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Lionel Jeffries Biography (1926-)

Full name, Lionel Charles Jeffries; born June 10, 1926, in Forest Hill, London, England; son of Bernard and Elsie Jackson Jeffries; married Eileen Mary Walsh, June 30, 1951; children: Timothy, Elizabeth, Martha. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 76 Oxford St., London W1N 0AX, England.; Contact: Liz Hobbs Management, Ltd., P.O. Box 124, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 2RS, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, screenwriter

Birth Details

June 10, 1926

London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Carrington V.C., Westminster Theatre, London, 1949
• The Enchanted, Arts Theatre, London, 1952
• Blood Wedding, Arts Theatre, 1952
• Brouhaha, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1952
• Horace Vandergelder, Hello, Dolly!, Triumph Apollo/Birmingham Repertory Theatre, then Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 1984
• Bishop of Lax, See How They Run, Theatre of Comedy Company, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 1984
• The manager, Two into One, Theatre of Comedy Company, ShaftesburyTheatre, 1984
• Putz, Rookery Nook, Theatre of Comedy Company, Shaftesbury Theatre, 1986
• Colonel Pickering, Pygmalion, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1987
• Lieutenant Ekdal, The Wild Duck, Sir Peter Hall Company, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1990
• Film Appearances
• Martin Brennan, The Black Rider, Balblair Butcher, 1954
• Harry Tyler, The Colditz Story, British Lion, 1955
• George Pogson, No Smoking, Eros, 1955
• Mr. Frobisher, Will Any Gentleman ... ?, Stratford, 1955
• Arthur Lee, Windfall, Eros, 1955
• Hotel maitre d', All for Mary, Rank, 1956
• Lieutenant Graham McDaniel, Bhowani Junction, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1956
• Eyewitness, Rank, 1956
• Bert Benton, Jumping for Joy, Rank, 1956
• Dr. Peyron, Lust for Life, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
• Blake, The Creeping Unknown (also known as The Quatermas Xperiment and Shock), Hammer, 1956
• George, The Baby and the Battleship, British Lion, 1957
• Keith, Decision against Time (also known as The Man in the Sky), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957
• Dr. Hatchett, Doctor at Large, Rank, 1957
• Monkton, High Terrace, RKO/Allied Artists, 1957
• Elvin Main, Hour of Decision, Eros, 1957
• Wilson, Up in the World, Rank, 1957
• Garrod, Barnacle Bill (also known as All at Sea), 1957
• Walter Froy, Behind the Mask, GW, 1958
• Joe Mangan, Blue Murder at St. Trinian's, British Lion, 1958
• Medical Colonel, Dunkirk, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
• Harry, the tourist, Girls at Sea, Seven Arts, 1958
• Major Proudfoot, Law and Disorder, Continental Distributing, 1958
• Interrogator, Orders to Kill, United Motion Pictures, 1958
• Fritz the grave robber, The Revenge of Frankenstein, Columbia, 1958
• Steady Barker, Up the Creek (also known as Further Up the Creek), Dominant, 1958
• Genie, Life Is a Circus, Schoenfeld, 1958
• Gregory Mason, Bobbikins, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• Geoffrey Windsor, The Circle (also known as The Vicious Circle), Kassler, 1959
• Bertie, Idol on Parade (also known as Idle on Parade), Columbia, 1959
• Pet shop man, Nowhere to Go, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959
• Dr. Goovaerts, school of tropical medicine, The Nun's Story, Warner Bros., 1959
• Sergeant Thompson, The Jazz Boat (also known as Jazzboat),Columbia, 1960
• Marsh, Let's Get Married, Eros, 1960
• Marquis of Queensberry, The Man with the Green Carnation (also known as The Trials of Oscar Wilde, The Trial of Oscar Wilde, andThe Green Carnation), Kingsley, 1960
• Ian Howard, Please Turn Over, Columbia, 1960
• Ames, Tarzan the Magnificent, Paramount, 1960
• Monsieur Brun, Fanny, Warner Bros., 1961
• Sidney Crout, Two-Way Stretch, International/Show Corporation of America, 1961
• Luke Billings, The Hellions, Columbia, 1962
• Inspector Hook, Kill or Cure, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
• Lester Gibbons, Mrs. Gibbons' Boys, British Lion, 1962
• Inspector Oliphant, The Notorious Landlady, Columbia, 1962
• Evans, Operation Snatch (also known as Top Secret), Continental Distributing, 1962
• Dr. Ezra Mungo, Call Me Bwana, United Artists, 1963
• Inspector Parker, The Wrong Arm of the Law, Continental Distributing, 1963
• Colonel Judd, The Crimson Blade (also known as The Scarlet Blade), Columbia, 1964
