Freddie Jones
Actor
- Born
- September 12, 1927 · Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Died
- July 9, 2019 (age 91)
Frederick Charles Jones (September 12, 1927 – July 9, 2019)
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.
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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
The Elephant Man
October 9, 1980
Dune
December 14, 1984
The Count of Monte Cristo
January 23, 2002
Wild at Heart
August 17, 1990
The Black Cauldron
July 24, 1985
Firestarter
May 11, 1984
Young Sherlock Holmes
December 4, 1985
Firefox
June 18, 1982
Krull
July 29, 1983
The NeverEnding Story III
October 26, 1994
Erik the Viking
September 1, 1989
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
April 17, 1973
Acting91
- 2015By Our Selves as Himself
- 2010Come on Eileen as Dermot
- 2008Caught in the Act as Collingsworth Jenkins
- 2004Ladies in Lavender as Jan Pendered
- 2002The Count of Monte Cristo as Colonel Villefort
- 2002Puckoon as Sir John Meredith
- 2001David Copperfield as Barkis
- 2000Married 2 Malcolm as Jasper
- 2000House! as Mr Anzani
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom