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 | |
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Born | Frederick Charles Jones 12 September 1927 |
Died | 9 July 2019 Bicester, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 91)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1960–2019 |
Spouse |
Jennifer Heselwood (m. 1965) |
Children | 3, including Toby Jones |
Jones died on 9 July 2019 at the age of 91 after a short illness.[3]
References
change- ↑ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.; at ancestry.com
- ↑ "Freddie Jones - nostalgia - Stoke & Staffordshire - Stoke Sentinel". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ↑ "'Emmerdale' star Freddie Jones dies aged 91". Uk.news.yahoo.com.