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{{short description|English actor, screenwriter and film director (1926–2010)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lionel Jeffries
| image = Lionel Jeffries.jpg
| birth_name = Lionel Charles Jeffries
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|06|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Forest Hill, London|Forest Hill]], [[London]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|02|19|1926|06|10|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], England
| education = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|screenwriter}}
| years_active = 1950–2001
| spouse = {{marriage|Eileen Mary Walsh|1951}}
| children = 3; including [[Ty Jeffries]]
| relatives = [[Amy Mason]] (granddaughter)
}}

'''Lionel Charles Jeffries''' (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, director, and screenwriter.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8524335.stm |title=Actor and director Lionel Jeffries dies, aged 83 |access-date=19 February 2010|publisher=BBC News|date=19 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article7034483.ece|title=Obituary ''The Times''|date= 20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010 | location=London | first=Sadie | last=Gray}}</ref><ref name="GUA">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/feb/19/lionel-jeffries-obituary|title=Obituary ''The Guardian''|date=20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010 | location=London | first=Dennis | last=Barker}}</ref><ref name="Indy2010">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lionel-jeffries-scenestealing-character-actor-who-also-directed-the-railway-children-1905182.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lionel-jeffries-scenestealing-character-actor-who-also-directed-the-railway-children-1905182.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary ''The Independent''|date=20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010 | location=London | first=Anthony | last=Hayward}}</ref><ref>Obituary ''[[New York Times]]'', 20 February 2010.</ref> He appeared primarily in films and received a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award]] nomination during his acting career.

==Early life==
Jeffries was born in [[Forest Hill, London|Forest Hill]], [[south London]].<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=102888|title=Jeffries, Lionel Charles (1926–2010)}}</ref> Both his parents were social workers with the [[Salvation Army]].<ref name="Telegraph"/> As a boy, he attended the [[Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster|Queen Elizabeth Grammar School]] in [[Wimborne Minster]] in [[Dorset]].<ref name="Telegraph"/>

In 1945, he received a [[Queen's Commission|commission]] in the [[Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]]<ref name="Telegraph"/> and served in [[British Burma|Burma]] at the [[Rangoon]] radio station during the [[World War II|Second World War]],<ref name="BBC 10 Feb"/> being awarded the [[Burma Star]]. (He blamed the humidity there for his hair loss<ref name="BBC 10 Feb"/> at the age of 19.<ref name="Telegraph"/>) He also served as a captain in the [[Royal West African Frontier Force]].<ref name="Telegraph"/>

==Career==
He trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].<ref name="BBC 10 Feb">{{cite news |title=Actor and director Lionel Jeffries dies, aged 83 |url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8524335.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=19 February 2010 |access-date=20 February 2010}}</ref> He entered [[repertory]] at the [[Lichfield Garrick Theatre|David Garrick Theatre]], [[Lichfield]], [[Staffordshire]] for two years and appeared in early British television plays.
Jeffries built a successful career in British films mainly in comic character roles and as he was prematurely bald he often played characters older than himself, such as the role of father to [[Caractacus Pott]]s (played by [[Dick Van Dyke]]) in the film ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968), although Jeffries was actually six months younger than Van Dyke.

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 film)|First Men in the Moon]]'' (1964) and ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]'' (1967).

Jeffries turned to writing and directing children's films, including a well-regarded version of ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]'' (1970) and ''[[The Amazing Mr Blunden]]'' (1972). He was a member of the [[Catholic Association of Performing Arts (UK)|British Catholic Stage Guild]].<ref name="GUA"/>

Jeffries had a negative attitude towards television and avoided the medium for many years.<ref name="Indy2010" /> 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. He appeared in an episode of the [[Thames Television]]/[[ITV Network|ITV]] [[comedy drama]] ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' in 1983 as Cecil Caine, an eccentric widower, and in an episode of ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' in 1990 (Central Television/[[Carlton Communications|Zenith]]/ITV).

