Freddie Jones
Known for: Acting
Born: September 12, 1927
Died: July 9, 2019
Place of birth: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
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. Description the Wikipedia article Freddie Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
91 movies · 76 TV shows, newest first
5.4
By Our Selves
2015
6.7
Come on Eileen
2010
NR
Caught in the Act
2008
7.0
Casanova
2005
6.4
Ladies in Lavender
2004
7.8
The Royal
2003
7.7
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
6.3
Puckoon
2002
6.3
David Copperfield
2001
7.0
David Copperfield
2000
7.5
Married 2 Malcolm
2000
6.7
House!
20006.8
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
6.1
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
1999
NR
The Passion
1999
5.0
What Rats Won't Do
1998
8.0
Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children
1998
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
6.7
Neverwhere
1996
6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
5.5
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1995
6.8
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
4.5
The NeverEnding Story III
1994
NR
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
5.4
Prince of Jutland
19946.5
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1993
7.0
The Last Vampyre
1993
5.6
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1993
6.2
Hotel Room
1993
4.8
Spies, Inc.
1992
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
7.2
Adam Bede
1992
5.8
The Last Butterfly
1991
NR
Shoot the Revolution
1990
9.0
The Paper Man
1990
7.0
Wild at Heart
1990
8.0
Kremlin Farewell
19906.0
TECX
1990
5.9
Erik the Viking
19895.0
Sob Sisters
1989
8.3
Consuming Passions
1988
NR
Vanity Fair
1987
6.9
Comrades
1987
7.0
Ghosts
1987
9.0
Maschenka
1987
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
6.2
Casualty
1986
8.6
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
10.0
Time After Time
1986
7.4
Lovejoy
1986
5.9
Silas Marner
1985
6.8
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
6.5
Lost In London
1985
6.8
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
NR
Theatre Night
1985
NR
A Crack in the Ice
1985
6.4
The Black Cauldron
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
6.2
Dune
1984
6.5
Travelling Man
1984
6.8
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
6.3
Firestarter
1984
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984
6.3
The District Nurse
1984
7.2
And the Ship Sails On
1983
NR
Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
1983
6.0
Krull
1983
6.0
David Macaulay: Castle
1983
6.1
Firefox
1982
7.0
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
1982
6.6
Murder Is Easy
1982NR
Can I Help You?
1981
8.1
The Elephant Man
1980
NR
Brecht and Co
1979
6.3
Screenplay
1979
6.1
Zulu Dawn
1979
7.5
Of Mycenae and Men
1979
4.0
Secret Orchards
1979
7.0
The Talking Parcel
1978
7.5
The Nativity
1978
NR
Renoir, My Father
1978
8.0
Sorry...
1978
7.3
Strangers
1978
7.6
Pennies from Heaven
1978
6.8
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978
5.2
Hazell
1978
7.0
The Dancing Princesses
1978
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
7.0
Target
1977
7.0
Nicholas Nickleby
1977
NR
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
6.8
Children of the Stones
1977
NR
Brensham People
1976NR
The Government Inspector
1976
8.0
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
5.4
Never Too Young to Rock
1976
7.5
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
8.0
A Midsummer Nightmare
1975
7.1
Space: 1999
1975
6.6
All Creatures Great and Small
1975NR
Snooker
1975
5.2
Vampira
1974
6.3
Juggernaut
1974NR
Item
1974
5.4
Son of Dracula
1974
7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974
8.0
Joe's Ark
1974
6.1
Romance with a Double Bass
1974
6.3
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1973NR
Russian Roulette
1973
7.0
Centre Play
1973
5.6
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
7.0
Thriller
1973NR
Armchair 30
1973
4.3
Emmerdale
1972
6.1
The Protectors
1972
6.3
The Adventurer
1972
6.2
Van der Valk
1972
NR
Love and Mr Lewisham
1972
6.1
Sitting Target
1972
5.7
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
6.2
Kidnapped
19715.1
Film '72
1971
7.8
Jason King
1971
6.4
Mr. Horatio Knibbles
1971
NR
The Shattered Eye
1971
5.5
Assault
1971
7.4
Six Dates with Barker
19718.0
Uncle Vanya
1970
7.7
The Goodies
1970
6.6
Play for Today
1970NR
Menace
1970
6.1
The Man Who Haunted Himself
1970
4.7
Goodbye Gemini
1970
8.0
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
5.0
Doctor in Trouble
1970
9.0
The Misfit
1970
9.0
Sweeney Todd
1970NR
John Clare: "I Am"
19707.5
Germinal
1970
7.0
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969NR
You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It
1969
8.3
The Main Chance
1969
6.3
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
6.3
Otley
1969NR
The Roy Hudd Show
1969
8.0
The Caesars
1968
6.8
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968NR
Nana
1968
8.0
Cold Comfort Farm
1968
10.0
Ooh La La!
1968
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
6.9
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967NR
A Man Inside
1967
7.5
Half Hour Story
1967
6.2
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 Sade
1967
6.4
Accident
19679.0
Sword of Honour
1967
5.8
Mystery and Imagination
1966
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
7.1
Out of the Unknown
1965
7.2
Theatre 625
19648.0
Festival
1963
7.4
The Saint
1962
7.8
The Avengers
1961NR
Androcles and the Lion
1960
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956