Emerging from a South-London background-his parents were Salvation Army social workers and he attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School-Jeffries honed his craft at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before joining repertory theatre at the David Garrick. He became a familiar face in British cinema, often cast in comic character parts and, thanks to premature baldness, frequently portraying older figur… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Stage Fright 1950 The Quatermass Xperiment 1955 Lust for Life 1956 Series ★ 7.9 Inspector Morse 1987
Charles Radford ★ 7.2 Lust for Life 1956
Dr. Peyron ★ 7.2 The Nun's Story 1959
Dr. Goovaerts ★ 7.1 Murder Ahoy 1964
Captain Rhumstone Series ★ 7 Lexx 1997
Father Borscht Series ★ 7.4 Lovejoy 1986
Percy Broderick ★ 6.9 Dunkirk 1958
Colonel (Medical Officer) Series ★ 7.2 Minder 1979
Cecil Caine ★ 6.8 The Colditz Story 1955
Harry Tyler ★ 6.8 The Notorious Landlady 1962
Inspector Oliphant ★ 7.2 Orders to Kill 1958
Interrogator ★ 6.6 The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958
Fritz ★ 6.7 Two-Way Stretch 1960
Chief Prison Officer Sidney Crout ★ 6.7 The Wrong Arm of the Law 1963
Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker ★ 6.7 Fanny 1961
Monsieur Brun ★ 6.8 Blue Murder at St. Trinian's 1957
Joe Mangan ★ 6.6 Nowhere to Go 1958
Pet Shop Owner (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Barnacle Bill 1957
Garrod ★ 6.5 The Vicious Circle 1957
Geoffrey Windsor ★ 6.4 The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960
Marquis of Queensberry ★ 6.2 Danny the Champion of the World 1989
Mr. Snoddy ★ 6.3 First Men in the Moon 1964
Joseph Cavor ★ 5.9 Arrivederci, Baby! 1966
Parker ★ 6.1 Bhowani Junction 1956
Lt Graham McDaniel ★ 6.2 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? 1972
Police Insp. Willoughby ★ 6.2 Camelot 1967
King Pellinore ★ 5.9 Royal Flash 1975
Kraftstein ★ 6.1 The Long Ships 1964
Aziz ★ 5.7 Doctor at Large 1957
Dr. Hampton Hatchet ★ 5.5 The Scarlet Blade 1963
Colonel Judd ★ 5.9 Jekyll & Hyde 1990
Jekyll's Father Series ★ 5.8 Holby City 1999
Harry ★ 5.4 A Chorus of Disapproval 1989
Jarvis Huntley-Pike ★ 5.7 The Prisoner of Zenda 1979
Colonel Zapt ★ 5.5 Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon 1967
Sir Charles Dillworthy ★ 5.3 Twelve Plus One 1969
Randomhouse ★ 4.6 Twinky 1970
Solicitor Also behind the camera The films and series they directed.
Full directing filmography ★ 6.6 The Amazing Mr. Blunden 1972 ★ 6.7 The Railway Children 1970 Start from another title 
