Frederick Charles Jones (12 september 1927 – 9 juli 2019) was een Engelse acteur met een carrière die de jaren 1960 tot 2018 omspande, die in televisie-, theater- en filmproducties meespeelde. Hij was bijvoorbeeld als eerste persoon te zien in de rol van Sir in The Dresser ; in de filmwereld werkte hij samen met David Lynch, te beginnen met zijn rol als de meedogenloze circusdirecteur Bytes in The Elephant Man (1980); en op televisie speelde hij Sandy Thomas in de ITV -soap Emmerdale van 2005 tot 2018.
Persoonlijk leven Jones werd geboren in Dresden. Jones was sinds 1965 getrouwd met actrice Jennifer Heslewood. Ze kregen drie zonen, waaronder Toby Jones . Hij was een fan van Stoke City .
Jones overleed op 9 juli 2019 op 91-jarige leeftijd in Bicester, Oxfordshire, na een kort ziekbed. Na zijn dood brachten verschillende castleden van Emmerdale een eerbetoon aan Jones. Op 11 juli waren beide afleveringen van een dubbele aflevering van de soap aan Jones opgedragen.
Filmografie Film +Jones' film creditsJaarTitelRolNotities1967AccidentMan In Bell's Office1967Marat/SadeCucurucu1967Far from the Madding CrowdCainy Ball1968The Bliss of Mrs. BlossomSergeant Dylan1968OtleyPhilip Proudfoot1969Frankenstein Must Be DestroyedProfessor Richter1970The Emergence of Anthony Purdy Esquire Farmer's LabourerAnthony Purdy1970The Man Who Haunted HimselfDr. Harris, The Psychiatrist1970Goodbye GeminiDavid Curry1971AssaultReporter1971Horatio KnibblesThe Gamekeeper1971KidnappedCluny1972Antony and CleopatraPompey1972Sitting TargetMacNeil1973The Satanic Rites of DraculaProfessor Keeley1974Son of DraculaThe Baron1974JuggernautSidney Buckland1974VampiraGilmoreA.K.A Old Dracula1975All Creatures Great and SmallCranfordTV movie1975Romance with a Double BassMaestro LakeyichShort1976Never Too Young to RockMr. Rockbottom1979Zulu DawnBishop Colenso1980The Elephant ManBytes1982FirefoxKenneth Aubrey1982Captain StirrickMr. Leach1983KrullYnyr1983And the Ship Sails OnOrlando1984FirestarterDr. Joseph Wanless1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodOrlandoTV movie1984DuneThufir Hawat1985The Black CauldronDallbenVoice1985Young Sherlock HolmesChester Cragwitch1986ComradesVicar of Tolpuddle1987MaschenkaPodtyagin1988Consuming PassionsGraham Chumley1989Erik the VikingHarald, The Missionary1990Wild at HeartGeorge Kovich1990Dark RiverThe OfficialTV movie1991The Last ButterflyKarl Rheinberg1992Spies Inc.Filatov1993The Mystery of Edwin DroodSapsea1994Prince of JutlandBjorn1994The Neverending Story 3: Escape from FantasiaMr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain1995Cold Comfort FarmAdam LambsbreathTV movie1997Seeing ThingsPrisoner ParkShort1998Keep in a Dry Place and Away from ChildrenVoice OverShort1998What Rats Won't DoJudge Foster1998The Life and Crimes of William PalmerDr. Bamford1999My Life So FarReverend Finlayson2000House!Mr. Anzani2000Married 2 MalcolmJasper2000David CopperfieldBarkisTV movie2002The Count of Monte CristoColonel Villefort2002PuckoonSir John Meredith2004Ladies in LavenderJan Pendered2005The LibertineBetterton2008Caught in the ActCollingsworth Jenkins2010Come on EileenDermot2015By Our SelvesThe Narrator
