🎬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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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Come on Eileen (2010)	Dermot		4
2	Ladies in Lavender (2004)	Jan Pendered	-	-
3	The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)	Colonel Villefort		7.6
4	David Copperfield (2001)	Barkis	-	-
5	The League of Gentlemen's Christmas Special: Yule Never Leave! (2000)	Dr Magnus Purblind	-	-
6	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom (1999)	Birdy	-	-
7	What Rats Won't Do (1998)	Judge Foster		8
8	Cold Comfort Farm (1995)	Adam Lambsbreath		6
9	The NeverEnding Story III (1994)	Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain		5.5
10	Prince of Jutland (1994)	Bjorn		4
11	Adam Bede (1992)	Old Squire	-	-
12	Wild at Heart (1990)	George Kovich		6.8
13	Erik the Viking (1989)	Harald the Missionary		6.5
14	Comrades (1987)	Vicar of Tolpuddle		3
15	Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)	Chester Cragwitch		7
16	The Black Cauldron (1985)	Dallben (voice)		6.6
17	Firestarter (1984)	Dr. Joseph Wanless		7.3
18	Dune (1984)	Thufir Hawat		7
19	Krull (1983)	Ynyr		6.6
20	Firefox (1982)	Kenneth Aubrey		5.7
21	The Elephant Man (1980)	Bytes		8
22	Never Too Young to Rock (1976)	Mr. Rockbottom	-	-
23	Juggernaut (1974)	Sidney Buckland		4.5
24	The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)	Prof. Julian Keeley		6
25	Antony and Cleopatra (1972)	Pompey	-	-
26	Assault (1971)	Reporter	-	-
27	The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)	Dr. Harris		10
28	Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)	Prof. Richter		6
29	Accident (1967)	Man in Bell's Office		8
30	The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Ch (1967)	Cucurucu		4
31	Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)	Cainy Bell		5