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Freddie Jones

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Freddie Jones (born 12 September 1927) is 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 tends to play 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 is the father of actor Toby Jones. Description the Wikipedia article Freddie Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Sep 12, 1927 In Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Movie/TV Credits:
112
First Appeared:
In the series The Avengers 1961-01-07
Latest Project:
Movie By Our Selves 2015-10-01
Known For
Poster of Goodbye Gemini
Poster of Germinal
Poster of Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Poster of Otley
Filmography
Movie By Our Selves Himself 2015-10-01
Movie Come on Eileen Dermot 2010-10-06
Movie Caught in the Act Collingsworth Jenkins 2008-01-04
Series Casanova Bragadin 2005-03-13
Movie Ladies in Lavender Jan Pendered 2004-11-12
Movie Puckoon Sir John Meredith 2002-01-01
Movie The Count of Monte Cristo Clarion 2002-01-23
Movie David Copperfield Barkis 2001-12-25
Movie House! Mr Anzani 2000-01-01
Series Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Unknown 2000-03-18
Movie Married 2 Malcolm Jasper 2000-05-25
Movie What Rats Won't Do Judge Foster 1998-07-01
Series Midsomer Murders Unknown 1997-03-23
Series Dalziel & Pascoe Unknown 1996-03-16
Series Neverwhere The Earl 1996-09-12
Movie Cold Comfort Farm Adam Lambsbreath 1995-01-01
Movie Royal Deceit Bjorn 1994-02-23
Movie A Pinch of Snuff Dr Gilbert Haggard 1994-04-09
Movie The NeverEnding Story III Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain 1994-10-26
Series Hotel Room Louis "Lou" Holchak 1993-01-08
Series Mr. Wroe's Virgins Tobias 1993-02-24
Movie The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1993-04-23
Movie The Last Vampyre Pedlar 1993-03-14
Movie The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom Birdy 1993-06-05
Movie Adam Bede Old Squire 1992-03-01
Movie Spies, Inc. Filatov 1992-09-11
Series Heartbeat Unknown 1992-04-10
Movie The Last Butterfly Karl Rheinberg 1991-01-01
Movie Wild at Heart George Kovich 1990-08-17
Series TECX Unknown 1990-03-22
Movie Kremlin Farewell Agejev 1990-04-01
Series Sob Sisters 1989-05-26
Movie Erik the Viking Harald the Missionary 1989-09-01
Movie Consuming Passions Graham Chumley 1988-04-06
Movie Comrades Vicar of Tolpuddle 1987-08-23
Series Inspector Morse Unknown 1987-01-06
Movie Ghosts Engstrand 1987-06-14
Series Lovejoy Unknown 1986-01-10
Movie The Black Cauldron Dallben (voice) 1985-07-24
Series Bulman Unknown 1985-06-05
Series The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Scruton 1985-09-16
Movie Lost In London Leo Porter 1985-11-20
Movie Silas Marner Squire Cass 1985-12-30
Movie Young Sherlock Holmes Chester Cragwitch 1985-12-04
Series The District Nurse 1984-01-10
Movie Firestarter Doctor Joseph Wanless 1984-05-11
Movie Dune Thufir Hawat 1984-12-14
Movie The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood 1984-05-22
Movie David Macaulay: Castle Voice 1983-01-01
Movie And the Ship Sails On Orlando 1983-10-07
Movie Krull Ynyr 1983-07-29
Movie Murder Is Easy Const. Reed 1982-01-02
Movie Eleanor, First Lady of the World 1982-05-12
Movie Firefox Kenneth Aubrey 1982-06-18
Movie The Elephant Man Bytes 1980-10-09
Movie Zulu Dawn Bishop Colenso 1979-05-14
Movie Brecht and Co 1979-08-10
Series Hazell Unknown 1978-01-16
Movie The Talking Parcel Parrot 1978-12-26
Series The Mayor of Casterbridge Unknown 1978-01-22
Series Pennies from Heaven Headmaster 1978-03-07
Movie The Nativity Diomedes 1978-12-17
Series The Devil's Crown Unknown 1978-04-30
Series Children of the Stones Dai 1977-01-10
Series The Galton & Simpson Playhouse Unknown 1977-02-17
Series Target Unknown 1977-09-09
Series Nicholas Nickleby 1977-03-27
Series The Ghosts of Motley Hall Sir George Uproar 1976-04-28
Movie Never Too Young to Rock Mr. Rockbottom 1976-07-01
Movie All Creatures Great and Small Cranford 1975-07-27
Series Space: 1999 Unknown 1975-09-04
Movie A Midsummer Nightmare 1975-09-16
Movie Romance with a Double Bass Maestro Lakeyich 1974-01-01
Series Fall of Eagles Unknown 1974-03-15
Movie Son of Dracula The Baron 1974-04-12
Movie Vampira Gilmore 1974-10-10
Movie Juggernaut Sidney Buckland 1974-09-25
Series Thriller Unknown 1973-04-14
Movie Alice Through the Looking Glass 1973-12-25
Movie The Satanic Rites of Dracula Prof. Julian Keeley 1973-11-03
Movie Sitting Target MacNeil 1972-05-01
Series Van der Valk Unknown 1972-09-13
Series Emmerdale Sandy Thomas 1972-10-16
Movie Assault Reporter 1971-02-11
Series Six Dates with Barker Unknown 1971-01-08
Series Jason King Unknown 1971-09-15
Movie Mr. Horatio Knibbles Gamekeeper 1971-09-01
Movie Kidnapped Cluny 1971-12-22
Movie Doctor in Trouble Master at Arms 1970-06-16
Movie Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd 1970-02-16
Series Germinal 1970-01-11
Movie Goodbye Gemini David Curry 1970-08-06
Movie John Clare: "I Am" John Clare 1970-02-08
Movie The Man Who Haunted Himself Dr. Harris 1970-09-17
Series The Goodies Unknown 1970-11-08
Movie Uncle Vanya Vanya 1970-11-08
Series Play for Today Unknown 1970-10-15
Series Menace Unknown 1970-09-29
Series The Roy Hudd Show 1969-02-17
Movie Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed Prof. Richter 1969-05-22
Movie Otley Philip Proudfoot 1969-03-11
Series Nana Count Muffat 1968-08-31
Movie The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom Det. Sergeant Dylan 1968-09-11
Series The Caesars Claudius 1968-09-22
Movie Accident Man in Bell's Office 1967-02-09
Movie Marat/Sade Cucurucu 1967-02-22
Movie Far from the Madding Crowd Cainy Bell 1967-06-18
Series Mystery and Imagination Unknown 1966-01-29
Series Play of the Month Unknown 1965-10-19
Series The Wednesday Play Unknown 1964-09-30
Series The Saint Unknown 1962-10-04
Series The Avengers Unknown 1961-01-07