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Freddie Jones

Sep 12, 1927 - Jul 09, 2019 (91 years old) in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK

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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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Known For

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Midsomer Murders
Benbow
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Play for Today
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Emmerdale
Sandy Thomas
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The Avengers
Basil / John Steed
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BBC Play of the Month
Vanya
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Heartbeat
Mr. Parrish
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Casualty
Iain Roles
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The Wednesday Play
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The Saint
Martin Graves
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Dalziel & Pascoe

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