Lionel Jeffries: Lionel Jeffries. Actor: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. With his bald head, firm jawline and bristling moustache, Lionel Jeffries played a nice line of English eccentrics. This belied his RADA training. Following military service in WWII, he played his major roles - everything from Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) to the Marquis of Queensberry in The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) - in the 1960s. His surprisingly brief career...
Known For: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Grandpa Potts), Camelot (King Pellinore), First Men in the Moon (Prof. Joseph Cavor), The Spy with a Cold Nose (Stanley Farquhar)