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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 89
TV Shows 60
self 2
Narrator 2
Voice 1
By Our Selves (2015)
Caught in the Act (2008)
Casanova (2005)
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
The Royal (2003)
Puckoon (2002)
House! (2000)
The Passion (1999)
The Passion (1999)
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children (1998)
Neverwhere (1996)
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
The NeverEnding Story III (1994)
Mother's Ruin (1994)
A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
Hotel Room (1993)
Spies, Inc. (1992)
Heartbeat (1992)
Adam Bede (1992)
The Last Butterfly (1991)
Shoot the Revolution (1990)
The Paper Man (1990)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Erik the Viking (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 Black Cauldron (1985)
The Last Evensong (1985)
Dune (1984)
Firestarter (1984)
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
The District Nurse (1984)
Firefox (1982)
Murder Is Easy (1982)
Spine Chillers (1980)
The Sound of Guns (1979)
Brecht and Co (1979)
Screenplay (1979)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Of Mycenae and Men (1979)
Secret Orchards (1979)
The Nativity (1978)
Sorry... (1978)
Pennies from Heaven (1978)
Nicholas Nickleby (1977)
Never Too Young to Rock (1976)
The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976)
A Midsummer Nightmare (1975)
Space: 1999 (1975)
Vampira (1974)
Juggernaut (1974)
Son of Dracula (1974)
Romance with a Double Bass (1974)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973)
Russian Roulette (1973)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Thriller (1973)
Emmerdale (1972)
The Adventurer (1972)
The Protectors (1972)
Van der Valk (1972)
Sitting Target (1972)
Jason King (1971)
Mr. Horatio Knibbles (1971)
Assault (1971)
The Goodies (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)
You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It (1969)
The Main Chance (1969)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Otley (1969)
The Caesars (1968)
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
Nana (1968)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Marat/Sade (1967)
Accident (1967)
Sword of Honour (1967)
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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