Lionel Jeffries

Lioniel Jeffries (born 10 June 1926 in London) is a British actor and film director. He trained at RADA after his World War II service, and built a successful career mainly in comic character roles in British films. His acting career reached a peak in the 1960s in films like Two-Way Stretch (1960), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), First Men in the Moon (1964), Camelot (1967) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968).

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10 June - 1926 - London - RADA - World War II - Two-Way Stretch - 1960 - The Trials of Oscar Wilde - First Men in the Moon - 1964 - Camelot - 1967 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 1968

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In the 1970s he turned to writing and directing children's films, including the celebrated 1970 version of The Railway Children.

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He belongs to the British Catholic Actors Guild, formerly headed by the late actress Patricia Hayes, CBE.

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