Lionel Jeffries

ActorDirectorWriter Jun 10 (died age 83) Forest Hill, London, England, UK 1950–2021 (71 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, screenwriter and film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lionel Jeffries, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Grandpa Potts

Film

Stage Fright

Bald RADA Student (uncredited)

Film

Lust for Life

Dr. Peyron

Film

The Nun's Story

Dr. Goovaerts

Film

Murder Ahoy

Captain Rhumstone

Film

The Quatermass Xperiment

Blake

Film

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Fritz

Film

First Men in the Moon

Joseph Cavor

Filmography

Acting (102)

Movies (84)

Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies

2021

as Self - (archive footage)

Heaven on Earth

1998

as Isaac Muller

2.7

Bed

1995

as Captain

Jekyll & Hyde

1990

as Jekyll's Father

5.8

Dors: The Other Diana

First and Last

as Laurence

Ending Up

as Shorty

Danny the Champion of the World

1989

as Mr. Snoddy

6.2

A Chorus of Disapproval

1989

as Jarvis Huntley-Pike

Abel's Island

as Gower (voice)

Private Enterprise

as Barman

Gino: Full Story and Pics

1984

as Taxi Driver

An Audience with Mel Brooks

1984

as Self (uncredited)

6.5

Letting the Birds Go Free

1983

as Arthur

Better Late Than Never

as Bertie Hargreaves

Cream in My Coffee

as Bernard Wilsher

The Prisoner of Zenda

1979

as Colonel Zapt

5.7

What Changed Charley Farthing?

1976

as Houlihan

Royal Flash

1975

as Kraftstein

5.8

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

1972

as Police Insp. Willoughby

Eyewitness

as Grandpa

Twinky

as Solicitor

Twelve Plus One

as Randomhouse

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Grandpa Potts

Camelot

as King Pellinore

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

1967

as Sir Charles Dillworthy

5.5

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

as Airport Commander

Arrivederci, Baby!

as Parker

The Spy with a Cold Nose

1966

as Stanley Farquhar

2.8

The Secret of My Success

1965

as Inspector Hobart

7.0

You Must Be Joking

1965

as Sergeant-Major McGregor

5.2

The Truth About Spring

as Cark

Murder Ahoy

as Captain Rhumstone

The Long Ships

as Aziz

First Men in the Moon

as Joseph Cavor

Call Me Bwana

as Ezra

The Wrong Arm of the Law

1963

as Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker

6.5

The Scarlet Blade

1963

as Colonel Judd

5.4

The Notorious Landlady

1962

as Inspector Oliphant

Kill or Cure

as Det. Insp. Hook

Operation Snatch

as Gunner Evans

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

1962

as Lester Gibbons

Fanny

as Monsieur Brun

The Hellions

as Luke Billings

Tarzan the Magnificent

1960

as Ames

5.8

Jazz Boat

1960

as Det. Sgt. Thompson

5.5

Two-Way Stretch

1960

as Chief Prison Officer Sidney Crout

6.7

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960

as Marquis of Queensberry

6.2

Let's Get Married

1960

as Marsh

Life Is a Circus

as Genie

The Nun's Story

as Dr. Goovaerts

Bobbikins

as Gregory Mason

Please Turn Over

as Ian Howard

Idol on Parade

as Bertie

Law and Disorder

as Major Proudfoot

Orders to Kill

as Interrogator

Up the Creek

as Steady Barker

The Revenge of Frankenstein

1958

as Fritz

6.6

Nowhere to Go

1958

as Pet Shop Owner (uncredited)

6.6

Dunkirk

1958

as Colonel (Medical Officer)

6.8

Girls at Sea

1958

as Harry, the Tourist

Behind the Mask

as Walter Froy

Further Up the Creek

as Steady Barker

The Vicious Circle

as Geoffrey Windsor

Blue Murder at St Trinian's

as Joe Mangan

Hour of Decision

as Elvin Main

Barnacle Bill

as Garrod

Doctor at Large

as Dr. Hampton Hatchet

The Man in the Sky

as Keith

The High Terrace

as Monkton

Up in the World

as Wilson

Bhowani Junction

as Lt Graham McDaniel

Lust for Life

as Dr. Peyron

Eyewitness

as Man in Pub

Jumping for Joy

as Bert Benton

The Baby and the Battleship

as George

The Colditz Story

as Harry Tyler

The Quatermass Xperiment

as Blake

No Smoking

All for Mary

as Maitre D', Hotel

Windfall

as Arthur Lee

The Black Rider

1954

as Martin Bremner

6.2

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953

as Mr. Frobisher

5.6

Stage Fright

1950

as Bald RADA Student (uncredited)

6.8

Television (18)

Holby City

as Harry

Lexx

as Father Borscht

The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Performance

1991

as Captain

6.0

Rich Tea And Sympathy

1991

A Question Of Entertainment

Inspector Morse

as Charles Radford

Casualty

as Bill Tongue

Lovejoy

as Percy Broderick

C.A.T.S. Eyes

The Comic Strip Presents...

as Barman

Father Charlie

as Father Charlie

Tom, Dick and Harriet

1982

8.5

Shillingbury Tales

1981

as Major George Langton

6.8

Minder

1979

as Cecil Caine

6.8

The Paul Daniels Magic Show

1979

as Self

7.5

Fred Basset

1976

as Fred Basset (voice)

7.0

The Four Just Men

1959

as Arkwright

6.5

Crew (8)

Movies (8)

The Water Babies

Director

Wombling Free

Director

Wombling Free

Screenplay

Baxter!

Director

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

1972

Director

6.5

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Writer

The Railway Children

Director

The Railway Children

Writer