Actor and Director Lionel Jeffries Dies, Aged 83
His Career saw him play an array of larger-than-life characters, notably the odious Marquis of Queensbury in 1960 drama The Trials of Oscar Wilde.
Despite the success of The Railway Children, Whose script they wrote, they only made four more films as a director.
These included The Amazing Mr. Blunden in 1972, Wombling Free in 1977 and The Water Babies the following year.
Jeffries's features served him well over the years but would often Consign him to authority figures and elderly relatives.
He played Dick Van Dyke's father Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, despite being the U.S. actor's junior by six months.Read More Story,http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8524335.stm
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