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Freddie Jones

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1927-09-12

Deathday: 2019-07-09 (91 years old)

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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Filmography

all 149

Movies 91

TV Shows 58

self 3

Voice 1

Narrator 1

Self

Freddie Jones

Biography

Filmography

all 149

Movies 91

TV Shows 58

self 3

Voice 1

Narrator 1

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)

House! (2000)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)

The ion (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)

Cold Comfort Farm (1995)

The NeverEnding Story III (1994)

Mother's Ruin (1994)

A Pinch of Snuff (1994)

Prince of Jutland (1994)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: 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)

The Paper Man (1990)

Wild at Heart (1990)

Kremlin Farewell (1990)

TECX (1990)

Erik the Viking (1989)

Sob Sisters (1989)

Consuming ions (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 Aged 13¾ (1985)

Theatre Night (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)