Freddie Jones
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description the Wikipedia article Freddie Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: September 12, 1927
Place of Birth: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
Known For
The League of Gentlemen's Christmas Special: Yule Never Leave!
Royston Vasey's miserable vicar, the Reverend Bernice Woodall, is in a typically un-festive mood, haunted by a terrible Christmas memory, when three visitors appear at her church, each with their own chilling tale to recall.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
The Elephant Man
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Consuming Passions
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
The Caesars
The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
The Main Chance
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
Pennies from Heaven
Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs. During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
Filmography
as Himself
as Dermot
as Collingsworth Jenkins
as Bragadin
as Jan Pendered
as Sebastian Fox-Kirby
as Colonel Villefort
as Sir John Meredith
as Barkis
as Dr Magnus Purblind
as Jasper
as Mr Anzani
as George
as Judge Foster
as (voice, read by)
as Benbow
as The Earl
as Fortunato
as Adam Lambsbreath
as Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain
as Dr Gilbert Haggard
as Bjorn
as Pedlar
as Tobias
as Louis "Lou" Holchak
as Filatov
as Mr. Parrish
as George Woodford
as Fred Braithwaite
as Howard Druce
as Old Squire
as Karl Rheinberg
as Sergei Popescu
as Sir Charles Llewellyn
as George Kovich
as Agejev
as Harald the Missionary
as Graham Chumley
as Sir Pitt Crawley
as Vicar of Tolpuddle
as Jacob Engstrand
as Podtyagin
as Harry Field Senior
as Iain Roles
as Henry Wallowski
as Ulick Uniake
as Arnold Tapie
as Squire Cass
as Chester Cragwitch
as Leo Porter
as Scruton
as Mr. Scruton
as Lt. Col. Svinin
as Dallben (voice)
as Thufir Hawat
as Dr. Joseph Wanless
as Inspector Baynes
as Pedlar
as Orlando
as Narrator
as Ynyr
as Voice
as Kenneth Aubrey
as Const. Reed
as Bytes
as Bishop Colenso
as Roger Ackerley
as Parrot
as Diomedes
as Vollard
as Headmaster - 'Audience'
as Headmaster
as Fall
as Dobson
as The King
as Vollard
as Det. Chief Supt. Neville Clegg
as Vincent Crummles
as Peter
as Dai
as Mr. Rockbottom
as Sir George Uproar, 'Sir Richard'
as Arnold Tully
as Charles Logan
as Cranford
as Gilmore
as Sidney Buckland
as The Baron
as Witte
as Joe
as Maestro Lakeyich
as Prof. Julian Keeley
as Arnold Tully
as Sandy Thomas
as Robard
as Calloway
as Joop Pater
as MacNeil
as Pompey
as Cluny
as Mr. Quirly
as Gamekeeper
as Reporter
as Mr. Sparklipegs
as Dr. Harris
as David Curry
as Humphrey, the Master-at-Arms
as Nitro
as Sweeney Todd
as James McAllister
as Professor Ian Allardyce
as Prof. Richter
as Philip Proudfoot
as Claudius
as Det. Sergeant Dylan
as Cainy Bell
as Cucurucu
as Man in Bell's Office
as Parkes
as Vaudin
as Sweeney Todd
as Vanya
as Gibbet
as Lester
as Ludovic
as Martin Graves
as Basil / John Steed