Freddie Jones (born in Stoke-on-Trent on September 12, 1927) is a British character actor.
He became an actor after ten years of working as a laboratory assistant with a firm making ceramic products, when his hobby took over. He was trained at the prestigious Rose Bruford College
He became famous for his role as Claudius in the 1968 British television series The Caesars. He tends to play eccentric and insane characters.
He currently plays Sandy Thomas in ITV’s popular Soap Opera Emmerdale.
He is the father of actor Toby Jones.
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David Copperfield 2000 was a joint US/Irish TV film adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield. It was filmed in Ireland.Like most Dickens film adaptations, 'David Copperfield 2000' had a cast of well-known names and faces.Michael Richards played Mr. Micawber, Anthony Andrews played Mr. Edward Murdstone, Eileen Atkins was Miss Jane Murdstone, and Frank MacCusker played Uriah Heep.Hugh Dancy played the adult David Copperfield, and Max Dolbey was Copperfield as a boy. Sally Field played Aunt Betsey Trotwood, and Judy Cornwell was Peggotty. Julie Cox (Dora) and Emily Hamilton (Agnes) played Copperfield's wives. Paul Bettany appeared as James Steerforth.Other famous names included in this production were Edward Hardwicke (Mr. Wickfield), Freddie Jones (Barkis), Nigel Davenport (Dan Peggotty), Dudley Sutton (Mr. Dick), and Alec McCowen (Mr. Jorkins)....
A group of wealthy, well-established men in London become the target of a mysterious cloaked figure, who uses a blowpipe to shoot thorns into the targets' necks. The thorns, dipped into a solution of various botanical extracts, causes the victims to have violent and frightening hallucinations. These images ultimately result in the victim's death. Sherlock Holmes notices that his mentor and retired schoolmaster, Professor Waxflatter, is very curious about the deaths. When Waxflatter himself dies, Holmes suspects foul play, and he, his girlfriend Elizabeth (Waxflatter's granddaughter), and Watson (who had newly arrived in Holmes' school) begin to investigate. Clue by clue, Holmes traces the mysterious cloaked figure to a warehouse in the Wapping area of London known as Froggit and Froggit.
The trio proceed to the warehouse to find abandoned Egyptian figurines and a large pyramid. Holmes suspects that the pyramid is larger than initially thought, and the floor boards break to...
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The Black Cauldron (also known as Taran and the Magic Cauldron in some countries) is the twenty-fifth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions, and originally released to theatres on July 24, 1985 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. It is based loosely on the first two volumes of Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain. The movie was directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich and starred the voices of Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, and John Hurt.
The story concerns the evil Horned King who attempts to secure the Black Cauldron in order to rule the world. The Horned King is opposed by the heroes Taran, Princess Eilonwy, Fflewddur Fflam, and a strange creature named Gurgi.
As the film starts, a voice-over explains the legend of the Black Cauldron:
On the small farm of Caer Dallben, Taran, a young boy relegated to the life of an "assistant pig keeper", longs for joining the war...
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Dune is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. The film stars Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides, and includes an ensemble of well-known American, Latin American, and European actors in supporting roles, including Sting, Jose Ferrer, Virginia Madsen, Linda Hunt, Patrick Stewart, Max von Sydow, and Jürgen Prochnow, among others. It was filmed at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City and included a soundtrack by the band Toto. As in the novel, the central plot concerns a young man foretold in prophecy as the "Kwisatz Haderach" who will protect the titular desert planet from the malevolent House Harkonnen and save the universe from evil.After the success of the novel, attempts to adapt Dune for a film began as early as 1971. A lengthy process of what is known in the film industry as development hell followed throughout the 1970s, during which directors such as David Lean, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Ridley Scott...,
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Krull is a 1983 heroic fantasy film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Ron Silverman. It stars Kenneth Marshall as Prince Colwyn and Lysette Anthony as Princess Lyssa.
One of the film's most distinguished features is a robust score by James Horner. The film is also notable for its early screen roles for the now famous Irish actor Liam Neeson and Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane and for its surrealistic set design within the Black Fortress.
The world of Krull is invaded by The Beast and his army of Slayers, who travel the galaxy in the mountain-like spaceship, the Black Fortress. The "Attacker" Slayers wear black armor while the "Defender" Slayers wear white armor. Both wield weapons that appear to be a (reloadable) single-shot laser rifle on one end, combined with a bayonet at the opposite end for close-quarter combat, it should be noted that the "Attacker" slayers have more of a sword-like weapon on the other end of the laser rifle, while the "Defender" slayers have one that...,
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And the Ship Sails On (Italian: E la nave va) is a 1983 Italian film by Federico Fellini. It depicts the events on board a luxury liner filled with the friends of a deceased opera singer who have gathered to mourn her.Much of the film is a mockumentary although that conceit is overlooked at various points. As the film opens, it depicts a scene in July 1914 immediately prior to the Gloria N. (a great ocean liner) setting sail. The opening sequence is in sepia tones, as if it were a film shot in that era, with no sound other than the whirring of the projector. Gradually the sepia fades into full colour and we can hear the dialogue of the characters. Mr. Orlando is an Italian journalist on the ship; he looks at the camera and explains that the voyage is a type of funeral, with the aim of dispersing the ashes of Edmea Tetua around the island of Erimo, where she was born. He explains that Edmea Tetua was the greatest singer of all time and had the voice of a goddess.One morning, the ship's...
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Firefox is a 1982 Warner Brothers film with Clint Eastwood as director, producer, and star. It was based on a novel by Craig Thomas.The film details an American plot to steal a highly advanced Soviet fighter aircraft (MiG-31 Firefox) which is capable of Mach 6, is invisible to radar, and carries weapons controlled by thought. Eastwood stars as Maj. Mitchell Gant, a Vietnam veteran who infiltrates the Soviet Union, aided by his ability to speak Russian and a network of dissidents and sympathizers. Gant makes his way to the fictional Bilyarsk air base, where two prototypes of the Firefox have been built. His goal is to fly one back to the United States for analysis. However, the KGB is already hot on his tail.At the time the film was made, President Ronald Reagan had referred to the Soviet Union as the "evil empire" and the Cold War was at a new peak. Naturally, Russian filming locations were not possible, and the producers selected Vienna and other locations in Austria to simulate many...
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is a British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Film Productions in released in 1969. The cast includes Peter Cushing (Baron Frankenstein), Freddie Jones (the Creature), Veronica Carlson and Simon Ward. The film is the fifth in a series of Hammer films centering on Dr. Frankenstein. It was preceded by Frankenstein Created Woman and was followed by Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell in the series. However, a noncanonical Frankenstein film starring Ralph Bates was made in between; this film, The Horror of Frankenstein, is generally considered a comedy.
In a sense, Frankenstein Must Be Destoyed comes closest of all Hammer's films to Mary Shelley's original concept. For the first time, the Baron's creation is a sensitive, articulate, misunderstood being who finally turns the tables on and destroys his maker.
The Baron is at his most ruthless here. He had begun life in The Curse of Frankenstein as a hopeless disciple of scientific progress...,
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