Freddie Jones

Acting

1927-09-12 · Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

By Our Selves

2015 · Movie

Come on Eileen

2010 · Movie

Caught in the Act

2008 · Movie

Casanova

2005 · Series

Ladies in Lavender

2004 · Movie

The Royal

2003 · Series

The Count of Monte Cristo

2002 · Movie

Puckoon

2002 · Movie

David Copperfield

2001 · Movie

David Copperfield

2000 · Series

Married 2 Malcolm

2000 · Movie

House!

2000 · Movie

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

2000 · Series

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom

1999 · Movie

The Passion

1999 · Movie

What Rats Won't Do

1998 · Movie

Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children

1998 · Movie

Midsomer Murders

1997 · Series

Neverwhere

1996 · Series

Dalziel and Pascoe

1996 · Series

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

1995 · Series

Cold Comfort Farm

1995 · Movie

The NeverEnding Story III

1994 · Movie

A Pinch of Snuff

1994 · Movie

Prince of Jutland

1994 · Movie

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1993 · Movie

The Last Vampyre

1993 · Movie

Mr. Wroe's Virgins

1993 · Series

Hotel Room

1993 · Series

Spies, Inc.

1992 · Movie

Heartbeat

1992 · Series

Adam Bede

1992 · Movie

The Last Butterfly

1991 · Movie

Shoot the Revolution

1990 · Movie

The Paper Man

1990 · Series

Wild at Heart

1990 · Movie

Kremlin Farewell

1990 · Movie

TECX

1990 · Series

Erik the Viking

1989 · Movie

Sob Sisters

1989 · Series

Consuming Passions

1988 · Movie

Vanity Fair

1987 · Series

Comrades

1987 · Movie

Ghosts

1987 · Movie

Maschenka

1987 · Movie

Inspector Morse

1987 · Series

Casualty

1986 · Series

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1986 · Series

Time After Time

1986 · Movie

Lovejoy

1986 · Series

Silas Marner

1985 · Movie

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985 · Movie

Lost In London

1985 · Movie

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

1985 · Series

Theatre Night

1985 · Series

A Crack in the Ice

1985 · Movie

The Black Cauldron

1985 · Movie

Screen Two

1985 · Series

Dune

1984 · Movie

Travelling Man

1984 · Series

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984 · Movie

Firestarter

1984 · Movie

Sherlock Holmes

1984 · Series

The District Nurse

1984 · Series

And the Ship Sails On

1983 · Movie

Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind

1983 · Movie

Krull

1983 · Movie

David Macaulay: Castle

1983 · Movie

Firefox

1982 · Movie

Eleanor, First Lady of the World

1982 · Movie

Murder Is Easy

1982 · Movie

Can I Help You?

1981 · Movie

The Elephant Man

1980 · Movie

Brecht and Co

1979 · Movie

Screenplay

1979 · Series

Zulu Dawn

1979 · Movie

Of Mycenae and Men

1979 · Movie

Secret Orchards

1979 · Movie

The Talking Parcel

1978 · Movie

The Nativity

1978 · Movie

Renoir, My Father

1978 · Movie

Sorry...

1978 · Movie

Strangers

1978 · Series

Pennies from Heaven

1978 · Series

The Mayor of Casterbridge

1978 · Series

Hazell

1978 · Series

The Dancing Princesses

1978 · Movie

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 · Series

Target

1977 · Series

Nicholas Nickleby

1977 · Series

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

1977 · Series

Children of the Stones

1977 · Series

Brensham People

1976 · Series

The Government Inspector

1976 · Series

The Duchess of Duke Street

1976 · Series

Never Too Young to Rock

1976 · Movie

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

1976 · Series

A Midsummer Nightmare

1975 · Movie

Space: 1999

1975 · Series

All Creatures Great and Small

1975 · Movie

Snooker

1975 · Movie

Vampira

1974 · Movie

Juggernaut

1974 · Movie

Item

1974 · Movie

Son of Dracula

1974 · Movie

Fall of Eagles

1974 · Series

Joe's Ark

1974 · Movie

Romance with a Double Bass

1974 · Movie

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1973 · Movie

Russian Roulette

1973 · Movie

Centre Play

1973 · Series

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

1973 · Movie

Thriller

1973 · Series

Armchair 30

1973 · Series

Emmerdale

1972 · Series

The Protectors

1972 · Series

The Adventurer

1972 · Series

Van der Valk

1972 · Series

Love and Mr Lewisham

1972 · Series

Sitting Target

1972 · Movie

Antony and Cleopatra

1972 · Movie

Kidnapped

1971 · Movie

Film '72

1971 · Series

Jason King

1971 · Series

Mr. Horatio Knibbles

1971 · Movie

The Shattered Eye

1971 · Movie

Assault

1971 · Movie

Six Dates with Barker

1971 · Series

The Goodies

1970 · Series

Uncle Vanya

1970 · Movie

Play for Today

1970 · Series

Menace

1970 · Series

The Man Who Haunted Himself

1970 · Movie

Goodbye Gemini

1970 · Movie

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

1970 · Movie

Doctor in Trouble

1970 · Movie

The Misfit

1970 · Series

Sweeney Todd

1970 · Movie

John Clare: "I Am"

1970 · Movie

Germinal

1970 · Series

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

1969 · Series

You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It

1969 · Movie

The Main Chance

1969 · Series

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969 · Movie

Otley

1969 · Movie

The Roy Hudd Show

1969 · Series

The Caesars

1968 · Series

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1968 · Movie

Nana

1968 · Series

Cold Comfort Farm

1968 · Series

Ooh La La!

1968 · Series

ITV Playhouse

1967 · Series

Far from the Madding Crowd

1967 · Movie

A Man Inside

1967 · Movie

Half Hour Story

1967 · Series

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 · Movie