Freddie Jones
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.
Known For
All Movies (91)
- By Our Selves2015 · as Himself
- Come on Eileen2010 · as Dermot
- Caught in the Act2008 · as Collingsworth Jenkins
- Ladies in Lavender2004 · as Jan Pendered
- The Count of Monte Cristo2002 · as Colonel Villefort
- Puckoon2002 · as Sir John Meredith
- David Copperfield2001 · as Barkis
- Married 2 Malcolm2000 · as Jasper
- House!2000 · as Mr Anzani
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom1999 · as Birdy
- The Passion1999 · as George
- What Rats Won't Do1998 · as Judge Foster
- Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children1998 · as (voice, read by)
- Cold Comfort Farm1995 · as Adam Lambsbreath
- The NeverEnding Story III1994 · as Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain
- A Pinch of Snuff1994 · as Dr Gilbert Haggard
- Prince of Jutland1994 · as Bjorn
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood1993 · as Sapsea
- The Last Vampyre1993 · as Pedlar
- Spies, Inc.1992 · as Filatov
- Adam Bede1992 · as Old Squire
- The Last Butterfly1991 · as Karl Rheinberg
- Shoot the Revolution1990 · as Sergei Popescu
- Wild at Heart1990 · as George Kovich
- Kremlin Farewell1990 · as Agejev
- Erik the Viking1989 · as Harald the Missionary
- Consuming Passions1988 · as Graham Chumley
- Comrades1987 · as Vicar of Tolpuddle
- Ghosts1987 · as Jacob Engstrand
- Maschenka1987 · as Podtyagin
- Time After Time1986 · as Ulick Uniake
- Silas Marner1985 · as Squire Cass
- Young Sherlock Holmes1985 · as Chester Cragwitch
- Lost In London1985 · as Leo Porter
- A Crack in the Ice1985 · as Lt. Col. Svinin
- The Black Cauldron1985 · as Dallben (voice)
- Dune1984 · as Thufir Hawat
- The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood1984
- Firestarter1984 · as Dr. Joseph Wanless
- And the Ship Sails On1983 · as Orlando
- Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind1983 · as Narrator
- Krull1983 · as Ynyr
- David Macaulay: Castle1983 · as Voice
- Firefox1982 · as Kenneth Aubrey
- Eleanor, First Lady of the World1982
- Murder Is Easy1982 · as Const. Reed
- Can I Help You?1981
- The Elephant Man1980 · as Bytes
- Brecht and Co1979
- Zulu Dawn1979 · as Bishop Colenso
- Of Mycenae and Men1979
- Secret Orchards1979 · as Roger Ackerley
- The Talking Parcel1978 · as Parrot
- The Nativity1978 · as Diomedes
- Renoir, My Father1978 · as Vollard
- Sorry...1978 · as Headmaster - 'Audience'
- The Dancing Princesses1978 · as The King
- Never Too Young to Rock1976 · as Mr. Rockbottom
- A Midsummer Nightmare1975 · as Arnold Tully
- All Creatures Great and Small1975 · as Cranford
- Snooker1975 · as Tiny
- Vampira1974 · as Gilmore
- Juggernaut1974 · as Sidney Buckland
- Item1974 · as Mr Fisher
- Son of Dracula1974 · as The Baron
- Joe's Ark1974 · as Joe
- Romance with a Double Bass1974 · as Maestro Lakeyich
- Alice Through the Looking Glass1973 · as Humpty Dumpty
- Russian Roulette1973 · as Fiodor Dostoyevski
- The Satanic Rites of Dracula1973 · as Prof. Julian Keeley
- Sitting Target1972 · as MacNeil
- Antony and Cleopatra1972 · as Pompey
- Kidnapped1971 · as Cluny
- Mr. Horatio Knibbles1971 · as Gamekeeper
- The Shattered Eye1971 · as Lester
- Assault1971 · as Reporter
- Uncle Vanya1970 · as Vanya
- The Man Who Haunted Himself1970 · as Dr. Harris
- Goodbye Gemini1970 · as David Curry
- The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens1970 · as William Shaw
- Doctor in Trouble1970 · as Humphrey, the Master-at-Arms
- Sweeney Todd1970 · as Sweeney Todd
- John Clare: "I Am"1970 · as John Clare
- You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It1969 · as Wilfred Eames
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed1969 · as Prof. Richter
- Otley1969 · as Philip Proudfoot
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom1968 · as Det. Sergeant Dylan
- Far from the Madding Crowd1967 · as Cainy Bell
