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Freddie Jones
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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.
As actor
By Our Selves
Come on Eileen
Caught in the Act
Ladies in Lavender
The Count of Monte Cristo
Puckoon
David Copperfield
House!
Married 2 Malcolm
The Passion
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children
What Rats Won't Do
Cold Comfort Farm
The NeverEnding Story III
Prince of Jutland
A Pinch of Snuff
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Last Vampyre
Adam Bede
Spies, Inc.
The Last Butterfly
Shoot the Revolution
Kremlin Farewell
Wild at Heart
Erik the Viking
Consuming Passions
Comrades
Ghosts
Maschenka