Personal Info

Known For Acting

Known Credits 109

Gender Male

Birthday 1927-09-12

Day of Death 2019-07-09

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

Also Known As

  • Фредди Джонс

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.

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Acting (111)

  • 1997 Midsomer Murders
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    An adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller set on the eve of World War 2.

  • 1993 Mr. Wroe's Virgins
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    An adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller set on the eve of World War 2.

  • 1985 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
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    An adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller set on the eve of World War 2.

  • 1984 Dune
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    An adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller set on the eve of World War 2.

  • 1974 Vampira
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    An adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller set on the eve of World War 2.

  • 1971 Assault
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    An adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller set on the eve of World War 2.

  • 1971 Kidnapped
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    An adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller set on the eve of World War 2.

  • 1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself
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    An adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller set on the eve of World War 2.

  • 1970 Goodbye Gemini
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    An adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller set on the eve of World War 2.

  • 1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
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    An adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller set on the eve of World War 2.