- A Man Inside1967 · as Walter Bishop
- 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 Sade1967 · as Cucurucu
- Accident1967 · as Man in Bell's Office
All TV Shows (88)
- Casanova2005 · as Bragadin
- The Royal2003 · as Sebastian Fox-Kirby
- David Copperfield2000 · as Barkis
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)2000
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Benbow
- Neverwhere1996 · as The Earl
- Dalziel and Pascoe1996 · as French
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination1995 · as Fortunato
- Mr. Wroe's Virgins1993 · as Tobias
- Hotel Room1993 · as Louis "Lou" Holchak
- Heartbeat1992 · as Mr. Parrish
- Heartbeat1992 · as George Woodford
- Heartbeat1992 · as Fred Braithwaite
- Heartbeat1992 · as Howard Druce
- The Paper Man1990 · as Sir Charles Llewellyn
- TECX1990
- Sob Sisters1989
- Vanity Fair1987 · as Sir Pitt Crawley
- Inspector Morse1987 · as Harry Field Senior
- Casualty1986 · as Iain Roles
- Casualty1986 · as Henry Wallowski
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes1986 · as Inspector Baynes
- Lovejoy1986 · as Arnold Tapie
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾1985 · as Scruton
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾1985 · as Mr. Scruton
- Theatre Night1985 · as Jacob Engstrand
- Screen Two1985 · as Agejev
- Travelling Man1984 · as Morgan Rees
- Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Inspector Baynes
- Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Pedlar
- The District Nurse1984
- Screenplay1979 · as Richard Morrison
- Strangers1978 · as Effingham
- Pennies from Heaven1978 · as Headmaster
- The Mayor of Casterbridge1978 · as Fall
- Hazell1978 · as Dobson
- BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Vollard
- Target1977 · as Det. Chief Supt. Neville Clegg
- Nicholas Nickleby1977 · as Vincent Crummles
- The Galton & Simpson Playhouse1977 · as Peter
- Children of the Stones1977 · as Dai
- Brensham People1976 · as Mr. Chorlton
- The Government Inspector1976 · as Mayor
- The Duchess of Duke Street1976 · as Professor Stubbs
- The Ghosts of Motley Hall1976 · as Sir George Uproar
- The Ghosts of Motley Hall1976 · as 'Sir Richard'
- Space: 19991975 · as Charles Logan
- Fall of Eagles1974 · as Witte
- Centre Play1973 · as Tiny
- Centre Play1973 · as Waiter
- Thriller1973 · as Arnold Tully
- Armchair 301973 · as Santa Claus
- Emmerdale1972 · as Sandy Thomas
- The Protectors1972 · as Robard
- The Adventurer1972 · as Calloway
- Van der Valk1972 · as Joop Pater
- Love and Mr Lewisham1972 · as Mr. Chaffery
- Jason King1971 · as Mr. Quirly
- Six Dates with Barker1971 · as Major Rupert Yappe
- The Goodies1970 · as Mr. Sparklipegs
- Play for Today1970
- Menace1970 · as Elystan Griffiths
- The Misfit1970 · as Nitro
- Germinal1970
- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)1969 · as James McAllister
- The Main Chance1969 · as Professor Ian Allardyce
- The Roy Hudd Show1969
- The Caesars1968 · as Claudius
- Nana1968 · as Count Muffat
- Cold Comfort Farm1968 · as Urk Starkadder
- Ooh La La!1968
- ITV Playhouse1967 · as Wilfred Eames
- Half Hour Story1967 · as Walter Bishop
- Sword of Honour1967 · as Ludovic
- Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Parkes
- Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Vaudin
- Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Sweeney Todd
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Vanya
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Gibbet
- Out of the Unknown1965 · as Lester
- Theatre 6251964 · as Ludovic
- Festival1963
- The Saint1962 · as Martin Graves
- The Avengers1961 · as Basil / John Steed
- Androcles and the Lion1960 · as Christian
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as John Dolby
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as Seymour
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as Fiodor Dostoyevski