Lionel Jeffries
Lionel Jeffries
Lantern-jawed, mustachioed, phlegmatic British actor Lionel Jeffries was trained at RADA following military service. In films from 1949, Jeffries hit his stride in the 1960s, playing a variety of ineffectual cops, bumbling bureaucrats, petty criminals and absent-minded professors. He was shown to best advantage in such films as Wrong Arm of the Law (1962) First Men in the Moon (1963) and Spy with a Cold Nose (1966). He was also adept at more sober-sided characterizations, such as the Marquis of Queensbury in The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960). In 1971, Lionel Jeffries turned to directing with The Railway Children, the first of several efforts aimed at the family trade: his other directorial assignments in this vein include Baxter (1972) The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972), The Water Babies (1978) and Wombling Free (1978). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Lionel Jeffries:
- Eyewitness with Mark Lester , Susan George , Jeremy Kemp
- Royal Flash with Malcolm McDowell , Alan Bates , Oliver Reed , Tom Bell , Joss Ackland , Roy Kinnear , Alastair Sim , Michael Hordern , Bob Hoskins , John Stuart
- Lola with Charles Bronson , Susan George , Trevor Howard , Michael Craig , Honor Blackman , Robert Morley , Jack Hawkins , Orson Bean , Paul Ford , Kay Medford , Eric Barker
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