09/12/1927
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK:
Frederick „Freddie“ Charles Jones (* 12. September 1927 in Stoke-on-Trent, Vereinigtes Königreich; † 9. Juli 2019) war ein britischer Schauspieler, abonniert auf zwielichtige Rollen. Ab 1963 sah man ihn regelmäßig in Fernsehproduktionen, und drei Jahre darauf erhielt er in der ambitionierten Kinofassung des berühmten Bühnenstücks Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade von Peter Weiss seine erste Filmrolle. Schräge und skurrile Typen wurden sein bevorzugtes Rollenfach. In einigen wichtigen Filmen erhielt er bedeutende Rollen, die aufgrund ihrer Exzentrik besonders gut in Erinnerung blieben: In dem Passagierschiff-Thriller 18 Stunden bis zur Ewigkeit verkörperte er den Gegenspieler von Richard Harris, der auf einem Ozeanriesen eine Reihe von Bomben platziert hat und die Reederei um Millionen erpresst. Fünf Jahre darauf erhielt Jones den Part des schmierigen und geldgierigen Ausbeuters einer vom Schicksal und einer fürchterlichen Krankheit geschlagenen, deformierten Kreatur in David Lynchs Der Elefantenmensch. Mit Lynch drehte er später noch die Filme Der Wüstenplanet und Wild at Heart. 1982 verpflichtete Federico Fellini den untersetzten Künstler für den Orlando in seinem Film Fellinis Schiff der Träume. Nahezu zeitgleich sah man Jones in starker Maskierung mit Zottelbart als Ynyr in dem Fantasyfilm Krull. 1990 spielte er in dem KZ-Drama Der letzte Schmetterling den Lager-Kapellmeister Rheinberg.
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By Our Selves (2015) as Himself |
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Come on Eileen (2010) as Dermot |
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Caught in the Act (2008) as Collingsworth Jenkins |
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Ladies in Lavender (2004) as Jan Pendered |
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) as Colonel Villefort |
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Puckoon (2002) as Sir John Meredith |
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David Copperfield (2001) as Barkis |
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Married 2 Malcolm (2000) as Jasper |
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House! (2000) as Mr Anzani |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom (1999) as Birdy |
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The Passion (1999) as George |
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What Rats Won't Do (1998) as Judge Foster |
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Keep in a Dry Place & Away from Children (1998) as (voice, read by) |
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Cold Comfort Farm (1995) as Adam Lambsbreath |
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Die unendliche Geschichte III - Rettung aus Phantásien (1994) as Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain |
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A Pinch of Snuff (1994) as Dr Gilbert Haggard |
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Prince of Jutland (1994) as Bjorn |
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993) as Sapsea |
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The Last Vampyre (1993) as Pedlar |
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Spies, Inc. (1992) as Filatov |
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Adam Bede (1992) as Old Squire |
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Poslední motýl (1991) as Karl Rheinberg |
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Shoot the Revolution (1990) as Sergei Popescu |
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Wild at Heart (1990) as George Kovich |
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Kremlin Farewell (1990) as Agejev |
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Erik the Viking (1989) as Harald the Missionary |
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Consuming Passions (1988) as Graham Chumley |
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Comrades (1987) as Vicar of Tolpuddle |
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Ghosts (1987) as Jacob Engstrand |
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Maschenka (1987) as Podtyagin |
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Time After Time (1986) as Ulick Uniake |
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Silas Marner (1985) as Squire Cass |
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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) as Chester Cragwitch |
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Lost In London (1985) as Leo Porter |
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A Crack in the Ice (1985) as Lt. Col. Svinin |
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The Black Cauldron (1985) as Dallben (voice) |
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Dune (1984) as Thufir Hawat |
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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984) as |
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Firestarter (1984) as Dr. Joseph Wanless |
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E la nave va (1983) as Orlando |
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Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind (1983) as Narrator |
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Krull (1983) as Ynyr |
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David Macaulay: Castle (1983) as Voice |
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Firefox (1982) as Kenneth Aubrey |
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Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982) as |
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Murder Is Easy (1982) as Const. Reed |
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The Elephant Man (1980) as Bytes |
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Brecht and Co (1979) as |
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Zulu Dawn (1979) as Bishop Colenso |
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Of Mycenae and Men (1979) as |
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Secret Orchards (1979) as Roger Ackerley |
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The Talking Parcel (1978) as Parrot |
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The Nativity (1978) as Diomedes |
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Renoir, My Father (1978) as Vollard |
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Sorry... (1978) as Headmaster - 'Audience' |
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The Dancing Princesses (1978) as The King |
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Never Too Young to Rock (1976) as Mr. Rockbottom |
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A Midsummer Nightmare (1975) as Arnold Tully |
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All Creatures Great and Small (1975) as Cranford |
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Snooker (1975) as Tiny |
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Vampira (1974) as Gilmore |
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Juggernaut (1974) as Sidney Buckland |
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Item (1974) as Mr Fisher |
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Son of Dracula (1974) as The Baron |
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Joe's Ark (1974) as Joe |
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Romance with a Double Bass (1974) as Maestro Lakeyich |
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973) as Humpty Dumpty |
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Russian Roulette (1973) as Fiodor Dostoyevski |
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) as Prof. Julian Keeley |
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Sitting Target (1972) as MacNeil |
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Antony and Cleopatra (1972) as Pompey |
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Kidnapped (1971) as Cluny |
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Mr. Horatio Knibbles (1971) as Gamekeeper |
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The Shattered Eye (1971) as Lester |
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Assault (1971) as Reporter |
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Uncle Vanya (1970) as Vanya |
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The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) as Dr. Harris |
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Goodbye Gemini (1970) as David Curry |
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The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970) as William Shaw |
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Doctor in Trouble (1970) as Humphrey, the Master-at-Arms |
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Sweeney Todd (1970) as Sweeney Todd |
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John Clare: "I Am" (1970) as John Clare |
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You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It (1969) as Wilfred Eames |
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) as Prof. Richter |
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Otley (1969) as Philip Proudfoot |
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968) as Det. Sergeant Dylan |
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Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) as Cainy Bell |
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A Man Inside (1967) as Walter Bishop |
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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 |
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Accident (1967) as Man in Bell's Office |