Lionel Jeffries

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Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, screenwriter and film director.

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Known For

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Grandpa Potts

Stage Fright

Bald RADA Student (uncredited)

The Quatermass Xperiment

Blake

Lust for Life

Dr. Peyron

The Nun's Story

Dr. Goovaerts

Murder Ahoy

Captain Rhumstone

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Fritz

First Men in the Moon

Joseph Cavor

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2021	Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies MOVIE	Self - (archive footage)
1999	Holby City TV	Harry
1998	Heaven on Earth MOVIE	Isaac Muller
1997	Lexx TV	Father Borscht
1995	Bed MOVIE	Captain
1994	The World of Hammer TV	Self (archive footage)
1991	Performance TV	Captain
1991	Rich Tea And Sympathy TV	Self
1990	Dors: The Other Diana MOVIE	Self
1990	Jekyll & Hyde MOVIE	Jekyll's Father
1989	First and Last MOVIE	Laurence
1989	A Chorus of Disapproval MOVIE	Jarvis Huntley-Pike
1989	Danny the Champion of the World MOVIE	Mr. Snoddy
1989	Ending Up MOVIE	Shorty
1988	Abel's Island MOVIE	Gower (voice)
1988	A Question of Entertainment TV	Self
1987	Inspector Morse TV	Charles Radford
1986	Casualty TV	Bill Tongue
1986	Lovejoy TV	Percy Broderick
1986	Private Enterprise MOVIE	Barman
1985	C.A.T.S. Eyes TV	Self
1984	An Audience with Mel Brooks MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
1984	Gino: Full Story and Pics MOVIE	Taxi Driver
1983	Letting the Birds Go Free MOVIE	Arthur
1983	Better Late Than Never MOVIE	Bertie Hargreaves
1982	The Comic Strip Presents... TV	Taxi Driver
1982	The Comic Strip Presents... TV	Barman
1982	Tom, Dick and Harriet TV	Self
1982	Father Charlie TV	Father Charlie
1981	Shillingbury Tales TV	Major George Langton
1980	Cream in My Coffee MOVIE	Bernard Wilsher
1979	Minder TV	Cecil Caine
1979	The Prisoner of Zenda MOVIE	Colonel Zapt
1979	The Paul Daniels Magic Show TV	Self
1976	Fred Basset TV	Fred Basset (voice)
1976	What Changed Charley Farthing? MOVIE	Houlihan
1975	Royal Flash MOVIE	Kraftstein
1972	Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? MOVIE	Police Insp. Willoughby
1970	Eyewitness MOVIE	Grandpa
1970	Twinky MOVIE	Solicitor
1969	Twelve Plus One MOVIE	Randomhouse
1968	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang MOVIE	Grandpa Potts
1967	Camelot MOVIE	King Pellinore
1967	Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon MOVIE	Sir Charles Dillworthy
1967	Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad MOVIE	Airport Commander
1966	Arrivederci, Baby! MOVIE	Parker
1966	The Spy with a Cold Nose MOVIE	Stanley Farquhar
1965	The Secret of My Success MOVIE	Inspector Hobart
1965	You Must Be Joking MOVIE	Sergeant-Major McGregor
1965	The Truth About Spring MOVIE	Cark
1964	Murder Ahoy MOVIE	Captain Rhumstone
1964	First Men in the Moon MOVIE	Joseph Cavor
1964	The Long Ships MOVIE	Aziz
1963	The Scarlet Blade MOVIE	Colonel Judd
1963	Call Me Bwana MOVIE	Ezra
1963	The Wrong Arm of the Law MOVIE	Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker
1962	Kill or Cure MOVIE	Det. Insp. Hook
1962	The Notorious Landlady MOVIE	Inspector Oliphant
1962	Mrs. Gibbons' Boys MOVIE	Lester Gibbons
1962	Operation Snatch MOVIE	Gunner Evans
1961	The Hellions MOVIE	Luke Billings
1961	Fanny MOVIE	Monsieur Brun
1960	Two-Way Stretch MOVIE	Chief Prison Officer Sidney Crout
1960	Tarzan the Magnificent MOVIE	Ames
1960	The Trials of Oscar Wilde MOVIE	Marquis of Queensberry
1960	Let's Get Married MOVIE	Marsh
1960	Life Is a Circus MOVIE	Genie
1960	Jazz Boat MOVIE	Det. Sgt. Thompson
1959	Please Turn Over MOVIE	Ian Howard
1959	The Four Just Men TV	Arkwright
1959	Bobbikins MOVIE	Gregory Mason
1959	The Nun's Story MOVIE	Dr. Goovaerts
1959	Idol on Parade MOVIE	Bertie
1958	Nowhere to Go MOVIE	Pet Shop Owner (uncredited)
1958	Behind the Mask MOVIE	Walter Froy
1958	Further Up the Creek MOVIE	Steady Barker
1958	Girls at Sea MOVIE	Harry, the Tourist
1958	Orders to Kill MOVIE	Interrogator
1958	Law and Disorder MOVIE	Major Proudfoot
1958	The Revenge of Frankenstein MOVIE	Fritz
1958	Up the Creek MOVIE	Steady Barker
1958	Dunkirk MOVIE	Colonel (Medical Officer)
1957	Barnacle Bill MOVIE	Garrod
1957	Blue Murder at St Trinian's MOVIE	Joe Mangan
1957	The Vicious Circle MOVIE	Geoffrey Windsor
1957	Hour of Decision MOVIE	Elvin Main
1957	Doctor at Large MOVIE	Dr. Hampton Hatchet
1957	The Man in the Sky MOVIE	Keith
1956	Up in the World MOVIE	Wilson
1956	The High Terrace MOVIE	Monkton
1956	Lust for Life MOVIE	Dr. Peyron
1956	Eyewitness MOVIE	Man in Pub
1956	The Baby and the Battleship MOVIE	George
1956	Bhowani Junction MOVIE	Lt Graham McDaniel
1956	Jumping for Joy MOVIE	Bert Benton
1955	All for Mary MOVIE	Maitre D', Hotel
1955	No Smoking MOVIE	Self
1955	The Quatermass Xperiment MOVIE	Blake
1955	Windfall MOVIE	Arthur Lee
1955	The Colditz Story MOVIE	Harry Tyler
1954	The Black Rider MOVIE	Martin Bremner
1953	Will Any Gentleman...? MOVIE	Mr. Frobisher
1950	Stage Fright MOVIE	Bald RADA Student (uncredited)

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