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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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2002 · as Colonel Villefort

Dune
1984 · as Thufir Hawat

Krull
1983 · as Ynyr

The Elephant Man
1980 · as Bytes

The Black Cauldron
1985 · as Dallben (voice)

Wild at Heart
1990 · as George Kovich

Young Sherlock Holmes
1985 · as Chester Cragwitch

The NeverEnding Story III
1994 · as Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain

Firefox
1982 · as Kenneth Aubrey

Juggernaut
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1989 · as Harald the Missionary

Zulu Dawn
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Firestarter
1984 · as Dr. Joseph Wanless

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2004 · as Jan Pendered

Consuming Passions
1988 · as Graham Chumley

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