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Acting

Lionel Jeffries

Career: Active from 1954 to 1998, busiest in 1960 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Trials of Oscar Wilde
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lionel Jeffries Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.3, average 5.4
Melancholy
3.5, average 4.7
Psychological
4.4, average 5.5
Pathos
4.3, average 5.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Quirky Characters 5
Intrigue 5
Historical Setting 4
Nostalgic 4
Nostalgic Appeal 3
Nostalgic Charm 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Mystery 3
British Cinema 3
Social Commentary 3
Wholesome Entertainment 2
Witty Dialogue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

104

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

8 titles · average score 66

Holby City

64

TV show · as Harry

Heaven on Earth

as Isaac Muller

Lexx

77

TV show · as Father Borscht

Bed

as Captain

Look At It This Way

TV show · as Bernie Koppel

Rich Tea and Sympathy

TV show · as Grandpa Rudge

Performance

TV show · as Captain

Jekyll & Hyde

58

as Jekyll's Father

1980s

20 titles · average score 61

Danny the Champion of the World

57

as Mr. Snoddy

A Chorus of Disapproval

45

as Jarvis Huntley-Pike

as Shorty

Abel's Island

as Gower (voice)

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Charles Radford

Casualty

62

TV show · as Bill Tongue

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Percy Broderick

Better Late Than Never

51

as Bertie Hargreaves

Tom, Dick and Harriet

TV show

TV show · as Father Charlie

The Comic Strip Presents...

76

TV show · as Taxi Driver / Barman

Cream in My Coffee

67

as Bernard Wilsher

1970s

13 titles · average score 60

Minder

75

TV show · as Cecil Caine

The Prisoner of Zenda

49

as Colonel Zapt

The Water Babies

64

Director

Wombling Free

69

Director, Screenplay

Fred Basset

TV show · as Fred Basset (voice)

What Changed Charley Farthing?

as Houlihan

Royal Flash

55

as Kraftstein

Baxter!

70

Director

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

67

Writer, Director

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

57

as Police Insp. Willoughby

Eyewitness

53

as Grandpa

The Railway Children

70

Director, Writer

1960s

28 titles · average score 60

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

67

as Grandpa Potts

Camelot

57

as King Pellinore

Arrivederci, Baby!

57

as Parker

The Spy with a Cold Nose

47

as Stanley Farquhar

You Must Be Joking

56

as Sergeant-Major McGregor

First Men in the Moon

59

as Joseph Cavor

Murder Ahoy

66

as Captain Rhumstone

The Wrong Arm of the Law

65

as Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker

The Scarlet Blade

56

as Colonel Judd

Kill or Cure

59

as Det. Insp. Hook

Operation Snatch

as Gunner Evans

The Notorious Landlady

62

as Inspector Oliphant

1950s

35 titles · average score 64

Bobbikins

55

as Gregory Mason

Idol on Parade

63

as Bertie

Law and Disorder

63

as Major Proudfoot

The Revenge of Frankenstein

65

as Fritz

Up the Creek

53

as Steady Barker

Further Up the Creek

60

as Steady Barker

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

65

as Joe Mangan

The Man in the Sky

71

as Keith

Hour of Decision

as Elvin Main

Jumping for Joy

as Bert Benton

The Colditz Story

68

as Harry Tyler

The Adventures of Robin Hood

46

TV show · as Sir Charles