Lionel Jeffries
Date of Birth:
Jun 10, 1926
Place of Birth:
London, England, UK
Biography:
With his firm jawline and bristling mustache, Lionel Jeffries played a nice line of English eccentrics. This belied his RADA training. Following military service in WWII, he played his major roles - everything from Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) to the Marquis of Queensberry in The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) - in the 1960s.
His surprisingly brief career as a director included the highly popular family films The Railway Children (1970) and The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972).
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Filmography
- Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
- A Chorus of Disapproval (1988)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
- The Water Babies (Slip Slide Adventures) (1978)
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)
- The Railway Children (1970)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
- Camelot (1967)
- The Spy With a Cold Nose (1966)
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