He starred as Tom (Thomas Maddisson) in the Thames/ITV [[situation comedy]] ''[[Tom, Dick and Harriet]]'' with [[Ian Ogilvy]] and [[Brigit Forsyth]]. During location filming with Ogilvy for a 1983 episode, a stunt involving a car and a lake went very badly wrong, ending up with Jeffries only just managing to get out of the car's front window before the vehicle sank in 45 feet of water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8027632/|title=When Comedy Goes Horribly Wrong|date=18 February 2018|website=IMDB}}</ref>

==Retirement and death==
Jeffries retired from acting in 2001 and his health declined in the following years. He died on 19 February 2010, at a nursing home in [[Poole]], [[Dorset]].<ref name="ODNB"/> He had suffered from [[vascular dementia]] for the last twelve years of his life.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/28/ty-jeffries-miss-hope-springs|title=Dad was too much to compete with|first=Maureen|last=Paton|date=28 January 2012|website=The Guardian}}</ref> He was 83.

He was married to Eileen Mary Walsh from 1951 until his death. They had a son and two daughters.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/7272828/Lionel-Jeffries.html |title=Lionel Jeffries – Telegraph |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=19 February 2010 | location=London | date=19 February 2010}}</ref> His son [[Ty Jeffries]] is a composer, lyricist and cabaret artist. Lionel Jeffries' granddaughter is the novelist and playwright [[Amy Mason]].

His name is mentioned before the ending titles in the film ''[[The First Men in the Moon (2010 film)|The First Men in the Moon]]'', released in 2010: "For Lionel Jeffries 1926–2010".

