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Freddie Jones was an English character actor.
Jones was born in the town of Longton in the city of Stoke-on-Trent. He became an actor after ten years of working as a laboratory assistant with a firm making ceramic products, when his hobby of acting took over. He was trained at the prestigious Rose Bruford College and became famous for his role as Claudius in the 1968 British television series The Caesars. He often played eccentric characters.
He narrated the award-winning video Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind: Pollination. He plays the character Sandy Thomas in ITV’s soap opera Emmerdale.
He was also something of a David Lynch regular, appearing in The Elephant Man (1980), Dune (1984), Wild At Heart (1990), his short-lived TV series On The Air (1992) and the short film Hotel Room (1993).
Jones was the father of actor Toby Jones. He died on the 9th July, 2019 following a short illness.
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Filmography
all 142
Movies 85
TV Shows 57
self 2
Narrator 2
From Stage To Screen (2016)
By Our Selves (2015)
Come on Eileen (2010)
Caught in the Act (2008)
Casanova (2005)
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
The Royal (2003)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Puckoon (2002)
David Copperfield (2001)
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave! (2000)
Married 2 Malcolm (2000)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)
House! (2000)
The Passion (1999)
The Passion (1999)
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children (1998)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Neverwhere (1996)
Dalziel & Pascoe (1996)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1995)
Tales of Mistery & Imagination (1995)
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
The NeverEnding Story III (1994)
Mother's Ruin (1994)
A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
Royal Deceit (1994)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom (1993)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993)
The Last Vampyre (1993)
Mr. Wroe's Virgins (1993)
Hotel Room (1993)
Spies, Inc. (1992)
The True Adventures of Christopher Columbus (1992)
Heartbeat (1992)
Adam Bede (1992)
The Last Butterfly (1991)
Shoot the Revolution (1990)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Kremlin Farewell (1990)
TECX (1990)
Erik the Viking (1989)
Sob Sisters (1989)
Consuming Passions (1988)
Comrades (1987)
Ghosts (1987)
Maschenka (1987)
Inspector Morse (1987)
Casualty (1986)
Time After Time (1986)
Lovejoy (1986)
Silas Marner (1985)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Lost In London (1985)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (1985)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
Bulman (1985)
The Last Evensong (1985)
Dune (1984)
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)
Firestarter (1984)
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
The District Nurse (1984)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind (1983)
Krull (1983)
David Macaulay: Castle (1983)
Firefox (1982)
Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982)
Murder Is Easy (1982)
Spine Chillers (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Sound of Guns (1979)
Brecht and Co (1979)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Of Mycenae and Men (1979)
Secret Orchards (1979)
The Talking Parcel (1978)
The Nativity (1978)
Sorry... (1978)
The Devil's Crown (1978)
Pennies from Heaven (1978)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
Hazell (1978)
The Dancing Princesses (1978)
Target (1977)
Nicholas Nickleby (1977)
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (1977)
Children of the Stones (1977)
Never Too Young to Rock (1976)
The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976)
A Midsummer Nightmare (1975)
Space: 1999 (1975)
All Creatures Great and Small (1975)
Vampira (1974)
Juggernaut (1974)
Son of Dracula (1974)
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Joe's Ark (1974)
Romance with a Double Bass (1974)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Thriller (1973)
Emmerdale (1972)
The Adventurer (1972)
The Protectors (1972)
Van der Valk (1972)
Sitting Target (1972)
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Kidnapped (1971)
Jason King (1971)
Mr. Horatio Knibbles (1971)
Assault (1971)
Six Dates with Barker (1971)
Uncle Vanya (1970)
The Goodies (1970)
Play for Today (1970)
Menace (1970)
The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
Goodbye Gemini (1970)
Doctor in Trouble (1970)
Sweeney Todd (1970)
John Clare: "I Am" (1970)
Germinal (1970)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969)
The Main Chance (1969)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Otley (1969)
The Roy Hudd Show (1969)
The Caesars (1968)
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
Nana (1968)
Ooh La La! (1968)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Marat/Sade (1967)
Accident (1967)
Mystery and Imagination (1966)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
The Wednesday Play (1964)
The Saint (1962)
The Avengers (1961)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-09-12
Deathday2019-07-09 (91 years old)
Birth NameFrederick Charles Jones
Birth PlaceDresden, United Kingdom
ChildrenToby Jones, Rupert Jones
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsФредди Джонс, Frederick Charles Jones
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