Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones
Born Frederick Charles Jones
(1927-09-12) 12 September 1927
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 1960—2018
Spouse(s)
Jennifer Heselwood (m. 1965)
Children 3, including Toby Jones

Frederick Charles Jones[1][2] (born 12 September 1927) is an English character actor. He is most recently known for playing Sandy Thomas in Emmerdale 2005-2018

Life and career

Jones was born in the town of Longton, Stoke-on-Trent,[3] the son of Ida Elizabeth (née Goodwin) and Charles Edward Jones.[2] He became an actor after 10 years of working as a laboratory assistant with the British Ceramic Research Association in Penkhull, leaving (according to him) because of a 'ban on beards'. He then pursued his hobby of acting on a full-time basis. He was trained at the Rose Bruford College and amongst other roles played Stanley in the Pinter-directed revival of The Birthday Party in 1963.[4] He became famous for his award-winning role as Claudius in the 1968 British TV series The Caesars.

He appeared in David Lynch's films The Elephant Man (1980), Dune (1984) and Wild at Heart (1990), as well as the short-lived TV series On the Air (1992) and the short film Hotel Room (1993).

Jones created the part of Sir in the original production of The Dresser by Ronald Harwood at the Royal Exchange, Manchester.

He narrated the award-winning video Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind: Pollination.[5]

He played the character Sandy Thomas in ITV's Emmerdale. On 6 February 2018 it was confirmed that Jones had filmed his final episode, due to air in the same month February 2018. Jones reported that he had been given a contract expansion but declined as he felt his character had reached the end since John Middleton left and that there were no more storylines for him.

Actor Toby Jones is the eldest of the three sons of Freddie Jones and his wife Jennifer (née Heslewood).[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1967 Accident Man in Bell's Office
1967 Marat/Sade Cucurucu
1967 Far from the Madding Crowd Cainy Ball
1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom Det. Sgt. Dylan
1968 Otley Philip Proudfoot
1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed Professor Richter
1970 Doctor in Trouble Master-at-Arms
1970 Goodbye Gemini David Curry
1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself Dr. Harris, Psychiatrist
1971 Horatio Knibbles Gamekeeper
1971 Assault Reporter
1972 Antony and Cleopatra Pompey
1972 Sitting Target MacNeil
1973 Kidnapped Cluny
1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula Professor Keeley
1974 Son of Dracula The Baron
1974 Juggernaut Sidney Buckland
1974 Romance with a Double Bass Maestro Lakeyich Short film
1974 Vampira Gilmore A.K.A Old Dracula
1975 All Creatures Great and Small Cranford
1976 Never Too Young to Rock Mr. Rockbottom
1979 Zulu Dawn Bishop Colenso
1980 The Elephant Man Bytes
1982 Firefox Kenneth Aubrey
1982 Captain Stirrick Mr. Leach
1983 And the Ship Sails On Orlando
1983 Krull Ynyr
1984 Dune Thufir Hawat
1984 The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood Orlando
1984 Firestarter Doctor Joseph Wanless
1985 The Black Cauldron Dallben (voice)
1985 Young Sherlock Holmes Chester Cragwitch
1986 Comrades Vicar of Tolpuddle
1987 Maschenka Podtyagin
1988 Consuming Passions Graham Chumley
1989 Erik the Viking Harald the Missionary
1990 Dark River The Official
1990 Wild at Heart George Kovich
1991 The Last Butterfly Karl Rheinberg
1992 Spies Inc. Filatov
1993 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Sapsea
1994 Prince of Jutland Bjorn
1994 The Neverending Story 3: Escape from Fantasia Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain
1995 Cold Comfort Farm Adam Lambsbreath
1997 Seeing Things Prisoner Park
1998 Keep in a Dry Place and Away from Children Voiceover Short film
1998 What Rats Won't Do Judge Foster
1998 The Life and Crimes of William Palmer Dr. Bamford
1999 My Life So Far Reverend Finlayson
2000 House! Mr. Anzani
2000 David Copperfield Barkis Television film
2002 The Count of Monte Cristo Colonel Villefort
2002 Puckoon Sir John Meredith
2004 Ladies in Lavender Jan Pendered
2005 The Libertine Betterton
2008 Caught in the Act Collingsworth Jenkins
2010 Come on Eileen Dermot
2015 By Our Selves

