Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

Acting
September 12, 1927July 9, 2019 (age 91)
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Фредди Джонс, Frederick Charles Jones, فردی جونز

Biography

​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.

Movies

(89 total)
Dune

Dune

19846.2

as Thufir Hawat

Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart

19907.0

as George Kovich

The Black Cauldron

The Black Cauldron

19856.4

as Dallben (voice)

Firestarter

Firestarter

19846.3

as Dr. Joseph Wanless

Young Sherlock Holmes

Young Sherlock Holmes

19856.7

as Chester Cragwitch

Firefox

Firefox

19826.0

as Kenneth Aubrey

The NeverEnding Story III

The NeverEnding Story III

19944.5

as Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain

Erik the Viking

Erik the Viking

19895.9

as Harald the Missionary

Juggernaut

Juggernaut

19746.2

as Sidney Buckland

Accident

Accident

19676.3

as Man in Bell's Office

Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn

19796.1

as Bishop Colenso

Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm

19956.8

as Adam Lambsbreath

TV Shows

(77 total)
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

19848.1

as Inspector Baynes

Space: 1999

Space: 1999

19757.1

as Charles Logan

The Avengers

The Avengers

19617.7

as Basil / John Steed

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

19877.9

as Harry Field Senior

The Saint

The Saint

19627.4

as Martin Graves

Emmerdale

Emmerdale

19724.2

as Sandy Thomas

Casualty

Casualty

19866.2

as Iain Roles

Casualty

Casualty

19866.2

as Henry Wallowski

Casanova

Casanova

20057.0

as Bragadin

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

19867.3

as Arnold Tapie

Hotel Room

Hotel Room

19936.2

as Louis "Lou" Holchak

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

19927.1

as Mr. Parrish

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

19927.1

as George Woodford

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

19927.1

as Fred Braithwaite

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

19927.1

as Howard Druce

The Goodies

The Goodies

19707.5

as Mr. Sparklipegs