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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 ...
With his bald head, firm jawline and bristling moustache, 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 ...
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Feb 19, 2010 · Lionel Jeffries, actor, screenwriter and director, born 10 June 1926; died 19 February 2010. This article was amended on 24 February 2010. The original said that as a captain, [Jeffries] was ...
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Lionel Jeffries. Actor: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. With his bald head, firm jawline and bristling moustache, 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 ...
- June 10, 1926
- February 19, 2010
Feb 20, 2010 · Lionel Charles Jeffries was born in London on June 10, 1926. Before studying acting, he served in the military during World War II in Burma (now Myanmar), where the humidity, he said, was ...
Feb 20, 2010 · The character actor Lionel Jeffries had the ability to steal a scene from the "star" of a film with the twitch of a muscle, a scowl and his distinctive way of delivering a line.
