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Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He appeared primarily in films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in The Spy with a Cold Nose.
Lionel Jeffries (1926-2010) was a versatile British performer who played English eccentrics in films like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Railway Children. He also wrote and directed several family-friendly movies and appeared in TV shows and stage plays.
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Lionel Jeffries was a British actor and director who played English eccentrics in films such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Railway Children. He was born in 1926, served in WWII, and died in 2010.
- June 10, 1926
- February 19, 2010
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Feb 19, 2010 · Fri 19 Feb 2010 13.39 EST. As an actor Lionel Jeffries, who has died aged 83, was a master of comic unease. This was perhaps fuelled by the personal unease he felt in a sex-and-violence era which ...
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Feb 20, 2010 · By Bruce Weber. Feb. 20, 2010. Lionel Jeffries, a mustachioed, bald-pated British character actor who excelled in rubber-faced comedic roles like Grandpa Potts in the musical fantasy adventure ...
Feb 20, 2010 · The web page reports the death of Lionel Jeffries, who played Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and directed The Railway Children. It also includes tributes from Jenny Agutter and other colleagues.
Feb 20, 2010 · Lionel Jeffries was a versatile and scene-stealing character actor who also directed classics such as The Railway Children and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He played eccentric and humorous roles in films like Blue Murder at St Trinian's, Two Way Stretch and First Men in the Moon.
