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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 12, 1927
Place of Birth:
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Freddie Jones
Biography
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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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | By Our Selves | Himself |
| 2010 | Come on Eileen | Dermot |
| 2008 | Caught in the Act | Collingsworth Jenkins |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Jan Pendered |
| 2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Colonel Villefort |
| 2002 | Puckoon | Sir John Meredith |
| 2001 | David Copperfield | Barkis |
| 2000 | The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave! | |
| 2000 | House! | Mr Anzani |
| 2000 | Married 2 Malcolm | Jasper |
| 1999 | The Passion | George |
| 1998 | Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children | (voice, read by) |
| 1998 | What Rats Won't Do | Judge Foster |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Adam Lambsbreath |
| 1994 | The NeverEnding Story III | Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain |
| 1994 | Prince of Jutland | Bjorn |
| 1994 | A Pinch of Snuff | Dr Gilbert Haggard |
| 1993 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom | Birdy |
| 1993 | The Last Vampyre | Pedlar |
| 1992 | Adam Bede | Old Squire |
| 1992 | Spies, Inc. | Filatov |
| 1991 | The Last Butterfly | Karl Rheinberg |
| 1990 | Shoot the Revolution | Sergei Popescu |
| 1990 | Kremlin Farewell | Agejev |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | George Kovich |
| 1989 | Erik the Viking | Harald the Missionary |
| 1988 | Consuming Passions | Graham Chumley |
| 1987 | Comrades | Vicar of Tolpuddle |
| 1987 | Ghosts | Jacob Engstrand |
| 1987 | Maschenka | Podtyagin |
| 1986 | Time After Time | Ulick Uniake |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Dallben (voice) |
| 1985 | Silas Marner | Squire Cass |
| 1985 | Young Sherlock Holmes | Chester Cragwitch |
| 1985 | Lost In London | Leo Porter |
| 1984 | Dune | Thufir Hawat |
| 1984 | Firestarter | Dr. Joseph Wanless |
| 1984 | The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | |
| 1983 | Krull | Ynyr |
| 1983 | And the Ship Sails On | Orlando |
| 1983 | Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind | Narrator |
| 1983 | David Macaulay: Castle | Voice |
| 1982 | Firefox | Kenneth Aubrey |
| 1982 | Murder Is Easy | Const. Reed |
| 1982 | Eleanor, First Lady of the World | |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | Bytes |
| 1979 | Secret Orchards | |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Bishop Colenso |
| 1979 | Brecht and Co | |
| 1978 | The Talking Parcel | Parrot |
| 1978 | The Nativity | Diomedes |
| 1978 | The Dancing Princesses | The King |
| 1978 | Sorry... | Headmaster - 'Audience' |
| 1978 | Renoir, My Father | Vollard |
| 1976 | Never Too Young to Rock | Mr. Rockbottom |
| 1975 | Snooker | Tiny |
| 1975 | All Creatures Great and Small | Cranford |
| 1975 | A Midsummer Nightmare | Arnold Tully |
| 1974 | Juggernaut | Sidney Buckland |
| 1974 | Vampira | Gilmore |
| 1974 | Son of Dracula | The Baron |
| 1974 | Joe's Ark | Joe |
| 1974 | Romance with a Double Bass | Maestro Lakeyich |
| 1974 | Item | Mr Fisher |
| 1973 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Prof. Julian Keeley |
| 1973 | Russian Roulette | Fiodor Dostoyevski |
| 1973 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | |
| 1972 | Sitting Target | MacNeil |
| 1972 | Antony and Cleopatra | Pompey |
| 1971 | Mr. Horatio Knibbles | Gamekeeper |
| 1971 | Kidnapped | Cluny |
| 1971 | Assault | Reporter |
| 1970 | The Man Who Haunted Himself | Dr. Harris |
| 1970 | John Clare: "I Am" | John Clare |
| 1970 | Goodbye Gemini | David Curry |
| 1970 | Sweeney Todd | Sweeney Todd |
| 1970 | Doctor in Trouble | Master at Arms |
| 1970 | Uncle Vanya | Vanya |
| 1969 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Prof. Richter |
| 1969 | Otley | Philip Proudfoot |
| 1969 | You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It | Wilfred Eames |
| 1968 | The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Det. Sergeant Dylan |
| 1967 | Far from the Madding Crowd | Cainy Bell |
| 1967 | Accident | Man in Bell's Office |
| 1967 | Marat/Sade | Cucurucu |
| 1967 | A Man Inside | Walter Bishop |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Casanova | Bragadin |
| 2003 | The Royal | Sebastian Fox-Kirby |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Benbow |
| 1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | |
| 1996 | Neverwhere | The Earl |
| 1995 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Fortunato |
| 1993 | Hotel Room | Louis "Lou" Holchak |
| 1993 | Mr. Wroe's Virgins | Tobias |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Mr. Parrish |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | George Woodford |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Fred Braithwaite |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Howard Druce |
| 1990 | TECX | |
| 1990 | The Paper Man | Sir Charles Llewellyn |
| 1989 | Sob Sisters | |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Harry Field Senior |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Arnold Tapie |
| 1986 | Casualty | Iain Roles |
| 1986 | Casualty | Henry Wallowski |
| 1985 | The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ | Scruton |
| 1985 | Bulman | |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Jacob Engstrand |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Inspector Baynes |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Pedlar |
| 1984 | The District Nurse | |
| 1978 | Hazell | |
| 1978 | Pennies from Heaven | Headmaster |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown | |
| 1978 | The Mayor of Casterbridge | |
| 1977 | Target | |
| 1977 | The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | |
| 1977 | Nicholas Nickleby | Mr. Vincent Crummles |
| 1977 | Children of the Stones | Dai |
| 1976 | The Ghosts of Motley Hall | Sir George Uproar |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Charles Logan |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Witte |
| 1973 | Thriller | Arnold Tully |
| 1972 | The Protectors | Robard |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Joop Pater |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Calloway |
| 1972 | Emmerdale | Sandy Thomas |
| 1971 | Jason King | Mr. Quirly |
| 1971 | Six Dates with Barker | |
| 1970 | The Goodies | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | |
| 1970 | Menace | |
| 1970 | Germinal | |
| 1970 | The Goodies | Mr. Sparklipegs |
| 1969 | The Roy Hudd Show | |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Professor Ian Allardyce |
| 1969 | Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) | James McAllister |
| 1968 | The Caesars | Claudius |
| 1968 | Nana | |
| 1968 | Ooh La La! | |
| 1968 | Nana | Count Muffat |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Vanya |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | |
| 1962 | The Saint | Martin Graves |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Basil / John Steed |