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