• Name: Lionel Jeffries
  • Date of Birth: June 10, 1926
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Mini-bio: 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...( read more)verything 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 as a director included the highly popular family films The Railway Children (1970) and The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972).
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Replace this image with an actor photoLionel Jeffries mini-bio: 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 - 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 as a director included the highly popular family films The Railway Children (1970) and The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972).

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  • Lionel Jeffries plays Dick Van Dyke's father (even though Jeffries is 7 months younger) in what classic children's film?  Answer »
  • who stars with sally ann howes and lionel jeffries in "chitty chitty bang bang"?  Answer »
  • Lionel Jeffries played the part of Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Dick van Dyke played his son, Caractacus Potts. Who in real life is older?   Answer »
  • Lionel Jeffries played Dick Van Dyke's father in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), despite the fact that Dick Van Dyke is actually seven months older than Jeffries.  Answer »

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