Televisie +Jones' televisieoptredensYearTitleRoleNotes1960Androcles and the LionChristian2 episodes1963Z-CarsCraigEpisode: "Pay by Results"1963MaltbyEpisode: "The Ticket-of-Leave Man"1963MaupassantBoisselEpisode: "The Inheritance"1963-1965Our Man at St. Mark'sBenson / George Gregory2 episodes1964FestivalUnknownEpisode: "Six Characters in Search of an Author"1964ITV Play of the WeekArthur LoweEpisode: "Gina"1965TaylorEpisode: "For the West"1966—1970Mystery and ImaginationSweeney Todd / Vaudin / Parkes3 episodes1967Sword of HonourLudovicEpisode: "Officers and Gentlemen"1967Basil / John SteedEpisode: "Who's Who???"1967The LandlordEpisode: "So Dark the Night"1967Half Hour StoryWalter BishopEpisode: "A Man Inside"1967-1973Armchair TheatreFiodor Dostoyevski / John Dolby2 episodes1968Claudius5 episodes1968Martin GravesEpisode: "The Time to Die"1968NanaCount Muffat5 episodes1968Cold Comfort FarmUrk / Dr. Adolf Mudel2 episodes1969ITV PlayhouseWilfred EamesEpisode: "You've Made Your Bed: Now Lie in It"1969Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)James McAllisterEpisode: "For the Girl Who Has Everything"1970Anthony PurdyTelevision Film1970GerminalMaheu4 episodes1970William ShawTelevision film1970MenaceElystan GriffithsEpisode: "The Straight and the Narrow"1970Professor Ian AllardyceEpisode: "The Walls of Jericho"1970BBC Play of the MonthUncle VanyaEpisode: "Uncle Vanya"1970-1971JackanoryThe Storyteller9 episodes1971Doctor at LargeSir Robert JoyceEpisode: "Let's Start at the Beginning"1971Six Dates with BarkerMajor Rupert YappeEpisode: "1915: Lola"1971Out of the UnknownLesterEpisode: "The Shattered Eye"1971NitroEpisode: "On Paperback Revolutionaries"1971JackEpisode: "The Long Wash"1971For the Love of AdaDavid Llewellyn GriffithsEpisode: "The Admirer"1971Jason KingMr. QuirlyEpisode: "A Deadly Line in Digits"1972Mr. SparklipegsEpisode: "Charity Bounce"1972His and HersTom WallerEpisode: "Driving"1972Love and Mr LewishamMr. Chaffery3 episodes1973CallowayEpisode: "Mr. Calloway Is a Very Cautious Man"1973RobardEpisode: "The Bodyguards"1973Ooh La La!General IrriguaEpisode: "Kept on a String"1973BowlerThe Festival Hall ManagerEpisode: "On the Fiddle"1973Alice Through the Looking-GlassHumpty DumptyTelevision film1973Fall of EaglesWitte2 episodes1974Baa Baa Black SheepUncle HarryTelevision film1974ITV Sunday Night DramaEthelredEpisode: "The Ceremony of Innocence"1974Marked PersonalGeorge Prewett2 episodes1974Play for TodayJoe JonesEpisode: "Joe's Ark"1975This WeekLord LondonderryEpisode: "1844"1975Centre PlayWalter / "Tiny"2 episodes1975Lord LoveruleTelevision film1975ThrillerArnold TullyEpisode: "A Midsummer Nightmare"1975Old BillyTelevision film1976Shades of GreeneLeverEpisode: "A Chance for Mr. Lever"1976Space: 1999Dr. Charles LoganEpisode: "Journey to Where"1976The Mayor3 episodes1976Brensham PeopleMr. ChorltonEpisode: "Master of Many Parts"1976Children of the StonesDai5 episodes1976–1978Sir George Uproar20 episodes1977Just WilliamSandy DickEpisode: "William and the Tramp"1977PeterEpisode: "Cheers"1977Nicholas NicklebyMr. Vincent Crummles2 episodes1977Duchess of Duke StreetProfessor StubbsEpisode: "Poor Catullus"1977Van der ValkJoop PaterEpisode: "Accidental"1977TargetChief Superintendent Neville CleggEpisode: "Carve Up"1978HazellDobsonEpisode: "Hazell Settles the Accounts"1978Fall2 episodes1978DiomedesTelevision film1978Bertrand de Born3 episodes1978Pennies From HeavenThe Headmaster2 episodes1978Play for TodayHead Maltster, 'Audience'Episode: "Sorry…"1978BBC Play of the MonthGibbetEpisode: "The Beaux' Stratagem"1978BBC2 Play of the WeekVollardEpisode: "Renoir, My Father"1978ParrotVoice, Television