• Joseph Cavor, First Men in the Moon (also known as H.G. Wells'First Men in the Moon), Columbia, 1964
• Aziz, The Long Ships (also known as Dugi brodovi), Columbia, 1964
• Captain Sidney de Courly Rhumstone, Murder Ahoy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
• Inspector Hobart, Baron von Lukenberg, President Esteda, and Earl of Aldershot, The Secret of My Success, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
• Cark, The Truth about Spring, Universal, 1965
• Sergeant-Major McGregor, You Must Be Joking!, Columbia, 1965
• Parker, Arrivederci, Baby! (also known as Drop Dead Darling), Paramount, 1966
• Stanley Farquhar, The Spy with a Cold Nose, Embassy, 1966
• King Pellinore, Camelot, Seven Arts, 1967
• Airport Commander, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet andI'm Feelin' So Sad, Paramount, 1967
• Sir Charles Dillworthy, Those Fantastic Flying Fools (also known as Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon, Rocket to the Moon, Journey That Shook the World, P.T. Barnum's Rocket to the Moon, and Blast Off), American International, 1967
• Grandpa Potts, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, United Artists, 1968
• Randomhouse, Una su 13 (also known as 12 + 1, The 13 Chairs, Douze et un, The Twelve Chairs, and Twelve Plus One), 1969
• Colonel, Sudden Terror (also known as Eyewitness), NationalGeneral, 1970
• Mr. Creighton, Lola (also known as Twinky, London Affair, and Statutory Affair), American International, 1971
• Inspector Willoughby, Who Slew Auntie Roo? (also known as Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? and Gingerbread House), American International, 1971
• Krafstein, Royal Flash, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
• Houlihan, What Changed Charley Farthing? (also known as BananasBoat and El tramposo), Stirling Gold, 1976
• Voice of Womble, Wombling Free (also known as Wombling Free: The Movie), Rank, 1977
• Himself, To See Such Fun, 1977
• General Sapt, The Prisoner of Zenda, Universal, 1979
• Berthie Hargreaves, Better Late Than Never (also known as WhoseLittle Girl Are You?), Warner Bros., 1983
• Gower, Abel's Island, 1988
• Jarvis Huntley-Pike, A Chorus of Disapproval, South Gate Entertainment, 1989
• Also appeared in Journey to the Moon; Menage a Trois.
• Film Director
• The Railway Children, Universal, 1971
• The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Hemisphere, 1973
• Baxter!, National General, 1973
• Wombling Free (also known as Wombling Free: The Movie), Rank, 1977
• The Water Babies (also known as Slip Slide Adventures), Pethurst International, 1979
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Nesbitt Gunn, Room at the Bottom, 1964
• Major Langton, The Shillingbury Tales, 1980
• Title role, Father Charlie, 1982
• Thomas Maddison, Tom, Dick, and Harriet, 1982
• Grandpa Rudge, Rich Tea and Sympathy, ITV, 1991
• Grandad, Woof!, 1993
• Himself, I Love 1970's, BBC, 2000
• Movies
• Bernard Wilsher, Cream in My Coffee, PBS, 1980
• Mr. Snoddy, Danny, the Champion of the World, 1989
• Laurence, First and Last, BBC, 1990
• Jekyll's father, Jekyll & Hyde, ABC, 1990
• Captain, Bed, 1995
• Isaac Muller, Heaven on Earth, BBC, 1998
• Miniseries
• Bernie Koppel, Look at It This Way, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1992
• Specials
• Shorty, Ending Up, ITV, 1990, PBS, 1993
• Himself, Dors: The Other Diana, 1990
• Charles Radford, "The Sins of the Father," Inspector Morse, ITV and PBS, 1990
• Himself, I Love a 1970's Christmas (documentary; also known as I Love a 70s Christmas and I Love a Seventies Christmas), BBC, 2000
• Episodic
• Sir Charles, "The Path of True Love," The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1957
• Cecil Caine, "Senior Citizen Caine," Minder, STV, 1984
• "Gino: Full Story and Pics," The Comic Strip Presents, Channel 4 and MTV, 1984
• Barman, "Private Enterprise," The Comic Strip Presents, Channel 4and MTV, 1986
• Voice of Gower the Frog, "Abel's Island," Long Ago and Far Away, 1989
• Sir Alan Bolton, "Daddy's Girl," Boon, ITV, 1990
• "One Step Forward," Casualty, BBC1, 1992
• Percy Broderick, "Three Men and a Brittle Lady," Lovejoy, BBC andArts and Entertainment, 1993
• Harry, "Take Me with You," Holby City, BBC, 1999
• Father Borscht, "Walpurgis Night," Lexx, Sci-Fi Channel, 2001
• Also appeared as Charles Ryder, "The Mixer and the Birthday Party," The Mixer.
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• The Railway Children, Universal, 1971
• The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Hemisphere, 1973
• Wombling Free (also known as Wombling Free: The Movie), Rank, 1977