Lionel Jeffries

Born: 1926-06-10

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. ​


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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Grandpa Potts
Released: 1968-12-17

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign...

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Lust for Life

as Dr. Peyron
Released: 1956-09-15

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable...

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Murder Ahoy

as Captain Rhumstone
Released: 1964-09-22

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s...

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The Nun's Story

as Dr. Goovaerts
Released: 1959-06-18

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion...

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The Quatermass Xperiment

as Blake
Released: 1955-08-26

The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then...

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The Long Ships

as Aziz
Released: 1964-04-22

Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother...

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Camelot

as King Pellinore
Released: 1967-10-25

The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment...

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The Revenge of Frankenstein

as Fritz
Released: 1958-06-13

Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where...

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Stage Fright

as Bald RADA Student (uncredited)
Released: 1950-02-23

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering...

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Dunkirk

as Colonel (Medical Officer)
Released: 1958-03-20

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their...

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The Colditz Story

as Harry Tyler
Released: 1955-01-25

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an...

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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

as Police Insp. Willoughby
Released: 1972-02-11

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel"...

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Barnacle Bill

as Garrod
Released: 1957-12-17

A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S....

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The Trials of Oscar Wilde

as Marquis of Queensberry
Released: 1960-05-28

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest...

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First Men in the Moon

as Joseph Cavor
Released: 1964-07-01

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts...

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Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

as Sir Charles Dillworthy
Released: 1967-07-13

Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little...

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Royal Flash

as Kraftstein
Released: 1975-10-10

Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of...

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Jekyll & Hyde

as Jekyll's Father
Released: 1990-01-06

Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her...

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Twinky

as Solicitor
Released: 1970-01-06

A middle aged writer of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old...

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Fanny

as Monsieur Brun
Released: 1961-06-28

Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his...

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The Wrong Arm of the Law

as Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker
Released: 1963-03-17

The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then...

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The Notorious Landlady

as Inspector Oliphant
Released: 1962-04-13

An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman...

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Bhowani Junction

as Lt Graham McDaniel
Released: 1956-05-01

Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal...

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Danny the Champion of the World

as Mr. Snoddy
Released: 1989-04-29

Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life...

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The Truth About Spring

as Cark
Released: 1965-03-30

Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a...

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Orders to Kill

as Interrogator
Released: 1958-07-25

A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must...

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Two Way Stretch

as Chief P.O. Sidney Crout
Released: 1960-12-20

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a...

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The Prisoner of Zenda

as Colonel Zapt
Released: 1979-08-17

Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter...

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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

as Joe Mangan
Released: 1957-12-01

With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find...

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Doctor at Large

as Dr. Hatchett
Released: 1957-03-26

Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a...

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Twelve Plus One

as Randomhouse
Released: 1969-10-07

Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides...

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Nowhere to Go

as Pet Shop Owner (uncredited)
Released: 1958-12-02

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to...

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Please Turn Over

as Ian Howard
Released: 1959-12-17

The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged...

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Tarzan the Magnificent

as Ames
Released: 1960-07-20

After the Banton family rob a store is a small village and kill the local police constable,...

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A Chorus of Disapproval

as Jarvis Huntley-Pike
Released: 1989-08-18

Guy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics society as...

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Girls at Sea

as Harry, the Tourist
Released: 1958-10-01

When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to...

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Arrivederci, Baby!

as Parker
Released: 1966-12-28

Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!

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The Scarlet Blade

as Colonel Judd
Released: 1963-09-01

A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathizers, but unaware of his daughters...

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The Hellions

as Luke Billings
Released: 1961-11-27

Luke Billings (Lionel Jeffries) and his family have a problem with the new police sergeant Sam...

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The Spy with a Cold Nose

as Stanley Farquhar
Released: 1966-12-19

A dog with a spying device under its skin is sent to the Russian government as a present. When...

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

as Airport Commander
Released: 1967-02-15

A woman brings her son and husband to a tropical vacation spot for a little rest and relaxation....

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Eyewitness

as Man in Pub
Released: 1956-08-14

After a fight with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She...

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The Vicious Circle

as Geoffrey Windsor
Released: 1957-09-01

When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport...

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Behind the Mask

as Walter Froy
Released: 1958-11-23

A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their...

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The Baby and the Battleship

as George
Released: 1956-06-01

After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds...

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The Man in the Sky

as Keith
Released: 1957-01-24

The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two...