==Complete filmography==

===As actor===
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* ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' (1950) – Bald RADA Student (uncredited)
* ''[[Will Any Gentleman...?]]'' (1953) – Mr. Frobisher
* ''[[The Black Rider (film)|The Black Rider]]'' (1954) – Martin Bremner
* ''[[The Colditz Story]]'' (1955) – Harry Tyler
* ''[[The Quatermass Xperiment]]'' (1955) – Blake
* ''[[No Smoking (1955 film)|No Smoking]]'' (1955) – George Pogson
* ''[[All for Mary]]'' (1955) – Maitre D', Hotel
* ''[[Windfall (1955 film)|Windfall]]'' (1955) – Arthur Lee
* ''[[Jumping for Joy]]'' (1956) – Bert Benton
* ''[[Bhowani Junction (film)|Bhowani Junction]]'' (1956) – Lt. Graham McDaniel
* ''[[The Baby and the Battleship]]'' (1956) – George
* ''[[Eyewitness (1956 film)|Eyewitness]]'' (1956) – Man in Pub
* ''[[Lust for Life (1956 film)|Lust for Life]]'' (1956) – Dr. Peyron
* ''[[High Terrace]]'' (1956) – Monkton
* ''[[Up in the World]]'' (1957) – Wilson
* ''[[The Man in the Sky]]'' (1957) – Keith
* ''[[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large]]'' (1957) – Dr. Hatchet
* ''[[Hour of Decision (film)|Hour of Decision]]'' (1957) – Elvin Main
* ''[[The Vicious Circle (1957 film)|The Vicious Circle]]'' (1957) – Geoffrey Windsor
* ''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]'' (1957) – Garrod
* ''[[Blue Murder at St Trinian's]]'' (1957) – Joe Mangan
* ''[[Dunkirk (1958 film)|Dunkirk]]'' (1958) – Colonel – Medical Officer
* ''Charles and Mary'' (1958, TV Movie) – George Dyer
* ''[[Up the Creek (1958 film)|Up the Creek]]'' (1958) – Steady Barker
* ''[[The Revenge of Frankenstein]]'' (1958) – Fritz
* ''[[Law and Disorder (1958 film)|Law and Disorder]]'' (1958) – Major Proudfoot
* ''[[Orders to Kill]]'' (1958) – Interrogator
* ''[[Girls at Sea (1958 film)|Girls at Sea]]'' (1958) – Harry, the Tourist
* ''[[Behind the Mask (1958 film)|Behind the Mask]]'' (1958) – Walter Froy
* ''[[Further Up the Creek]]'' (1958) – Steady Barker
* ''[[Nowhere to Go (1958 film)|Nowhere to Go]]'' (1958) – Pet Shop Clerk (uncredited)
* ''[[Idle on Parade]]'' (1959) – Bertie
* ''[[The Nun's Story (film)|The Nun's Story]]'' (1959) – Dr. Goovaerts
* ''[[Bobbikins]]'' (1959) – Gregory Mason
* ''[[Please Turn Over]]'' (1959) – Ian Howard
* ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' (1960) – Chief P.O. Crout
* ''[[Jazz Boat]]'' (1960) – Sergeant Thompson
* ''[[Life Is a Circus (1960 film)|Life is a Circus]]'' (1960) – Genie
* ''[[Let's Get Married (1960 film)|Let's Get Married]]'' (1960) – Marsh
* ''[[The Trials of Oscar Wilde]]'' (1960) – John Sholto Douglas, Marquis of Queensberry
* ''[[Tarzan the Magnificent]]'' (1960) – Ames
* ''[[Fanny (1961 film)|Fanny]]'' (1961) – Monsieur Brun (The Englishman)
* ''[[The Hellions (film)|The Hellions]]'' (1961) – Luke Billings
* ''[[Operation Snatch]]'' (1962) – Evans
* ''[[Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (film)|Mrs. Gibbon's Boys]]'' (1962) – Lester Gibbons
* ''[[The Notorious Landlady]]'' (1962) – Inspector Oliphant
* ''[[Kill or Cure (1962 film)|Kill or Cure]]'' (1962) – Det. Insp. Hook
* ''[[The Wrong Arm of the Law]]'' (1963) – Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker
* ''[[Call me Bwana]]'' (1963) – Ezra
* ''[[The Scarlet Blade]]'' (1963) – Col. Judd
* ''[[The Long Ships (film)|The Long Ships]]'' (1964) – Aziz
* ''[[First Men in the Moon (1964 film)|First Men in the Moon]]'' (1964) – Cavor / Joseph Cavor
* ''[[Murder Ahoy!]]'' (1964) – Captain Sydney De Courcy Rhumstone
* ''[[The Truth About Spring]]'' (1965) – 'Cark' / Cark
* ''[[You Must Be Joking! (1965 film)|You Must Be Joking!]]'' (1965) – Sgt. Maj. McGregor
* ''[[The Secret of My Success (1965 film)|The Secret of My Success]]'' (1965) – Insp. Hobart / Baron von Lukenberg / The Earl of Aldershot / President Esteda
* ''[[The Spy with a Cold Nose]]'' (1966) – Stanley Farquhar
* ''[[Drop Dead Darling]]'' (1966) – Parker
* ''[[Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (film)|Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad]]'' (1967) – Airport Commander
* ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]'' (1967) – King Pellinore
* ''[[Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon]]'' (1967) – Sir Charles Dillworthy
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968) – Grandpa Potts
* ''[[12 + 1]]'' (1969) – Randomhouse
* ''[[Lola (1969 film)|Twinky]]'' (1970) – Solicitor
* ''[[Eyewitness (1970 film)|Eyewitness]]'' (1970) – Grandpa
* ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]'' (1970) – Malcolm (uncredited)
* ''[[Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?]]'' (1972) – Inspector Ralph Willoughby
* ''[[Royal Flash (film)|Royal Flash]]'' (1975) – Kraftstein
* ''[[What Changed Charley Farthing?]]'' (1976) – Houlihan
* ''[[Wombling Free]]'' (1978) – Womble (voice)
* ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (1979 film)|The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' (1979) – General Sapt
* ''[[Cream in My Coffee]]'' (1980, TV Movie) – Bernard Wilsher
* ''[[Better Late Than Never (1983 film)|Better Late Than Never]]'' (1983) – Bertie Hargreaves
* ''[[Abel's Island (film)|Abel's Island]]'' (1988 short) – Gower (voice)
* ''[[Danny, the Champion of the World (film)|Danny, the Champion of the World]]'' (1989, TV Movie) – Mr. Snoddy
* ''[[A Chorus of Disapproval (film)|A Chorus of Disapproval]]'' (1989) – Jarvis Huntley-Pike
* ''First and Last'' (1989, TV Movie) – Laurence
* ''Ending Up'' (1989, TV Movie) – Shorty
* ''[[Adaptations of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde|Jekyll & Hyde]]'' (1990, TV Movie) – Jekyll's Father
* ''Heaven on Earth'' (1998, TV Movie) – Isaac Muller
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===As writer or director===
* ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]'' (1970) – director and screenwriter
* ''[[The Amazing Mr. Blunden]]'' (1972) – director and screenwriter
* ''[[Baxter!]]'' (1973) – director
* ''[[Wombling Free]]'' (1977) – director and screenwriter
* ''[[The Water Babies (film)|The Water Babies]]'' (1978) – director and additional material writer
* ''Nelson's Touch'' (1979 short) – screenwriter

==References==
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* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article7034483.ece Lionel Jeffries] – Times obituary
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