Freddie Fletcher
Freddie Fletcher (born 1950) is an English actor best known for playing Jud, in Ken Loach's 1969 film "Kes". Freddie Fletcher also was in the ITV series Fox. Early years. Fletcher was born in Grimethorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, and attended Willowgarth Secondary School. He later said, "The only acting I did was in the headmaster's office". When he left school he worked as a painter and decorator for a large firm, until Ken Loach cast him as Jud Casper, the violent brother of Billy Casper in "Kes" released in 1969. Fred has 3 sons; Adam , Dean and Joe and still lives within the Barnsley area. Career after "Kes". Like many of the actors in "Kes", Fletcher had no formal acting experience, but almost immediately found television work after the film was released and commended by the critics. Fletcher had a regular television role as layabout Raymond Shepherd, one of Diana Dors's wayward sons in the comedy series "Queenie's Castle". The show was first broadcast on Bonfire Night in 1970 and ran for two years. Shortly before "Queenie's Castle" came to an end in September 1972, in the January of that year he  was seen as a football team captain in Jack Rosenthal's drama "Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.", which was part of Granada Television's "Sunday Night Theatre" series. For the rest of the 1970s, Fletcher appeared in television plays, including four BBC "Play for Today" episodes between 1973 and 1978. He also made another successful movie, playing one of the ship's radio officers in the British thriller "Juggernaut" in 1974, starring Richard Harris and Anthony Hopkins. In 1978, he appeared in the ITV movie "Clouds of Glory", starring Felicity Kendal, written by Melvyn Bragg and directed by Ken Russell . In November 1982, Fletcher played Chalkie Whitely's son Bob in two episodes of the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street". By this time, actress Lynne Perrie was established in the show as Ivy Tilsley. Perrie had played Fletcher's mother in "Kes" and had worked alongside him in "Queenie's Castle" ten years before. Consequently, Fletcher had acted alongside Perrie's brother Duggie Brown in "Another Sunday and Sweet F.A". In December 1980, Fletcher appeared in four episodes of "Emmerdale Farm" as law breaking Derek Warner. He later reprised the role in 1984 for a further four episodes. When the  character reappeared again in 1985, he was re-cast and actor Dennis Blanch took on the part until 1986. In 1988 he was seen as menacing retired boxer Bob Derrick in 'Only One Woof' - an episode from All Creatures Great and Small. In the 1990s, Fletcher continued to act regularly on television and in film. He had a regular role as Mr. Smithson in the ITV drama series "Children's Ward". He also appeared as farmer Sam Carver in the "Bitter Harvest" episode of "Heartbeat" in 1992, and played George Milton in the "Tender" episode of "Peak Practice" in 1995 . The same year he co-starred with Jane Horrocks, Ray Stevenson and Gwen Taylor in "Some Kind of Life". In 1996, Fletcher played a minor part in the BBC film "Brothers in Trouble". That same year he was briefly seen as Judd, a pub landlord in the movie "When Saturday Comes" by Maria Giese. The film starred Sean Bean who recommended him for the part, and it remains Fletcher's last acting role to date. Fletcher lives in Grimethorpe and is married to Joy, who was Willowgarth School's non-teaching Head of Year.