Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

1927-09-12 – 2019-07-09 (age 91) Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Biography

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.

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

Dune
Dune

1984

as Thufir Hawat

The Black Cauldron
The Black Cauldron

1985

as Dallben (voice)

The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo

2002

as Colonel Villefort

Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart

1990

as George Kovich

The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man

1980

as Bytes

Erik the Viking
Erik the Viking

1989

as Harald the Missionary

Young Sherlock Holmes
Young Sherlock Holmes

1985

as Chester Cragwitch

Firefox
Firefox

1982

as Kenneth Aubrey

Krull
Krull

1983

as Ynyr

Ladies in Lavender
Ladies in Lavender

2004

as Jan Pendered

Firestarter
Firestarter

1984

as Dr. Joseph Wanless

Juggernaut
Juggernaut

1974

as Sidney Buckland

The Satanic Rites of Dracula
The Satanic Rites of Dracula

1973

as Prof. Julian Keeley

The NeverEnding Story III
The NeverEnding Story III

1994

as Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969

as Prof. Richter

Zulu Dawn
Zulu Dawn

1979

as Bishop Colenso

And the Ship Sails On
And the Ship Sails On

1983

as Orlando

Vampira
Vampira

1974

as Gilmore

Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd

1967

as Cainy Bell

Consuming Passions
Consuming Passions

1988

as Graham Chumley