Freddie Jones

Known for ActingBorn 1927-09-12Died 2019-07-09Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Time After Time

Ooh La La!

The Paper Man

Maschenka

Sweeney Todd

The Misfit

Sword of Honour

Consuming Passions

Sherlock Holmes

Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children

The Main Chance

Kremlin Farewell

The Elephant Man

The Royal

Sorry...

Inspector Morse

A Midsummer Nightmare

Joe's Ark

The Count of Monte Cristo

Uncle Vanya

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

The Duchess of Duke Street

The Caesars

Cold Comfort Farm

Festival

Jason King

Married 2 Malcolm

Midsomer Murders

The Avengers

Pennies from Heaven

Of Mycenae and Men

The Nativity

Lovejoy

The Goodies

Germinal

Half Hour Story

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

Heartbeat

Six Dates with Barker

Adam Bede

Casanova

And the Ship Sails On

Strangers

Screen Two

The Saint

Wild at Heart

The Last Vampyre

Space: 1999