Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
Frederick Charles Jones (September 12, 1927 – July 9, 2019) 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.
Acted in 146
2010s
- 2010
2000s
- 2008
Caught in the Act
Collingsworth Jenkins
- 2005
Casanova
Bragadin · 3 episodes
- 2004
- 2003
The Royal
Sebastian Fox-Kirby · 2 episodes
- 2002
Puckoon
Sir John Meredith
- 2001
David Copperfield
Barkis
- 2000
David Copperfield
Barkis · 2 episodes
Married 2 Malcolm
Jasper
1990s
- 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
Birdy
The Passion
George
- 1998
What Rats Won't Do
Judge Foster
Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children
(voice, read by)
- 1997
- 1996
Neverwhere
The Earl · 2 episodes
- 1995
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Fortunato · 1 episode
Cold Comfort Farm
Adam Lambsbreath
- 1994
A Pinch of Snuff
Dr Gilbert Haggard
- 1993
The Last Vampyre
Pedlar
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
Tobias · 4 episodes
Hotel Room
Louis "Lou" Holchak · 3 episodes
- 1992
Spies, Inc.
Filatov
Adam Bede
Old Squire
- 1991
- 1990
Shoot the Revolution
Sergei Popescu
The Paper Man
Sir Charles Llewellyn · 6 episodes
Kremlin Farewell
Agejev
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
Vanity Fair
Sir Pitt Crawley · 7 episodes
Comrades
Vicar of Tolpuddle
Ghosts
Jacob Engstrand
Maschenka
Podtyagin
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
Mr Reginald 'Popeye' Scruton · 2 episodes
- 1986
Time After Time
Ulick Uniake
- 1985
Silas Marner
Squire Cass
Lost In London
Leo Porter
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
Scruton, Mr Reginald 'Popeye' Scruton
A Crack in the Ice
Lt. Col. Svinin
- 1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie
The District Nurse
TV
- 1983
And the Ship Sails On
Orlando
David Macaulay: Castle
Voice
- 1982
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Movie
Murder Is Easy
Const. Reed
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
Brecht and Co
Movie
Screenplay
Richard Morrison · 1 episode
Of Mycenae and Men
Movie
- 1978
The Talking Parcel
Parrot
The Nativity
Diomedes
Renoir, My Father
Vollard
Sorry...
Headmaster - 'Audience'
Pennies from Heaven
Headmaster · 2 episodes
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Fall · 2 episodes
Hazell
Dobson · 1 episode
The Dancing Princesses
The King
- 1977
Nicholas Nickleby
Vincent Crummles · 2 episodes
Three Piece Suite
Him (segment "All in the Mind") · 1 episode
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Peter · 1 episode
Children of the Stones
Dai · 5 episodes
- 1976
Brensham People
Mr. Chorlton · 1 episode
Never Too Young to Rock
Mr. Rockbottom
- 1975
A Midsummer Nightmare
Arnold Tully
All Creatures Great and Small
Cranford
- 1974
Son of Dracula
The Baron
Joe's Ark
Joe
Romance with a Double Bass
Maestro Lakeyich
- 1973
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Humpty Dumpty
- 1972
Love and Mr Lewisham
Mr. Chaffery · 4 episodes
Sitting Target
MacNeil
- 1971
Kidnapped
Cluny
Mr. Horatio Knibbles
Gamekeeper
The Shattered Eye
Lester
Assault
Reporter
Six Dates with Barker
Major Rupert Yappe · 1 episode
- 1970
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Dr. Harris
Goodbye Gemini
David Curry
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
William Shaw
Doctor in Trouble
Humphrey, the Master-at-Arms
The Misfit
Nitro · 1 episode
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
Germinal
Maheu · 4 episodes
1960s
- 1969
Otley
Philip Proudfoot
- 1968
The Caesars
Claudius · 6 episodes
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Det. Sergeant Dylan
Cold Comfort Farm
Urk Starkadder · 3 episodes
Ooh La La!
TV
- 1967
Half Hour Story
Walter Bishop · 1 episode
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Cucurucu
Accident
Man in Bell's Office
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1962
- 1961
1950s
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
John Dolby, Seymour, Fiodor Dostoyevski · 1 episode
Appearances2
2010s
- 2015
By Our Selves
Himself
1980s
- 1983
Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
Narrator