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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
Dune
(1984)
Thufir Hawat
The Count of Monte Cristo
(2002)
Clarion
The NeverEnding Story III
(1994)
Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain
The Black Cauldron
(1985)
Dallben (voice)
Firestarter
(1984)
Doctor Joseph Wanless
Firefox
(1982)
Kenneth Aubrey
Krull
(1983)
Ynyr
The Elephant Man
(1980)
Bytes
Juggernaut
(1974)
Sidney Buckland
Wild at Heart
(1990)
George Kovich
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
(1969)
Prof. Richter
Young Sherlock Holmes
(1985)
Chester Cragwitch
And the Ship Sails On
(1983)
Orlando
Zulu Dawn
(1979)
Bishop Colenso
Erik the Viking
(1989)
Harald the Missionary
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