Jones (Animal Farm)

Mr. Jones
First appearance	Animal Farm
Created by	George Orwell
Based on	Tsar Nicholas II
Portrayed by	Maurice Denham (1954 film) Tony Robinson (Down on Animal Farm) Pete Postlethwaite (1999 film)
In-universe information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Occupation	Farmer & Owner of Manor Farm (Animal Farm)
Family	Mrs. Jones

Mr. Jones of Manor Farm is a fictional character in George Orwell's 1945 allegorical novella Animal Farm. Jones is an allegory for Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Jones is overthrown by the animals of his farm, who represent Bolshevik and liberal revolutionaries.

Portrayals

In the 1954 animated adaptation of the novel, Jones was voiced by Maurice Denham, who provided all voices bar the narration. The story is fairly faithful to the novel, except Jones is not married and never leaves the area and instead remains in his local pub. When the other major farmers decide to make an attempt to seize Animal Farm, Jones offers to join them but is turned down. Instead, he acquires a large quantity of dynamite and destroys the windmill with himself still inside (due to being drunk).

Pete Postlethwaite portrayed Jones in the 1999 live-action film, as a brutish yokel who is highly in debt and is the laughingstock of the neighboring farms for his poor farm, although his alcoholism is toned down. In this film, he and Mrs. Jones destroy the windmill together before fleeing the area. What happened to them afterwards is never revealed.

Tony Robinson portrayed Jones in the 1994 featurette Down on Animal Farm, a documentary about the making of the 1954 adaptation.