Freddie Jones
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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Films (91)
By Our Selves
2015 · Himself
Come on Eileen
2010 · Dermot
Caught in the Act
2008 · Collingsworth Jenkins
Les dames de Cornouailles
2004 · Jan Pendered
La Vengeance de Monte Cristo
2002 · Colonel Villefort
Puckoon
2002 · Sir John Meredith
David Copperfield
2001 · Barkis
Married 2 Malcolm
2000 · Jasper
House!
2000 · Mr Anzani
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
1999 · Birdy
The Passion
1999 · George
What Rats Won't Do
1998 · Judge Foster
Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children
1998 · (voice, read by)
Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · Adam Lambsbreath
The NeverEnding Story III
1994 · Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain
A Pinch of Snuff
1994 · Dr Gilbert Haggard
Prince of Jutland
1994 · Bjorn
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1993 · Sapsea
The Last Vampyre
1993 · Pedlar
Spies, Inc.
1992 · Filatov
Adam Bede
1992 · Old Squire
The Last Butterfly
1991 · Karl Rheinberg
Shoot the Revolution
1990 · Sergei Popescu
Wild at Heart
1990 · George Kovich
Kremlin Farewell
1990 · Agejev
Erik the Viking
1989 · Harald the Missionary
Consuming Passions
1988 · Graham Chumley
Comrades
1987 · Vicar of Tolpuddle
Ghosts
1987 · Jacob Engstrand
Maschenka
1987 · Podtyagin
Time After Time
1986 · Ulick Uniake
Silas Marner
1985 · Squire Cass
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985 · Chester Cragwitch
Lost In London
1985 · Leo Porter
A Crack in the Ice
1985 · Lt. Col. Svinin
The Black Cauldron
1985 · Dallben (voice)
Dune
1984 · Thufir Hawat
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
Firestarter
1984 · Dr. Joseph Wanless
And the Ship Sails On
1983 · Orlando
Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
1983 · Narrator
Krull
1983 · Ynyr
David Macaulay: Castle
1983 · Voice
Firefox
1982 · Kenneth Aubrey
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
1982
Murder Is Easy
1982 · Const. Reed
Can I Help You?
1981
The Elephant Man
1980 · Bytes
Brecht and Co
1979
Zulu Dawn
1979 · Bishop Colenso
Of Mycenae and Men
1979
Secret Orchards
1979 · Roger Ackerley
The Talking Parcel
1978 · Parrot
The Nativity
1978 · Diomedes
Renoir, My Father
1978 · Vollard
Sorry...
1978 · Headmaster - 'Audience'
The Dancing Princesses
1978 · The King
Never Too Young to Rock
1976 · Mr. Rockbottom
A Midsummer Nightmare
1975 · Arnold Tully
All Creatures Great and Small
1975 · Cranford
Snooker
1975 · Tiny
Vampira
1974 · Gilmore
Juggernaut
1974 · Sidney Buckland
Item
1974 · Mr Fisher
Son of Dracula
1974 · The Baron
Joe's Ark
1974 · Joe
Romance with a Double Bass
1974 · Maestro Lakeyich
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1973 · Humpty Dumpty
Russian Roulette
1973 · Fiodor Dostoyevski
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973 · Prof. Julian Keeley
Sitting Target
1972 · MacNeil
Antony and Cleopatra
1972 · Pompey
Kidnapped
1971 · Cluny
Mr. Horatio Knibbles
1971 · Gamekeeper
The Shattered Eye
1971 · Lester
Assault
1971 · Reporter
Uncle Vanya
1970 · Vanya
The Man Who Haunted Himself
1970 · Dr. Harris
Goodbye Gemini
1970 · David Curry
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970 · William Shaw
Doctor in Trouble
1970 · Humphrey, the Master-at-Arms
Sweeney Todd
1970 · Sweeney Todd
John Clare: "I Am"
1970 · John Clare
You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It
1969 · Wilfred Eames
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969 · Prof. Richter
Otley
1969 · Philip Proudfoot
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · Det. Sergeant Dylan
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · Cainy Bell
A Man Inside
1967 · Walter Bishop
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 · Cucurucu
Accident
1967 · Man in Bell's Office
Séries (80)
Casanova
2005 · Bragadin
The Royal
2003 · Sebastian Fox-Kirby
David Copperfield
2000 · Barkis
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Benbow
Neverwhere
1996 · The Earl
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · French
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1995 · Fortunato
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1993 · Tobias
Hotel Room
1993 · Louis "Lou" Holchak
Heartbeat
1992 · Mr. Parrish, George Woodford, Fred Braithwaite, Howard Druce
The Paper Man
1990 · Sir Charles Llewellyn
TECX
1990
Sob Sisters
1989
Vanity Fair
1987 · Sir Pitt Crawley
Inspector Morse
1987 · Harry Field Senior
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
1987 · Mr Reginald 'Popeye' Scruton
Casualty
1986 · Iain Roles, Henry Wallowski
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986 · Inspector Baynes
Lovejoy
1986 · Arnold Tapie
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
1985 · Scruton, Mr Reginald 'Popeye' Scruton
Theatre Night
1985 · Jacob Engstrand
Summer Season
1985 · Lieutenant-Colonel Svinin
Screen Two
1985 · Agejev
Travelling Man
1984 · Morgan Rees
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · Inspector Baynes, Pedlar
The District Nurse
1984
Screenplay
1979 · Richard Morrison
The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris
1979 · Selwyn Raven
Strangers
1978 · Effingham
Pennies from Heaven
1978 · Headmaster
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978 · Fall
Hazell
1978 · Dobson
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Vollard
Target
1977 · Det. Chief Supt. Neville Clegg
Nicholas Nickleby
1977 · Vincent Crummles
Three Piece Suite
1977 · Him (segment "All in the Mind")
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977 · Peter
Children of the Stones
1977 · Dai
Brensham People
1976 · Mr. Chorlton
The Government Inspector
1976 · Mayor
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976 · Professor Stubbs
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976 · Sir George Uproar, 'Sir Richard'
Space: 1999
1975 · Charles Logan
Fall of Eagles
1974 · Witte
Centre Play
1973 · Tiny, Waiter
Thriller
1973 · Arnold Tully
Armchair 30
1973 · Santa Claus
Emmerdale
1972 · Sandy Thomas
The Protectors
1972 · Robard
The Adventurer
1972 · Calloway
Van der Valk
1972 · Joop Pater
Love and Mr Lewisham
1972 · Mr. Chaffery
Film '72
1971 · Self
Jason King
1971 · Mr. Quirly
Six Dates with Barker
1971 · Major Rupert Yappe
The Goodies
1970 · Mr. Sparklipegs
Play for Today
1970
Menace
1970 · Elystan Griffiths
The Misfit
1970 · Nitro
Germinal
1970 · Maheu
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969 · James McAllister
The Main Chance
1969 · Professor Ian Allardyce
The Roy Hudd Show
1969
The Caesars
1968 · Claudius
Nana
1968 · Count Muffat
Cold Comfort Farm
1968 · Urk Starkadder
Ooh La La!
1968
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Wilfred Eames
Half Hour Story
1967 · Walter Bishop
Sword of Honour
1967 · Ludovic
Mystery and Imagination
1966 · Parkes, Vaudin, Sweeney Todd
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Vanya, Gibbet
Out of the Unknown
1965 · Lester
Theatre 625
1964 · Ludovic
Festival
1963
The Saint
1962 · Martin Graves
The Avengers
1961 · Basil / John Steed
Androcles and the Lion
1960 · Christian
Armchair Theatre
1956 · John Dolby, Seymour, Fiodor Dostoyevski