Bourton as Newscaster, Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, David Dixon as Ford Prefect, Joe Melia as Mr.
www.amazon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Peter-Jones/dp/B00005YUNJ   (2289 words)

  
 Are you looking for Simon Jones?
This Simon Jones has all but monopolized the name Simon Jones with his own brand of design, writing, photography, humor and even radio and TV presenting!
Although I am Simon Jones, I am not the actor who played Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I Never got on and that's probably a good thing, otherwise I would have been forever labelled as 'Simon from Big Brother.'' I may again apply to become 'Simon from Big Brother' as I think that living in that house with those people would be an interesting experience.
www.simonjones.co.uk /simonjones.html   (737 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Professor and The Madman, The: Books: Simon Winchester,Jones Simon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire by Simon Winchester
Regardless, Simon Winchester's story between the covers is splendidly told, without sensationalising even the most horrific details, revealed matter of factly well into the book.
The focus of Simon Winchester's book is the contribution that Dr. William Chester Minor (of the "wildly wrong" brain above) made to the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary.
www.amazon.com /Professor-Madman-Simon-Winchester/dp/0694520667   (2009 words)

  
 The SF Site Featured Review: The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
He created Arthur Dent for actor Simon Jones, whose put-upon delivery remains the heart of the first two series.
Sequences that felt flat in the novel, at least to me, work beautifully when performed by brilliant actors backed up by the mad geniuses behind the mixing boards.
Compiled and narrated by Simon Jones, it's an A-Z celebration of Adams' life and work, comprised of skits, interviews, and excerpts from other radio shows, including the documentary version of Last Chance To See, in which Adams and company journeyed about the globe in search of endangered species.
www.sfsite.com /10a/hg209.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Simon Jones @ Filmbug UK
Simon Jones @ Filmbug UK Film Stars > Simon Jones > Biography
Tell us what you think of Simon Jones in the Filmbug forum...
Find more details on the Simon Jones Movies page
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 IMDb Name Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Simon Jones (X) (Miscellaneous Crew, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005))
Simon Jones (V) (Miscellaneous Crew, The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1997) (V))
Jennifer Jones (I) (Actress, Portrait of Jennie (1948))
www.imdb.com /Name?Simon+Jones   (148 words)

  
 NPR : Tommy Lee Jones, Exploring New Territory
Weekend Edition Saturday, January 28, 2006 · Actor Tommy Lee Jones also directs The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.
It's the story of a man killed in Texas and a friend -- played by Jones -- who fulfills his wish to be buried in Mexico.
Tommy Lee Jones in Director's Chair with 'Burials'
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5176262   (132 words)

  
 Jones - Lostpedia
A number of articles are associated with the title Jones.
NOTE: If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Bea Jones, aunt of Emily Annabeth Locke and great aunt of John Locke
www.lostpedia.com /wiki/Jones   (65 words)

  
 New Globe Theater
The opening performance featured actors from around the globe who had never met in person...
We were honored by a parade of New York's loveliest and most visionary actors, politicians, and philanthropists...
Eric Jones joins the New Globe team as Head of Corporate Relations and Education.
www.newglobe.org   (1920 words)

  
 AudioFile, the Magazine for People Who Love Audiobooks
The story can only be described as epic, with politics and intrigue cropping up around every bend.
Actor Simon Jones reads this abridgment with the same passion the lead character shows toward life and provides distinct, varied voices for each character.
Although the abridgment seems choppy at times, Jones reads with such an easy pace, the gaps go almost unnoticed.
www.audiofilemagazine.com /reviews/showreview_pub.cfm?Num=8366   (200 words)

  
 Cast - Too Dead To Swing
Billboard magazine to say: "Among devoted audiobook fans, Barbara Rosenblat is spoken of with the same affection and reverence that the music industry reserves for Frank Sinatra and the Beatles." Barbara's website is http://i.am/barbararosenblat
A singer as well as an actor, he has performed in concerts in Eastern and Western Europe, and West Africa.
He can be heard announcing radio commercials for Blue Cross and Georgia Pacific; and he can often be seen in musical theater productions in the Nashville area.
www.audio-play.com /toodead/cast.htm   (1277 words)

  
 Simon Jones (The Best Actor)
The Best Actor, The Best Arthur Dent and The Best Leading Man In Science Fiction Television
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 Broadway - Waiting In The Wings cast and company - Waiting In The Wings information - New York
Actor - Understudy Almina, Bonita, Maudie, Dora, Topsy
Actor - St. John's Ambulance Man, u/s Perry, Alan
Actor - Dora, u/s Deirdre, Sarita, Miss Archie
www.theatermania.com /content/show_cast.cfm?int_show_id=220   (155 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Hitchin' a ride
And there's just something innately hilarious about watching that huge head shrug or bow when he becomes depressed or downbeat."
And besides, the television Marvin does show up in one scene, as does actor Simon Jones, who played Arthur Dent in the radio and television versions.
Stamp said, "We've done everything we can to please Douglas' die-hard fans while making sure the film is still accessible to those who may not have been as familiar with the books — or even those who are coming in cold."
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600129861,00.html   (1117 words)

  
 Audies add to Harry Potter's laurels | www.azstarnet.com ®
It is read by Canadian actor and London resident Kerry Shale, and produced by Audio Partners.
Cullin's focus is on a 93-year old Sherlock Holmes, who, having outlived Dr. Watson and practically everyone else he ever knew — good or evil — is now a quiet beekeeper.
● Science Fiction: "Market Forces," by Richard K. Morgan, narrated by Simon Vance for Tantor Media Inc. Morgan, who credits Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore for helping to form his political and economic insights, takes an unhappy look at Western capitalism.
www.azstarnet.com /allheadlines/129717   (754 words)

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