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1960 Androcles and the Lion Christian 2 episodes
1963 Z-Cars Craig Episode: "Pay by Results"
1963 The Victorians Maltby Episode: "The Ticket-of-Leave Man"
1963 Maupassant Boissel Episode: "The Inheritance"
1963, 1955 Our Man at St. Mark's Benson / George Gregory 2 episodes
1964 Festival Unknown character Episode: "Six Characters in Search of an Author"
1964 ITV Play of the Week Arthur Lowe Episode: "Gina"
1965 The Wednesday Play Taylor Episode: "For the West"
1966—1970 Mystery and Imagination Sweeney Todd / Vaudin / Parkes 3 episodes
1967 Sword of Honour Ludovic Episode: "Officers and Gentlemen"
1967 The Avengers Basil / John Steed Episode: "Who's Who???"
1967 The Baron Landlord Episode: "So Dark the Night"
1967 Half Hour Story Walter Bishop Episode: "A Man Inside"
1967, 1973 Armchair Theatre Fiodor Dostoyevski / John Dolby 2 episodes
1968 The Caesars Claudius 5 episodes
1968 The Saint Martin Graves Episode: "The Time to Die"
1968 Nana Count Muffat 5 episodes
1968 Cold Comfort Farm Urk / Dr Adolf Mudel 2 episodes
1969 ITV Playhouse Wilfred Eames Episode: "You've Made Your Bed: Now Lie in It"
1969 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) James McAllister Episode: "For the Girl Who Has Everything"
1970 Germinal Maheu 4 episodes
1970 The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens William Shaw Television film
1970 Menace Elystan Griffiths Episode: "The Straight and the Narrow"
1970 The Main Chance Prof. Ian Allardyce Episode: "The Walls of Jericho"
1970, 1978 BBC Play of the Month Gibbet / Vanya 2 episodes
1970—1971 Jackanory Storyteller 9 episodes
1971 Doctor at Large Sir Robert Joyce Episode: "Let's Start at the Beginning"
1971 Six Dates with Barker Major Rupert Yappe Episode: "1915: Lola"
1971 Out of the Unknown Lester Episode: "The Shattered Eye"
1971 The Misfit Nitro Episode: "On Paperback Revolutionaries"
1971 The Trouble with Lilian Jack Episode: "The Long Wash"
1971 For the Love of Ada David Llewellyn Griffiths Episode: "The Admirer"
1971 Jason King Mr. Quirly Episode: "A Deadly Line in Digits"
1972 The Goodies Mr. Sparklipegs Episode: "Charity Bounce"
1972 His and Hers Tom Waller Episode: "Driving"
1972 Love and Mr Lewisham Mr. Chaffery 3 episodes
1973 The Adventurer Calloway Episode: "Mr. Calloway Is a Very Cautious Man"
1973 The Protectors Robard Episode: "The Bodyguards"
1973 Ooh La La! General Irrigua Episode: "Kept on a String"
1973 Bowler Festival Hall Manager Episode: "On the Fiddle"
1973 Alice Through the Looking Glass Humpty Dumpty Television film
1973 Fall of Eagles Witte 2 episodes
1974 Baa Baa Black Sheep Uncle Harry Television film
1974 ITV Sunday Night Drama Ethelred Episode: "The Ceremony of Innocence"
1974 Marked Personal George Prewett 2 episodes
1974 Play for Today Headmaster - 'Audience' / Joe Jones 2 episodes
1975 This Week Lord Londonderry Episode: "1844"
1975 Centre Play Walter / Tiny 2 episodes
1975 A Journey to London Lord Loverule Television film
1975 Thriller Arnold Tully Episode: "A Midsummer Nightmare"
1975 The Boy Dave' Old Billy Television film
1976 Shades of Greene Lever Episode: "A Chance for Mr. Lever"
1976 Space: 1999 Dr. Charles Logan Episode: "Journey to Where"
1976 The Government Inspector Mayor 3 episodes
1976 Brensham People Mr. Chorlton Episode: "Master of Many Parts"
1976 Children of the Stones Dai 5 episodes
1976—1978 The Ghosts of Motley Hall Sir George Uproar 20 episodes
1977 Just William Sandy Dick Episode: "William and the Tramp"
1977 The Galton & Simpson Playhouse Peter Episode: "Cheers"
1977 Nicholas Nickleby Mr. Vincent Crummles 2 episodes
1977 Duchess of Duke Street Professor StubEpisode: "Cheers" Episode: "Poor Catullus"
1977 Van der Valk Joop Pater Episode: "Accidental"
1977 Target Det. Chief Supt. Neville Clegg Episode: "Carve Up"
1978 Hazell Dobson Episode: "Hazell Settles the Accounts"
1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge Fall 2 episodes
1978 The Nativity Diomedes Television film
1978 The Devil's Crown Bertrand de Born 3 episodes
1978 Pennies From Heaven Headmaster 2 episodes
1978 BBC2 Play of the Week Vollard Episode: "Renoir, My Father"
1978 The Talking Parcel Parrot (voice) Television film
1978 The Dancing Princesses King Television film
1979 Strangers Effingham Episode: "Friends in High Places"
1979 The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris Selwyn Raven 5 episodes
1979 Of Mycenae and Men Menelaus Television short
1979 In Loving Memory Jeremiah Unsworth Episode: "In Loving Memory"
