Freddie Jones

English character actor (1927-2019)

Frederick Charles Jones[1][2] (12 September 1927 – 9 July 2019) was an English character actor. He portrayed Sandy Thomas in Emmerdale. He appeared in David Lynch's movies The Elephant Man (1980), Dune (1984), Wild at Heart (1990) as well as the short-lived television series On the Air (1992) and the short movie Hotel Room (1993).

Freddie Jones
Jones sitting for a sculpture by Steven Whyte
Born
Frederick Charles Jones

(1927-09-12)12 September 1927
Died9 July 2019(2019-07-09) (aged 91)
OccupationActor
Years active1960–2019
Spouse
Jennifer Heselwood (m. 1965)
Children3, including Toby Jones

Jones died on 9 July 2019 at the age of 91 after a short illness.[3]

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  1. Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.; at ancestry.com
  2. "Freddie Jones - nostalgia - Stoke & Staffordshire - Stoke Sentinel". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  3. "'Emmerdale' star Freddie Jones dies aged 91". Uk.news.yahoo.com.

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