Freddie Jones
English character actor (1927-2019) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 91
Frederick Charles Jones was an English actor who had an extensive career in television, theatre and cinema productions for almost sixty years.
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Ladies in LavenderFilm, Jan Pendered2001
David CopperfieldFilm, Barkis1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of DoomFilm, Birdy1997
Midsomer MurdersSeries, Benbow1995
Cold Comfort FarmFilm, Adam Lambsbreath1993
The Last VampyreFilm, Pedlar1992
HeartbeatSeries, Mr. Parrish1990
Wild at HeartFilm, George Kovich1987
ComradesFilm, Vicar of Tolpuddle1986
CasualtySeries, Iain Roles1984
Sherlock HolmesSeries, Inspector Baynes1983
And the Ship Sails OnFilm, Orlando1980
The Elephant ManFilm, Bytes1976
The Duchess of Duke StreetSeries, Professor Stubbs1975
All Creatures Great and SmallFilm, Cranford1973
The Satanic Rites of DraculaFilm, Prof. Julian Keeley1972
EmmerdaleSeries, Sandy Thomas1971
AssaultFilm, Reporter1970
Play for TodaySeries1969
Frankenstein Must Be DestroyedFilm, Prof. Richter1967
ITV PlayhouseSeries, Wilfred Eames
AccidentFilm, 1967Man in Bell's Office1964
Theatre 625Series, Ludovic1961
The AvengersSeries, Basil / John Steed1927Born12 September 1927People around Freddie
David Lynch Directed Dune and The Elephant Man
Simon Ward Also in Hitler: The Last Ten Days and Zulu Dawn
Alan Gibson Directed The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1978)
Douglas Hickox Directed Zulu Dawn and Sitting Target
Peter Brook Directed Marat/Sade (1966)- John Schlesinger Directed Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Julian Glover Also in Hitler: The Last Ten Days and Juggernaut
Edward Hardwicke Also in Otley and The Last Vampyre
Kenneth Colley Also in Hitler: The Last Ten Days and Juggernaut
W. Morgan Sheppard Also in 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 (1967)
Ronald Lacey Also in Otley, Zulu Dawn and Firefox
Michael Hordern Also in Juggernaut and Comrades
Geoffrey Bayldon Also in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed and Otley
Peter MacDonald Directed The NeverEnding Story III (1996)
Federico Fellini Directed And the Ship Sails On (1984)
Clint Eastwood Directed Firefox (1982)
Anthony Hopkins Also in The Elephant Man and Juggernaut
Ringo Starr Produced Son of Dracula (1974)
Charlton Heston Directed Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Vanessa Redgrave Also in Consuming Passions and Comrades
Richard Harris Also in The Count of Monte Cristo and Juggernaut
John Hurt Also in The Elephant Man and The Black Cauldron
Nigel Hawthorne Also in Firefox and The Black Cauldron
Lesley-Anne Down Also in Assault and Murder Is Easy
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The Elephant Man 1980
The Count of Monte Cristo 2002
And the Ship Sails On 1983
Wild at Heart 1990
Far from the Madding Crowd 1967
Filmography 40
183 credits on file
Television 24
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In theatre, he originated the role of Sir in The Dresser; in film, he collaborated with David Lynch, starting with his role as a ruthless ringmaster Bytes in The Elephant Man (1980); and in television, he played Sandy Thomas in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2005 to 2018.
