Freddie Jones
Acting1927Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
Biography
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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.
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Known For
Acting History
2015
By Our Selves
as Himself
2010
Come on Eileen
as Dermot
2009
Heartbeat
TVas Howard Druce• 1 eps
2008
Caught in the Act
as Collingsworth Jenkins
2005
Casanova
TVas Bragadin
2004
Ladies in Lavender
as Jan Pendered
The Royal
TVas Sebastian Fox-Kirby• 2 eps
Midsomer Murders
TVas Benbow• 1 eps
2002
Puckoon
as Sir John Meredith
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Colonel Villefort
2001
David Copperfield
as Barkis
2000
1999
1998
What Rats Won't Do
as Judge Foster
Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children
as (voice, read by)
1997
1996
Neverwhere
TVas The Earl
1995
Cold Comfort Farm
as Adam Lambsbreath
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
TVas Fortunato
1994
The NeverEnding Story III
as Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain
Prince of Jutland
as Bjorn
A Pinch of Snuff
as Dr Gilbert Haggard
1993
The Last Vampyre
as Pedlar
Hotel Room
TVas Louis "Lou" Holchak
Lovejoy
TVas Arnold Tapie• 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
TVas Inspector Baynes / Pedlar• 1 eps
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
TVas Tobias
1992
Adam Bede
as Old Squire
Spies, Inc.
as Filatov
1991
The Last Butterfly
as Karl Rheinberg
Inspector Morse
TVas Harry Field Senior• 1 eps
1990
Wild at Heart
as George Kovich
Kremlin Farewell
as Agejev
Shoot the Revolution
as Sergei Popescu
The Paper Man
TVas Sir Charles Llewellyn
1989
Erik the Viking
as Harald the Missionary
1988
Consuming Passions
as Graham Chumley
1987
Comrades
as Vicar of Tolpuddle
Maschenka
as Podtyagin
Ghosts
as Jacob Engstrand
Vanity Fair
TVas Sir Pitt Crawley
1986
Time After Time
as Ulick Uniake
Casualty
TVas Henry Wallowski / Iain Roles
1985
Silas Marner
as Squire Cass
Lost In London
as Leo Porter
The Black Cauldron
as Dallben (voice)
Young Sherlock Holmes
as Chester Cragwitch
A Crack in the Ice
as Lt. Col. Svinin
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
TVas Mr. Scruton
Theatre Night
TVas Jacob Engstrand
1984
Dune
as Thufir Hawat
Firestarter
as Dr. Joseph Wanless
1983
Krull
as Ynyr
And the Ship Sails On
as Orlando
David Macaulay: Castle
as Voice
Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
as Narrator
1982
1980
The Elephant Man
as Bytes
1979
1978
The Dancing Princesses
as The King
The Talking Parcel
as Parrot
The Nativity
as Diomedes
Sorry...
as Headmaster - 'Audience'
Renoir, My Father
as Vollard
Pennies from Heaven
TVas Headmaster
BBC2 Play of the Week
TVas Vollard• 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Gibbet• 1 eps
Hazell
TVas Dobson
The Mayor of Casterbridge
TVas Fall
Strangers
TVas Effingham
1977
Van der Valk
TVas Joop Pater• 1 eps
Target
TVas Det. Chief Supt. Neville Clegg
Children of the Stones
TVas Dai
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
TVas Peter
Nicholas Nickleby
TVas Vincent Crummles
1976
Never Too Young to Rock
as Mr. Rockbottom
The Government Inspector
TVas Mayor• 1 eps
The Duchess of Duke Street
TVas Professor Stubbs
Thriller
TVas Arnold Tully• 1 eps
Space: 1999
TVas Charles Logan• 1 eps
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
TVas Sir George Uproar, 'Sir Richard'
1975
1974
Son of Dracula
as The Baron
Juggernaut
as Sidney Buckland
Vampira
as Gilmore
Joe's Ark
as Joe
Item
as Mr Fisher
Romance with a Double Bass
as Maestro Lakeyich
Fall of Eagles
TVas Witte
1973
Russian Roulette
as Fiodor Dostoyevski
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Prof. Julian Keeley
The Protectors
TVas Robard• 1 eps
The Adventurer
TVas Calloway• 1 eps
Centre Play
TVas Waiter / Tiny
1972
Sitting Target
as MacNeil
Antony and Cleopatra
as Pompey
The Goodies
TVas Mr. Sparklipegs• 1 eps
Emmerdale
TVas Sandy Thomas
1971
Mr. Horatio Knibbles
as Gamekeeper
Kidnapped
as Cluny
Assault
as Reporter
Jason King
TVas Mr. Quirly• 1 eps
Out of the Unknown
TVas Lester• 1 eps
Six Dates with Barker
TVas Major Rupert Yappe
1970
The Man Who Haunted Himself
as Dr. Harris
Sweeney Todd
as Sweeney Todd
Doctor in Trouble
as Humphrey, the Master-at-Arms
Goodbye Gemini
as David Curry
Uncle Vanya
as Vanya
John Clare: "I Am"
as John Clare
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
as William Shaw
The Main Chance
TVas Professor Ian Allardyce• 1 eps
The Misfit
TVas Nitro
1969
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Prof. Richter
Otley
as Philip Proudfoot
You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It
as Wilfred Eames
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
TVas James McAllister• 1 eps
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Det. Sergeant Dylan
The Saint
TVas Martin Graves• 1 eps
The Caesars
TVas Claudius
Nana
TVas Count Muffat
Cold Comfort Farm
TVas Urk Starkadder
1967
Accident
as Man in Bell's Office
Far from the Madding Crowd
as Cainy Bell
Marat/Sade
as Cucurucu
A Man Inside
as Walter Bishop
Sword of Honour
TVas Ludovic
The Avengers
TVas Basil / John Steed• 1 eps
Theatre 625
TVas Ludovic• 2 eps
1966
Mystery and Imagination
TVas Vaudin / Parkes / Sweeney Todd
The Liars
TVas Frank Brinton
1964
1960
Androcles and the Lion
TVas Christian