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Frederick Charles Jones was an English actor who had an extensive career in television, theatre and cinema productions for almost sixty years. In theatre, he was best known for originating the role of Sir in The Dresser; in film, he was best known for his role as the circus ringmaster Bytes in The Elephant Man (1980); and in television, he was best known for playing Sandy Thomas in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2005 to 2018.
Birth Name
Frederick Charles Jones
Born
Monday, 12 September 1927
Died
Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| NFL on FOX | Himself - Arizona Cardinals Tight End | 2018 |
| From Stage to Screen | Self | 2016 |
| By Our Selves | Narrator / Himself | 2015 |
| Come on Eileen | Dermot | 2010 |
| Caught in the Act | Collingsworth Jenkins | 2008 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Professor Richter / Prof. Julian Keeley | 2007 |
| Casanova | Bragadin | 2005 |
| Ladies in Lavender | Jan Pendered | 2004 |
| The Libertine | Betterton | 2004 |
| The Royal | Sebastian Fox-Kirby | 2003 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| NFL on FOX | Himself - Arizona Cardinals Tight End | 2018 |
| From Stage to Screen | Self | 2016 |
| By Our Selves | Narrator / Himself | 2015 |
| Come on Eileen | Dermot | 2010 |
| Caught in the Act | Collingsworth Jenkins | 2008 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Professor Richter / Prof. Julian Keeley | 2007 |
| Casanova | Bragadin | 2005 |
| Ladies in Lavender | Jan Pendered | 2004 |
| The Libertine | Betterton | 2004 |
| The Royal | Sebastian Fox-Kirby | 2003 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Colonel Villefort / Clarion | 2002 |
| Puckoon | Sir John Meredith | 2002 |
| David Copperfield | Barkis | 2000 |
| Married 2 Malcolm | Jasper | 2000 |
| House! | Mr. Anzani / Mr Anzani | 2000 |
| Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Carodoc Evans | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom | Birdy | 1999 |
| My Life So Far | Reverend Finlayson | 1999 |
| Sunburn | Mr. Dawson | 1999 |
| The League of Gentlemen | Dr. Magnus Purblind | 1999 |
| Duck Patrol | Cyril | 1998 |
| What Rats Won't Do | Judge Foster | 1998 |
| The Life and Crimes of William Palmer | Dr. Bamford | 1998 |
| Drovers' Gold | Moc | 1997 |
| Midsomer Murders | Benbow | 1997 |
| The Temptation of Franz Schubert | 1997 | |
| Neverwhere | The Earl | 1996 |
| No Bananas | Perce | 1996 |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | French | 1996 |
| It Might Be You | David | 1995 |
| Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Fortunato | 1995 |
| Cold Comfort Farm | Adam Lambsbreath | 1995 |
| Just William | Sir Giles Hampton | 1994 |
| The NeverEnding Story III | Mr. Coreander / Old Man of Wandering Mountain | 1994 |
| Mother's Ruin | Ambrose Barrington | 1994 |
| A Pinch of Snuff | Dr. Gilbert Haggard | 1994 |
| Royal Deceit | Bjorn | 1994 |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Sapsea | 1993 |
| Hotel Room | Louis "Lou" Holchak / Lou Boca | 1993 |
| Spies Inc. | Filatov | 1992 |
| On the Air | Stan Tailings | 1992 |
| Heartbeat | Mr. Parrish / Howard Druce / George Woodford / Fred Braithwaite | 1992 |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Birdy | 1992 |
| The Last Butterfly | Karl Rheinberg | 1991 |
| The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | Pedlar | 1991 |
| The Paper Man | Sir Charles Llewellyn | 1990 |
| Wild at Heart | George Kovich | 1990 |
| TECX | Sir Neil Milverton | 1990 |
| Screen One | Old Squire | 1989 |
| Erik the Viking | Harald the Missionary | 1989 |
| Sob Sisters | Leo | 1989 |
| How to Be Cool | Dr. Benjamin Barnard Walters | 1988 |
| Consuming Passions | Graham Chumley | 1988 |
| Vanity Fair | Sir Pitt Crawley | 1987 |
| Comrades | Vicar / Vicar of Tolpuddle | 1987 |
| Maschenka | Podtyagin | 1987 |
| Inspector Morse | Harry Field Senior | 1987 |
| The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole | Mr. Scruton | 1987 |
| Hale and Pace | Dr. Pratt | 1986 |
| Casualty | Henry Wallowski / Iain Roles | 1986 |
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Inspector Baynes | 1986 |
| Boon | David Tredegar | 1986 |
| Lovejoy | Arnold Tapie | 1986 |
| Silas Marner | Squire Cass | 1985 |
| Young Sherlock Holmes | Chester Cragwitch | 1985 |