film1978KingTelevision film1979StrangersEffinghamEpisode: "Friends in High Places"1979Selwyn Raven5 episodes1979Of Mycenae and MenMenelausTelevision short1979In Loving MemoryJeremiah UnsworthEpisode: "In Loving Memory"1979ScreenplayRichard MorrisonEpisode: "The Sound of Guns"1979Brecht and CoMember of Brecht's Company / AzdakTelevision film1979Secret OrchardsRoger Ackerley / Uncle BodgerTelevision film1980Socrates3 episodes1980Spine ChillersReader5 episodes1981Tiny RevolutionsProfessor Jan KalinaTelevision film1981Theatre BoxNodding DogVoice, Episode: "Marmalade Atkins in Space"1982Murder Is EasyConstable ReedTelevision film1982Eleanor, First Lady of the WorldUnknownTelevision film1983CharlesTelevision film1984Travelling ManMorgan ReesEpisode: "The Watcher"1985Mr. Scruton4 episodes1985BulmanVictor GarforthEpisode: "Another Part of the Jungle"1985Lost in LondonLeo PorterTelevision film1985Silas Marner: The Weaver of RaveloeSquire CassTelevision film1986-1990Screen TwoAgejev / Ulick Uniake2 episodes1987Dr. Emlyn Isaacs12 episodes1987Theatre NightEngstrandEpisode: "Ghosts"1987Vanity FairSir Pitt Crawley7 episodes1987Mr. Scruton6 episodes1988The Return of Sherlock HolmesInspector BaynesEpisode: "Wisteria Lodge"1988Room at the BottomAndre ShepherdEpisode: "The Chef"1988How to Be CoolDr. Benjamin Barnard Walters3 episodes1989Sob SistersLeo7 episodes1989BoonDavid TredegarEpisode: "Walking Off Air"1990TECXSir Neil MilvertonEpisode: "A Soldier's Death"1990Sir Charles LlewellynMiniseries1990Hale and PaceDr. PrattEpisode: "Season Three, Episode Three"1990ScreenPlayPoliticianEpisode: "Shoot the Revolution"1991Inspector MorseHarry Field SeniorEpisode: "Who Killed Harry Field?"1992Screen OneOld SquireEpisode: "Adam Bede"1992On the AirStan TailingsEpisode: "Episode 1.4"1992True Adventures of Christopher ColumbusHerald1993Hotel RoomLou BocaEpisode: "Tricks"1993LovejoyArnold TapieEpisode: "Goose Bumps"1993The PedlarEpisode: "The Last Vampyre"1993Mr. Wroe's VirginsTobias4 episodes1993"Birdy" SoamesEpisode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom"1993–2009HeartbeatHoward Druce / Fred Braithwaite / George Woodford / Mr. Parrish4 episodes1994Dr. Gilbert HaggardTelevision film1994Just WilliamSir Giles HamptonEpisode: "William and the Great Actor"1995Cold Comfort FarmAdam LambsbreathTelevision film1995Tales of Mystery and ImaginationFortunatoEpisode: "The Cask of Amontillado"1996No BananasPerce2 episodes1996NeverwhereThe Earl2 episodes1996Arthur GordonEpisode: "Old Codgers"1997Dalziel and PascoeFrenchEpisode: "Ruling Passion"1997Drovers' Gold"Moc" MorganMiniseries1997UnknownTelevision film1998Dr. BamfordTelevision film1998Duck PatrolCyrilEpisode: "The Spirit of the Deep"1999SunburnMr. DawsonEpisode: "Episode #1.5"1999George2000David CopperfieldBarkisTelevision film2000Dr. Magnus PurblindEpisode: "The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special"2000CasualtyHenry WallowskiEpisode: "Sympathy for the Devil"2001Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)Carodoc EvansEpisode: "Revenge of the Bog People"2003Broken MorningThe UndertakerTelevision film2004Sebastian Fox-Kirby2 episodes2004Midsomer MurdersBenbowEpisode: "The Maid in Splendour"2004CasualtyIain RolesEpisode: "Passions and Convictions"2005CasanovaBragadin / Bragani2 episodes2005–2018EmmerdaleSandy Thomas776 episodes (final appearance)
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