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 - e ...Show More

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. Hide

No one wants family entertainment any more. They want explicit sex. No one wants family entertainment any more. They want explicit sex.

[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. Hide

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. Hide

Lionel Jeffries's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (54) as Creator (1)

Lexx - Season 4

Lovejoy - Season 4

Inspector Morse - Season 2

First Men in the Moon

Inspector Morse - Season 5

The Adventures of Robin Hood - Season 1

Royal Flash

Lovejoy - Season 1

Barnacle Bill

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

Orders to Kill

Murder Ahoy

Lexx - Season 3

Fred Basset - Season 1

Fanny

Up in the World

Stage Fright

Inspector Morse - Season 7

Blue Murder at St. Trinian`s

Holby City - Season 19

Inspector Morse - Season 4

The Man in the Sky

Please Turn Over

The Long Ships

Two Way Stretch

Lionel Jeffries'S roles

Dr. Peyron

Grandpa Potts