Freddie Jones
Born September 12, 1927 (Age: 98)
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Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
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. Description the Wikipedia article Freddie Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
Description the Wikipedia article Freddie Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Ladies in Lavender
2004
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as Jan Pendered
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Age: 77
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
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as Colonel Villefort
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Age: 74
Married 2 Malcolm
2000
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as Jasper
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Age: 72
House!
2000
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as Mr Anzani
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Age: 72
The Passion
1999
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as George
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Age: 71
Shoot the Revolution
1990
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as Sergei Popescu
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Age: 63
Wild at Heart
1990
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as George Kovich
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Age: 62
Kremlin Farewell
1990
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as Agejev
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Age: 62
Erik the Viking
1989
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as Harald the Missionary
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Age: 61
Time After Time
1986
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as Ulick Uniake
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Age: 58
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
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as Chester Cragwitch
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Age: 58
The Black Cauldron
1985
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as Dallben (voice)
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Age: 57
Dune
1984
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as Thufir Hawat
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Age: 57
Firestarter
1984
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as Dr. Joseph Wanless
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Age: 56
Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
1983
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as Narrator
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Age: 55
Krull
1983
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as Ynyr
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Age: 55
Firefox
1982
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as Kenneth Aubrey
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Age: 54
The Elephant Man
1980
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as Bytes
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Age: 53
Zulu Dawn
1979
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as Bishop Colenso
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Age: 51
Renoir, My Father
1978
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as Vollard
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Age: 51
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Snooker
1975
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as Tiny
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Age: 47
Juggernaut
1974
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as Sidney Buckland
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Age: 47
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Item
1974
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as Mr Fisher
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Age: 46
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
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as Prof. Julian Keeley
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Age: 45
The Shattered Eye
1971
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as Lester
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Age: 43
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The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
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as William Shaw
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Age: 42
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John Clare: "I Am"
1970
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as John Clare
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Age: 42
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You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It
1969
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as Wilfred Eames
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Age: 41