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Further Up the Creek

as Steady Barker
Released: 1958-10-28

The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant...

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Idol on Parade

as Bertie
Released: 1959-03-24

A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.

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The Black Rider

as Martin Bremner
Released: 1954-12-01

When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a...

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Call Me Bwana

as Ezra
Released: 1963-06-14

A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds...

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Eyewitness

as Grandpa
Released: 1970-06-05

A boy who cries wolf witnesses a political assassination on the island of Malta. But will anyone...

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The Secret of My Success

as Inspector Hobart
Released: 1965-09-29

Women (Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens) and his mother help an English constable (James Booth)...

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The High Terrace

as Monkton
Released: 1956-10-01

A British theater actress unable to get out of her contract is assisted by an American...

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No Smoking

as uncredited
Released: 1955-11-01

A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes...

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All for Mary

as Maitre D', Hotel
Released: 1955-12-21

In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both...

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Law and Disorder

as Major Proudfoot
Released: 1958-06-09

When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great...

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Private Enterprise

as Barman
Released: 1986-01-02

Whilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape...

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First and Last

as Laurence
Released: 1989-12-12

The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end...

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Will Any Gentleman...?

as Mr. Frobisher
Released: 1953-08-25

A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves...

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An Audience with Mel Brooks

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1984-02-04

Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne...

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Cream in My Coffee

as Bernard Wilsher
Released: 1980-11-02

Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when...

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Kill or Cure

as Det. Insp. Hook
Released: 1962-09-01

A private eye is hired to go undercover at a health farm, but before he can find out why his...

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Up in the World

as Wilson
Released: 1956-12-06

Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is...

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Jazz Boat

as Det. Sgt. Thompson
Released: 1960-06-01

A bumbling gang of thieves crash a jazz party.

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Bobbikins

as Gregory Mason
Released: 1959-07-28

Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like...

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Better Late Than Never

as Bertie Hargreaves
Released: 1983-02-21

Two men show up claiming to be the grandfather of a child heiress.

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You Must Be Joking

as Sergeant-Major McGregor
Released: 1965-08-03

A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a...

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Hour of Decision

as Elvin Main
Released: 1957-04-30

A reporter tries to prove that his wife is not responsible for the murder of a famous newspaper...

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Life Is a Circus

as Genie
Released: 1960-02-16

Encompassing three hugely popular double acts, The Crazy Gang were one of Britain's best-loved,...

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Abel's Island

as Gower (voice)
Released: 1988-06-17

One summer afternoon in 1907, Abel and his wife (both mice) are picnicking, when they become...

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Jumping for Joy

as Bert Benton
Released: 1956-01-01

At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound,...

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Operation Snatch

as Gunner Evans
Released: 1962-03-01

Legend has it that if the famous Barbary Apes leave the Rock of Gibraltar, it's a sign that the...

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Gino: Full Story and Pics

as Taxi Driver
Released: 1984-01-28

A hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of...

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Up the Creek

as Steady Barker
Released: 1958-05-13

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS...

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Bed

as Captain
Released: 1995-10-20

Surreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed, by Jim Cartwright.

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What Changed Charley Farthing?

as Houlihan
Released: 1976-01-01

Charley Farthing is on the run, chased by an irate husband with murder on his mind.

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Letting the Birds Go Free

as Arthur
Released: 1983-09-25

A farm family catch a young man stealing eggs from their barn. Seemingly homeless, the man stays...

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Minder

as Cecil Caine
First aired: 1979-10-29

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...

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Inspector Morse

as Charles Radford
First aired: 1987-01-06

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse...

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Casualty

as Bill Tongue
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Holby City

as Harry
First aired: 1999-01-12

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the...

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Lexx

as Father Borscht
First aired: 1997-04-18

A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of...

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The Comic Strip Presents...

as Taxi Driver
First aired: 1982-11-02

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...

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The Comic Strip Presents...

as Barman
First aired: 1982-11-02

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...

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Lovejoy

as Percy Broderick
First aired: 1986-01-10

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...

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C.A.T.S. Eyes

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-04-12

C.A.T.S. Eyes is a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987.

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The Paul Daniels Magic Show

as Self
First aired: 1979-06-09

A British magic show and variety show that aired on BBC1 from 9 June 1979 to 18 June 1994....

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Shillingbury Tales

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-01-06

Shillingbury Tales was a British television sitcom comedy-drama series made by ATV for ITV and...

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