Portrait of Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

Acting

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.

Born: September 12, 1927

Place of Birth: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK

Filmography

2015
By Our Selves

as Himself

2010
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 Colonel Villefort

2002
Puckoon

as Sir John Meredith

2001
2000
2000
House!

as Mr Anzani

1999
The Passion

as George

1998
What Rats Won't Do

as Judge Foster

1997
1996
Neverwhere

as The Earl

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
1993
1993
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 Sergei Popescu

1990
The Paper Man

as Sir Charles Llewellyn

1990
Wild at Heart

as George Kovich

1990
1989
Erik the Viking

as Harald the Missionary

1988
Consuming Passions

as Graham Chumley

1987
Vanity Fair

as Sir Pitt Crawley

1987
Comrades

as Vicar of Tolpuddle

1987
Ghosts

as Jacob 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
A Crack in the Ice

as Lt. Col. Svinin

1985
The Black Cauldron

as Dallben (voice)

1985
1984
Dune

as Thufir Hawat

1984
Firestarter

as Dr. Joseph Wanless

1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Inspector Baynes

1984
1983
1983
Krull

as Ynyr

1982
Firefox

as Kenneth Aubrey

1982
Murder Is Easy

as Const. Reed

1980
1979
Zulu Dawn

as Bishop Colenso

1978
1978
The Nativity

as Diomedes

1978
1978
Sorry...

as Headmaster - 'Audience'

1978
Pennies from Heaven

as Headmaster

1978
1978
1977
1977
Target

as Det. Chief Supt. Neville Clegg

1977
Nicholas Nickleby

as Vincent Crummles

1976
Never Too Young to Rock

as Mr. Rockbottom

1976
The Ghosts of Motley Hall

as Sir George Uproar

1976
The Ghosts of Motley Hall

as Sir George Uproar/Sir Henry/'Sir Richard'

1975
A Midsummer Nightmare

as Arnold Tully

1975
Space: 1999

as Charles Logan

1974
Vampira

as Gilmore

1974
Juggernaut

as Sidney Buckland

1974
Son of Dracula

as The Baron

1974
1974
Joe's Ark

as Joe

1974
Romance with a Double Bass

as Maestro Lakeyich

1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula

as Prof. Julian Keeley

1973
Thriller

as Arnold Tully

1972
Emmerdale

as Sandy Thomas

1972
1972
The Adventurer

as Calloway

1972
Van der Valk

as Joop Pater

1972
Sitting Target

as MacNeil

1971
Kidnapped

as Cluny

1971
Jason King

as Mr. Quirly

1971
1971
Assault

as Reporter

1970
The Goodies

as Mr. Sparklipegs

1970
Goodbye Gemini

as David Curry

1970
Doctor in Trouble

as Master at Arms

1970
The Misfit

as Nitro

1970
Sweeney Todd

as Sweeney Todd

1969
1969
The Main Chance

as Professor Ian Allardyce

1969
1969
Otley

as Philip Proudfoot

1968
The Caesars

as Claudius

1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

as Det. Sergeant Dylan

1967
Marat/Sade

as Cucurucu

1967
Accident

as Man in Bell's Office

1964
Theatre 625

as Ludovic

1962
The Saint

as Martin Graves

1961
The Avengers

as Basil / John Steed