Freddie Jones

Biography

Frederick Charles Jones (September 12, 1927 – July 9, 2019) 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. Description the Wikipedia article Freddie Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Elephant Man (1980) — Bytes
2. Dune (1984) — Thufir Hawat
3. الكونت دي مونت كريستو (2002) — Colonel Villefort
4. Wild at Heart (1990) — George Kovich
5. The Black Cauldron (1985) — Dallben (voice)
6. Firestarter (1984) — Dr. Joseph Wanless
7. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) — Chester Cragwitch
8. Krull (1983) — Ynyr
9. Firefox (1982) — Kenneth Aubrey
10. The NeverEnding Story III (1994) — Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain
11. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Benbow
12. Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Inspector Baynes
13. Erik the Viking (1989) — Harald the Missionary
14. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) — Prof. Julian Keeley
15. And the Ship Sails On (1983) — Orlando
16. Space: 1999 (1975) — Charles Logan
17. The Avengers (1961) — Basil / John Steed
18. Inspector Morse (1987) — Harry Field Senior
19. Ladies in Lavender (2004) — Jan Pendered
20. Juggernaut (1974) — Sidney Buckland
21. The Saint (1962) — Martin Graves
22. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) — Prof. Richter
23. Accident (1967) — Man in Bell's Office
24. Zulu Dawn (1979) — Bishop Colenso
25. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) — Cainy Bell
26. Emmerdale (1972) — Sandy Thomas
27. Casualty (1986) — Iain Roles
28. Cold Comfort Farm (1995) — Adam Lambsbreath
29. The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) — Dr. Harris
30. Casanova (2005) — Bragadin
31. Neverwhere (1996) — The Earl
32. Lovejoy (1986) — Arnold Tapie
33. Prince of Jutland (1994) — Bjorn
34. Hotel Room (1993) — Louis "Lou" Holchak
35. Kidnapped (1971) — Cluny
36. The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1967) — Cucurucu
37. Heartbeat (1992) — Mr. Parrish
38. Sitting Target (1972) — MacNeil
39. Vampira (1974) — Gilmore
40. Assault (1971) — Reporter