So spielte er beispielsweise in Tschitti Tschitti Bäng Bäng die Rolle des Vaters von Caractacus Potts, der von Dick Van Dyke verkörpert wurde, obwohl Jeffries eigentlich sechs Monate jünger als Van Dyke ist.

Jeffries had a negative attitude towards television and avoided the medium for many years. Jeffries starb am 19. Jeffries turned to writing and directing children's films, including a well regarded version of The Railway Children (1970) and The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972). Jeffries turned to writing and directing children's films, including a well regarded version of The Railway Children (1970) and The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972). His acting career reached a peak in the 1960s with leading roles in other films like Two-Way Stretch (1960), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), Murder Ahoy! (opposite Margaret Rutherford), First Men in the Moon (1964) and Camelot (1967).

Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, director and screenwriter. Jeffries starb am 19. [8], Jeffries retired from acting in 2001 and his health declined in the following years.

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He also served as a cap­tain in the Royal West African Fron­tier Force.

Jef­fries at­tended the Queen Eliz­a­beth Gram­mar School, Wim­borne Min­ster, Dorset. [6], In 1945, he received a commission in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry[6] and served in Burma at the Rangoon radio station during the Second World War,[7] being awarded the Burma Star.

Both his parents were social workers with the Salvation Army. During location filming with Ogilvy for a 1983 episode, a stunt involving a car and a lake went very badly wrong, ending up with Jefferies only just managing to get out of the car's front window before the vehicle sank in 45 feet of water. [4] He reluctantly appeared on television in an acting role in the 1980 London Weekend Television Dennis Potter drama Cream in My Coffee and realised that television production values were now little different from those in the film industry; as a result he developed a belated career in television. Seine Schauspielkarriere erreichte ihre Spitze in den 1960er-Jahren in Hauptrollen anderer Filme wie Die grüne Minna (1960), Fanny (1961), Der Mann mit der grünen Nelke (1960), Mörder ahoi! Hy was bekend vir sy rolle in die rolprente First Men in the Moon (1964), Camelot (1967), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), en The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972).

Später spielte er zwei Jahre am David Garrick Theatre und trat in frühen britischen Fernsehspielen auf.

Zudem gehörte er zur British Catholic Stage Guild. When did Lionel Jeffries die? You could also do it yourself at any point in time. He appeared primarily in films and received a Golden Globe Award nomination during his acting career. Zudem gehörte er zur British Catholic Stage Guild. Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? To install click the Add extension button. They had a son and two daughters. We have created a browser extension. [6] His son Ty Jeffries is a composer, lyricist and cabaret artist. Throughout the film Lionel Jeffries' character wears the 1877-79 South Africa Medal which would naturally imply that Grandpa Potts was a veteran of the Anglo-Zulu War.

Juni 1926 im London Borough of Lewisham; † 19.