| The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ | Mr. Scruton / Scruton | 1985 |
| The Black Cauldron | Dallben / Dallben (voice) | 1985 |
| Bulman | Victor Garforth | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Ulick Uniake / Agejev | 1985 |
| Dune | Thufir Hawat | 1984 |
| Travelling Man | Morgan Rees | 1984 |
| The Brief | Arthur Gordon | 1984 |
| The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | 1984 | |
| Firestarter | Doctor Joseph Wanless / Dr. Joseph Wanless | 1984 |
| The District Nurse | Dr. Emlyn Isaacs | 1984 |
| The Ship Sails On | Orlando | 1983 |
| Krull | Ynyr | 1983 |
| Firefox | Kenneth Aubrey | 1982 |
| Captain Stirrick | Mr. Leach | 1982 |
| Eleanor, First Lady of the World | 1982 | |
| Murder Is Easy | Const. Reed | 1982 |
| Tiny Revolutions | Prof. Jan Kalina | 1981 |
| The Elephant Man | Bytes | 1980 |
| Zulu Dawn | Bishop Colenso | 1979 |
| Secret Orchards | Roger Ackerley / Uncle Bodger | 1979 |
| The Talking Parcel | Parrot | 1978 |
| The Nativity | Diomedes | 1978 |
| The Devil's Crown | Bertrand de Born | 1978 |
| Pennies from Heaven | Headmaster | 1978 |
| The Mayor of Casterbridge | Fall | 1978 |
| Hazell | Dobson | 1978 |
| The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | Peter | 1977 |
| Just William | Sandy Dick | 1977 |
| Children of the Stones | Dai | 1977 |
| The Duchess of Duke Street | Professor Stubbs | 1976 |
| Never Too Young to Rock | Mr. Rockbottom | 1976 |
| The Ghosts of Motley Hall | Sir George Uproar / 'Sir Richard' / Sir Henry | 1976 |
| The Boy Dave | Old Billy | 1975 |
| Space: 1999 | Dr. Charles Logan | 1975 |
| A Journey to London | Lord Loverule | 1975 |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Cranford | 1975 |
| Old Dracula | Gilmore | 1974 |
| Juggernaut | Sidney Buckland | 1974 |
| Childhood | Uncle Harry | 1974 |
| Son of Dracula | The Baron | 1974 |
| Fall of Eagles | Witte | 1974 |
| Romance with a Double Bass | Maestro Lakeyich | 1974 |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | Humpty Dumpty | 1973 |
| The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Prof. Julian Keeley / Professor Julian Keeley | 1973 |
| Bowler | Festival Hall Manager | 1973 |
| Centre Play | Tiny / Walter | 1973 |
| Thriller | Arnold Tully | 1973 |
| The Adventurer | George Calloway | 1972 |
| The Protectors | Robard | 1972 |
| Van der Valk | Joop Pater | 1972 |
| Sitting Target | MacNeil | 1972 |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Pompey | 1972 |
| Kidnapped | Cluny | 1971 |
| Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
| Jason King | Mr. Quirly | 1971 |
| Mr. Horatio Knibbles | Gamekeeper | 1971 |
| Doctor at Large | Sir Robert Joyce | 1971 |
| In the Devil's Garden | Reporter | 1971 |
| Six Dates with Barker | Major Rupert Yappe | 1971 |
| The Goodies | Mr. Sparklipegs | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Joe Jones / Headmaster - 'Audience' | 1970 |
| Goodbye Gemini | David Curry | 1970 |
| The Man Who Haunted Himself | Psychiatrist / Dr. Harris | 1970 |
| The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens | William Shaw | 1970 |
| His and Hers | Tom Waller | 1970 |
| Doctor in Trouble | Master at Arms / Master-at-Arms | 1970 |
| In Loving Memory | Jeremiah Unsworth | 1969 |
| My Partner the Ghost | James McAllister | 1969 |
| Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Professor Richter / Prof. Richter | 1969 |
| Otley | Philip Proudfoot | 1968 |
| The Caesars | Claudius | 1968 |
| The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Det. Sgt. Dylan / Det. Sergeant Dylan | 1968 |
| Cold Comfort Farm | Urk Starkadder / Dr Adolf Mudel | 1968 |
| ITV Playhouse | Wilfred Eames | 1967 |
| Marat/Sade | Cucurucu | 1967 |
| Accident | Man in Bell's Office | 1967 |
| Far from the Madding Crowd | Cainy Bell / Cainy Ball | 1967 |
| Mystery and Imagination | Vaudin / Sweeney Todd / Parkes | 1966 |
| The Baron | Landlord | 1966 |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Gibbet / Vanya | 1965 |
| Out of the Unknown | Lester | 1965 |
| The Wednesday Play | Taylor | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Ludovic | 1964 |
| Maupassant | Boissel | 1963 |
| The Saint | Martin Graves | 1962 |
| The Avengers | Basil / John Steed | 1961 |
| Armchair Theatre | Seymour / John Dolby / Fiodor Dostoyevski | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Arthur Lowe | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
