
Freddie Jones
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 S...
Known For
Filmography

By Our Selves
2015
as Himself

Come on Eileen
2010
as Dermot

Caught in the Act
2008
as Collingsworth Jenkins

Casanova
2005
as Bragadin

Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Jan Pendered

The Royal
2003
as Sebastian Fox-Kirby

The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
as Colonel Villefort

Puckoon
2002
as Sir John Meredith

David Copperfield
2001
as Barkis

House!
2000
as Mr Anzani

Married 2 Malcolm
2000
as Jasper
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000

David Copperfield
2000
as Barkis

The Passion
1999
as George

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
1999
as Birdy

Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children
1998
as (voice, read by)

What Rats Won't Do
1998
as Judge Foster

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Benbow

Neverwhere
1996
as The Earl

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as French

Cold Comfort Farm
1995
as Adam Lambsbreath

Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1995
as Fortunato

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

Prince of Jutland
1994
as Bjorn

A Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Dr Gilbert Haggard
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1993
as Sapsea

The Last Vampyre
1993
as Pedlar

Hotel Room
1993
as Louis "Lou" Holchak

Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1993
as Tobias

Adam Bede
1992
as Old Squire

Spies, Inc.
1992
as Filatov

Heartbeat
1992
as Mr. Parrish

Heartbeat
1992
as George Woodford

Heartbeat
1992
as Fred Braithwaite

Heartbeat
1992
as Howard Druce

The Last Butterfly
1991
as Karl Rheinberg

Shoot the Revolution
1990
as Sergei Popescu

Kremlin Farewell
1990
as Agejev

Wild at Heart
1990
as George Kovich
TECX
1990

The Paper Man
1990
as Sir Charles Llewellyn

Erik the Viking
1989
as Harald the Missionary
Sob Sisters
1989

Consuming Passions
1988
as Graham Chumley

Comrades
1987
as Vicar of Tolpuddle

Ghosts
1987
as Jacob Engstrand

Maschenka
1987
as Podtyagin

Inspector Morse
1987
as Harry Field Senior

Vanity Fair
1987
as Sir Pitt Crawley

Time After Time
1986
as Ulick Uniake

Lovejoy
1986
as Arnold Tapie

Casualty
1986
as Iain Roles

Casualty
1986
as Henry Wallowski

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
as Inspector Baynes

The Black Cauldron
1985
as Dallben (voice)

Silas Marner
1985
as Squire Cass

Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
as Chester Cragwitch

Lost In London
1985
as Leo Porter

A Crack in the Ice
1985
as Lt. Col. Svinin

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
as Scruton

Theatre Night
1985
as Jacob Engstrand

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
as Mr. Scruton

Screen Two
1985
as Agejev

Dune
1984
as Thufir Hawat

Firestarter
1984
as Dr. Joseph Wanless

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984

Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Inspector Baynes

Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Pedlar

The District Nurse
1984

Travelling Man
1984
as Morgan Rees

Krull
1983
as Ynyr

And the Ship Sails On
1983
as Orlando

Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
1983
as Narrator

David Macaulay: Castle
1983
as Voice

Firefox
1982
as Kenneth Aubrey

Murder Is Easy
1982
as Const. Reed

Eleanor, First Lady of the World
1982
Can I Help You?
1981

The Elephant Man
1980
as Bytes

Secret Orchards
1979
as Roger Ackerley

Zulu Dawn
1979
as Bishop Colenso

Brecht and Co
1979

Of Mycenae and Men
1979

Screenplay
1979
as Richard Morrison
The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris
1979
as Selwyn Raven

The Talking Parcel
1978
as Parrot

The Nativity
1978
as Diomedes

The Dancing Princesses
1978
as The King

Sorry...
1978
as Headmaster - 'Audience'

Renoir, My Father
1978
as Vollard

Pennies from Heaven
1978
as Headmaster

The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978
as Fall

Hazell
1978
as Dobson

Strangers
1978
as Effingham

Children of the Stones
1977
as Dai

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Vollard

Nicholas Nickleby
1977
as Vincent Crummles

Target
1977
as Det. Chief Supt. Neville Clegg

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as Peter

Never Too Young to Rock
1976
as Mr. Rockbottom

The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
as Sir George Uproar
The Government Inspector
1976
as Mayor

The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
as Professor Stubbs

The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
as 'Sir Richard'

Brensham People
1976
as Mr. Chorlton
Snooker
1975
as Tiny

All Creatures Great and Small
1975
as Cranford

A Midsummer Nightmare
1975
as Arnold Tully

Space: 1999
1975
as Charles Logan

Juggernaut
1974
as Sidney Buckland

Vampira
1974
as Gilmore

Son of Dracula
1974
as The Baron

Joe's Ark
1974
as Joe

Romance with a Double Bass
1974
as Maestro Lakeyich
Item
1974
as Mr Fisher

Fall of Eagles
1974
as Witte

The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
as Prof. Julian Keeley
Russian Roulette
1973
as Fiodor Dostoyevski

Alice Through the Looking Glass
1973
as Humpty Dumpty

Thriller
1973
as Arnold Tully

Centre Play
1973
as Tiny

Centre Play
1973
as Waiter
Armchair 30
1973
as Santa Claus

Sitting Target
1972
as MacNeil

Antony and Cleopatra
1972
as Pompey

The Protectors
1972
as Robard

Van der Valk
1972
as Joop Pater

The Adventurer
1972
as Calloway

Emmerdale
1972
as Sandy Thomas

Love and Mr Lewisham
1972
as Mr. Chaffery

Mr. Horatio Knibbles
1971
as Gamekeeper

Kidnapped
1971
as Cluny

Assault
1971
as Reporter

The Shattered Eye
1971
as Lester

Jason King
1971
as Mr. Quirly

Six Dates with Barker
1971
as Major Rupert Yappe
Film '72
1971
as Self

The Man Who Haunted Himself
1970
as Dr. Harris
John Clare: "I Am"
1970
as John Clare

Goodbye Gemini
1970
as David Curry

Sweeney Todd
1970
as Sweeney Todd

Doctor in Trouble
1970
as Humphrey, the Master-at-Arms
Uncle Vanya
1970
as Vanya

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
as William Shaw

Play for Today
1970
Menace
1970
as Elystan Griffiths

The Goodies
1970
as Mr. Sparklipegs

The Misfit
1970
as Nitro

Germinal
1970
as Maheu

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
as Prof. Richter

Otley
1969
as Philip Proudfoot
You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It
1969
as Wilfred Eames
The Roy Hudd Show
1969

The Main Chance
1969
as Professor Ian Allardyce

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
as James McAllister

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
as Det. Sergeant Dylan

The Caesars
1968
as Claudius

Ooh La La!
1968
Nana
1968
as Count Muffat

Cold Comfort Farm
1968
as Urk Starkadder

Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Cainy Bell

Accident
1967
as Man in Bell's Office

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
1967
as Cucurucu
A Man Inside
1967
as Walter Bishop
Sword of Honour
1967
as Ludovic

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Wilfred Eames

Half Hour Story
1967
as Walter Bishop

Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Parkes

Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Vaudin

Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Sweeney Todd

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Vanya

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Gibbet

Out of the Unknown
1965
as Lester

Theatre 625
1964
as Ludovic
Festival
1963

The Saint
1962
as Martin Graves

The Avengers
1961
as Basil / John Steed
Androcles and the Lion
1960
as Christian

Armchair Theatre
1956
as John Dolby

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Seymour

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Fiodor Dostoyevski