Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones (born 12 September 1927) is an English character actor.

Jones was born in the town of Longton in the city of Stoke-on-Trent.^[1] He became an actor after ten years of working as a laboratory assistant with a firm making ceramic products, when his hobby took over. He was trained at the prestigious Rose Bruford College He became famous for his role as Claudius in the 1968 British television series The Caesars. He tends to play eccentric characters.

He narrated the award-winning video Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind: Pollination.^[2] He has played the character Sandy Thomas in ITV’s soap opera Emmerdale.

Jones is the father of actor Toby Jones.

Film appearances

• Ladies in Lavender (2004)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
• Puckoon (2002)
• David Copperfield (2000)
• House! (2000)
• The Life and Crimes of William Palmer (1998)
• Keep in a Dry Place and Away from Children (voiceover) (1997)
• The Neverending Story 3: Escape from Fantasia (1994)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993)
• The Last Butterfly (1992)
• Dark River (1990)
• Wild at Heart (1990)
• Erik the Viking (1989)
• Consuming Passions (1988)
• The Black Cauldron (1985)
• Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
• Dune (1984)
• Firestarter (1984)
• And the Ship Sails On (1983)
• Krull (1983)
• Firefox (1982)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• Zulu Dawn (1979)
• The Nativity (1978) (TV)
• All Creatures Great and Small (1975)
• Never Too Young to Rock (1975)
• Son of Dracula (1974)
• Juggernaut (1974)
• Fall of Eagles (1974)
• The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
• Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
• Horatio Knibbles (1971)
• Assault (1971)
• Goodbye Gemini (1970)
• The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
• The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
• Otley (1968)
• Accident (1967)
• Marat/Sade (1967)

TV appearances

• Emmerdale (2005-)
• Casanova (2005)
• Midsomer Murders "The Maid in Splendour" (2004)
• The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special (2000)
• Neverwhere (1996)
• Cold Comfort Farm (1996)
• Hotel Room (1993)
• The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes “The Last Vampyre” (1993)
• Inspector Morse “Who Killed Harry Field?” (1991)
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes “Wisteria Lodge” (1987)
• Bulman "Another Part of the Jungle" (1985)
• Spine Chillers (1980)
• Pennies From Heaven (1978)
• The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976-1978)
• Children of the Stones (1976)
• Space: 1999 "Journey to Where" (1976)
• Romance with a Double Bass (1974)
• Doctor at Large (1971)
• Cold Comfort Farm (1968)
• The Avengers “Who’s Who???” (1967)

References

External links

• Freddie Jones at the Internet Movie Database

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