Lionel Jeffries

Birthday: 10 June 1926, Forest Hill, London, England, UK

Birth Name: Lionel Charles Jeffries

Height: 178 cm

With his firm jawline and bristling mustache, 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 the 1960s.His su... Show more »

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I was the only bald student at RADA. Of course I was upset. Tried a toupee once, but it looked like ...Show more »

I was the only bald student at RADA. Of course I was upset. Tried a toupee once, but it looked like a dead moth on a boiled egg. Show less «

I was constantly rewriting the words of the comedy characters I was given to bring them a comic huma...Show more »

I was constantly rewriting the words of the comedy characters I was given to bring them a comic humanity. Most of the people I played were caught in desperation. In their hearts they knew that they were failures - but they would never admit it, even to themselves. Show less «

[on The Colditz Story (1955)] I went to the cast meeting with holes in my shoes, but I was given the...Show more »

[on The Colditz Story (1955)] I went to the cast meeting with holes in my shoes, but I was given the third lead to Eric Portman and John Mills. Show less «

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