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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.568 |
| Birthday | 1927-09-12 |
| Place of Birth | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Фредди Джонс, Frederick Charles Jones, |
1969
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6.4/115
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1983
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Far from the Madding Crowd
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The Elephant Man
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1982
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1971
Mr. Horatio Knibbles
5.7/5
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Otley
6.1/19
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1985
The Black Cauldron
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The Man Who Haunted Himself
6.1/64
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Firestarter
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1982
Murder Is Easy
6.2/13
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Kidnapped
6.2/32
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Cold Comfort Farm
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1970
John Clare: "I Am"
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Ladies in Lavender
6.373/126
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The NeverEnding Story III
4.5/377
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula
5.6/143
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1974
Juggernaut
6.1/105
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Juggernaut
1986
Time After Time
0/0
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1990
Shoot the Revolution
0/0
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1987
Comrades
6.917/18
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1979
Secret Orchards
0/0
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1972
Sitting Target
6/27
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Goodbye Gemini
4.4/10
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1998
Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children
0/0
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1974
Vampira
5.1/20
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1985
Silas Marner
5.2/10
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1971
Assault
5.3/21
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2001
David Copperfield
6.3/20
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1991
The Last Butterfly
5.4/7
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1998
What Rats Won't Do
5.3/15
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1982
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
6/2
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1978
The Talking Parcel
7/4
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1976
Never Too Young to Rock
4.7/3
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Consuming Passions
8/2
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1990
Kremlin Farewell
0/0
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1974
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4.5/5
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Erik the Viking
5.8/221
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1993
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
5.7/3
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1992
Adam Bede
7.3/13
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1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
6.7/11
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1992
Spies, Inc.
4.3/3
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Spies, Inc.
2000
House!
7.5/4
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2002
The Count of Monte Cristo
7.7/1764
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1983
Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
0/0
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1974
Joe's Ark
0/0
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Joe's Ark
1972
Antony and Cleopatra
5.6/21
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1978
The Nativity
6/1
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1979
Zulu Dawn
6/101
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1969
You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It
0/0
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1999
The Passion
0/0
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The Passion
1975
Snooker
0/0
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Snooker
1973
Russian Roulette
0/0
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2000
Married 2 Malcolm
6.2/2
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1973
Alice Through the Looking Glass
6.8/4
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1967
Accident
6.2/102
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1987
Ghosts
0/0
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2010
Come on Eileen
6.667/3
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1974
Romance with a Double Bass
6.1/10
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1970
Sweeney Todd
0/0
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Sweeney Todd
1994
Royal Deceit
5.6/35
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Royal Deceit
1975
All Creatures Great and Small
6.6/22
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All Creatures Great and Small
1970
Doctor in Trouble
5.1/5
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Doctor in Trouble
2002
Puckoon
6.6/5
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Puckoon
1979
Brecht and Co
0/0
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Brecht and Co
1985
Young Sherlock Holmes
6.745/612
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1978
The Dancing Princesses
0/0
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2015
By Our Selves
5.5/4
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1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
5.9/20
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1987
Maschenka
0/0
Film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's debut novel, 'Mary'.
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Maschenka
1994
A Pinch of Snuff
0/0
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A Pinch of Snuff
1990
Wild at Heart
7/1603
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Wild at Heart
1978
Sorry...
0/0
Two TV Plays by Vaclav Havel, one called 'Audience', and one called 'Private View'.
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1983
David Macaulay: Castle
6/1
The word itself conjures up mystery, romance, intrigue, and grandeur. What could be more perfect for an author/illustrator who has continually strippe...
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David Macaulay: Castle
1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
5.7/3
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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1970
Uncle Vanya
6/1
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Uncle Vanya
2008
Caught in the Act
0/0
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Caught in the Act
1985
Lost In London
0/0
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Lost In London
1967
Marat/Sade
6.1/31
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Marat/Sade
1993
The Last Vampyre
7/22
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The Last Vampyre
1975
A Midsummer Nightmare
0/0
A young woman's knowledge of Shakespeare helps her solve a five-year-old mystery.
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A Midsummer Nightmare
1978
Renoir, My Father
0/0
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