Something went wrong, please try again later. Get a daily dose of showbiz gossip direct to your inbox. Most embarrassing of all, she describes the tortuous making of the film's pivotal love scene, where a lacklustre Jones was given a potion concocted by a chemist "to help matters considerably" and increase his sexual enthusiasm for Miles on screen. In his favorable review of the film,Varietys Murf noted, Christopher Jones, whose future star potential is established herein. American International Pictures must have been ecstatic whenNew York Timesreviewer Renata Adler wrote, By far the best American film of the year so farand this has been the worst year in a long time for, among other things, moviesis Wild in the Streets. It is a very blunt, bitter, head-on but live and funny attack on the problem of the generations. I knew Stuart and Rudy [Jones managers, Stuart Cohen and Rudy Altobelli], and they were not bad people. Later that evening however, Jones found himself in Tate's room. "They all knew about each other. She described, "My face was like a balloon. ', she said: 'Don't worry about Roman.' The directorsDavid Lean and Renato Castellaniwere both Svengalis, real puppet masters. // ]]> [CDATA[ Christopher Jones was born in Jackson, Tennessee in 1941. Jones spent his last few years with Paula McKenna in Seal Beach, California, where he once taught an acting class at a nearby private school in 2009. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. [8] He is survived by seven children, Jennifer Strasberg, Christopher Jones Jr., Jeromy McKenna, Delon Jones, Tauer Jones, Calin Jones, and Seagen Jones. [5], After two films in Europe with Pia DegermarkThe Looking Glass War and Brief Season, both in 1970Jones was cast by director David Lean in Ryan's Daughter (1970). In 1996, he told Pamela Des Barres that his life had not been a success, and he felt haunted by his youthful fame, like Dorian Gray. The actress,. . [CDATA[ He was a big comer and with the right person handling and directing, he could still be as big as anybody., STORY: Quentin Tarantino Suing Gawker Over Leaked Hateful Eight Script (Exclusive). Miles and Robert Mitchum sneaked . She has never been so in love.' InThree in the Attic(1968), he played Paxton Quigley, a college Casanova who carries on simultaneous affairs with three co-eds (Yvette Mimieux, Judy Pace, and Maggie Thrett) at a womens university in Vermont. 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At first, I didn't have a strong reaction because I was so stunned. hitType: 'event', He was filming in Ireland when he was informed that she had been murdered. "The medical report said I'd died in the ambulance, but somehow, I managed to survive." Jones owns the screen during his brief appearance as fake hit man Nicholas Falco, showing he still had seductive charisma to burn. She said she learned she was pregnant weeks later and decided to have an abortion. In one such incident, Jones allegedly punched her in the stomach when they were talking. Mr. Jones was filming Ryans Daughter in Ireland at the time. pg.acq.push(function() { // ]]> He contributed to the air of mystery surrounding his decision to quit acting by giving contradictory answers to interviewers questions on the subject. Like Dean, Mr. Jones studied at the Actors Studio, worked on Broadway and in television, and projected an aura of wild yearning and raw energy, which he showed in films like Wild in the Streets, (1968) and Ryans Daughter (1970). ", Andrea is an entertainment producer at CBSNews.com, First published on July 26, 2018 / 2:41 PM. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "product_link"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "worlcinepara-20"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_placement = "B000CBG5PQ"; amzn_assoc_asins = "B000CBG5PQ"; amzn_assoc_show_border = true; amzn_assoc_link_opens_in_new_window = true; Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter. Although it was a heartbreaking experience for her, she doesn't regret it. Jones and Tate continued to see each other, and although he might have been infatuated with Tate, it didn't stop him conducting simultaneous affairs with Pia Degermark and his former wife Susan. 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His mother was an artist who entered a mental hospital when he was 4 and died there when he was 19. }); And it is more straight and thorough about the times than any science fiction or horror movie in a while. She wrote in her book, "I decided I could not have the baby. She says her former boyfriend, actor Christopher Jones, attacked and raped her in the home where Sharon Tate was murdered. gads_event = event; Jones and his brother were then placed in Boys Town in Memphis, where he became a fan of James Dean after being told he bore a resemblance to him. After filming on Ryan's Daughter was completed, Jones gave up acting for 26 years. Later that evening, Jones sat on Tates couch in her hotel room. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. ga('ads.send', { He starred in the cult classic "Wild in the Streets" in 1968. Jones, 72, died Friday at Los Alamitos Medical Center. // ]]> She said Jones punched her, but she stuck by him: "I was young, and I loved him. hitType: 'event', And Thom hung up the phone and said, Well, darling, Christopher is going to shoot my agent, so I cant have lunch.. //