1979 Screenplay Richard Morrison Episode: "The Sound of Guns"
1979 Brecht and Co Member of Brecht's company / Azdak Television film
1979 Secret Orchards Roger Ackerley / Uncle Bodger Television film
1980 The Greeks: A Journey in Space and Time Socrates 3 episodes
1980 Spine Chillers Reader 5 episodes
1981 Tiny Revolutions Prof. Jan Kalina Television film
1981 Theatre Box Nodding Dog (voice) Episode: "Marmalade Atkins in Space"
1982 Murder Is Easy Constable Reed Television film
1982 Eleanor, First Lady of the World Unknown character Television film
1983 A Small Desperation Charles Television film
1984 Travelling Man Morgan Rees Episode: "The Watcher"
1985 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Mr. Scruton 4 episodes
1985 Bulman Victor Garforth Episode: "Another Part of the Jungle"
1985 Lost in London Leo Porter Television film
1985 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe Squire Cass Television film
1986, 1990 Screen Two Agejev / Ulick Uniake 2 episodes
1987 The District Nurse Dr. Emlyn Isaacs 12 episodes
1987 Theatre Night Engstrand Episode: "Ghosts"
1987 Vanity Fair Sir Pitt Crawley 7 episodes
1987 The Growing Pains of Adrian MolE Mr. Scruton 6 episodes
1988 The Return of Sherlock Holmes Inspector Baynes Episode: "Wisteria Lodge"
1988 Room at the Bottom Andre Shepherd Episode: "The Chef"
1988 How to Be Cool Dr. Benjamin Barnard Walters 3 episodes
1989 Sob Sisters Leo 7 episodes
1989 Boon David Tredegar Episode: "Walking Off Air"
1990 TECX Sir Neil Milverton Episode: "A Soldier's Death"
1990 The Paper Man Sir Charles Llewellyn Miniseries
1990 Hale and Pace Dr. Pratt Episode: "Season Three, Episode Three"
1990 Screenplay Politician Episode: "Shoot the Revolution"
1991 Inspector Morse Harry Field Senior Episode: "Who Killed Harry Field?"
1992 Screen One Old Squire Episode: "Adam Bede"
1992 On the Air Stan Tailings Episode: "Episode 1.4"
1992 True Adventures of Christopher Columbus Herald
1993 Hotel Room Lou Boca Episode: "Tricks"
1993 Lovejoy Arnold Tapie Episode: "Goose Bumps"
1993 The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Pedlar Episode: ""The Last Vampyre""
1993 Mr. Wroe's Virgins Pedlar 4 episodes
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Birdy Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom"
1993–2009 Heartbeat Howard Druce / Fred Braithwaite / George Woodford / Mr. Parrish 4 episodes
1994 A Pinch of Snuff Dr. Gilbert Haggard Television film
1994 Just William Sir Giles Hampton Episode: "William and the Great Actor"
1995 Cold Comfort Farm Adam Lambsbreath Television film
1995 Tales of Mystery & Imagination Fortunato Episode: "The Cask of Amontillado"
1996 No Bananas Perce 2 episodes
1996 Neverwhere The Earl 2 episodes
1996 The Bill Arthur Gordon Episode: "Old Codgers"
1997 Dalziel and Pascoe French Episode: "Ruling Passion"
1997 Drovers' Gold Moc Morgan Miniseries
1997 The Temptation of Franz Schubert Unknown character Television film
1998 The Life and Crimes of William Palmer Dr. Bamford Television film
1998 Duck Patrol Cyril Episode: "The Spirit of the Deep"
1999 Sunburn Mr. Dawson Episode: "Episode #1.5"
1999 The Passion George
2000 David Copperfield Barkis Television film
2000 The League of Gentlemen Dr. Magnus Purblind Episode: "The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special"
2000, 2004 Casualty Iain Roles / Henry Wallowski 2 episodes
2001 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Carodoc Evans Episode: "Revenge of the Bog People"
2003 Broken Morning Undertaker Television film
2004 The Royal Sebastian Fox-Kirby 2 episodes
2004 Midsomer Murders Benbow Episode: "The Maid in Splendour"
2005 Casanova Bragadin / Bragani 2 episodes
2005–2018 Emmerdale Sandy Thomas 579 episodes

References

  1. ↑ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.; at ancestry.com
  2. 1 2 "Freddie Jones - nostalgia - Stoke & Staffordshire - Stoke Sentinel". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Stoke-on-trent: Freddie of the five towns, telegraph.co.uk, 12 February 2001.
  4. ↑ Jones, Tony (14 January 2018). ""Pinter and Me"". Sunday Times. p. ultere Section 8-9.
  5. ↑ Sexual Encounters Of The Floral Kind: Pollination, guidanceassociates.com; accessed 20 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Quiet Genius of Toby Jones: From the Hunger Games to Truman Capote, Hollywood can't get enough of British acting's most versatile talent", The Independent, 13 September 2014; accessed 15 March 2015.
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