Forsyth. During location filming with Ogilvy for a 1983 episode, a stunt involving a car and a lake went very badly wrong, ending up with Jeffries only just managing to get out of the car's front window before the vehicle sank in of water. Retirement and death Jeffries retired from acting in 2001 and his health declined in the following years. He died on 19 February 2010, at a nursing home in Poole, Dorset. He had suffered from vascular dementia for the last twelve years of his life. He was 83. He was married to Eileen Mary Walsh from 1951 until his death. They had a son and two daughters. His son Ty Jeffries is a composer, lyricist and cabaret artist. Lionel Jeffries' granddaughter is the novelist and playwright Amy Mason. His name is mentioned before the ending titles in the film The First Men in the Moon, released in 2010: "For Lionel Jeffries 1926–2010". Complete filmography As actor Stage Fright (1950) – Bald RADA Student (uncredited) Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) – Mr. Frobisher The Black Rider (1954) – Martin Bremner The Colditz Story (1955) – Harry Tyler The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) – Blake No Smoking (1955) – George Pogson All for Mary (1955) – Maitre D', Hotel Windfall (1955) – Arthur Lee Jumping for Joy (1956) – Bert Benton Bhowani Junction (1956) – Lt. Graham McDaniel The Baby and the Battleship (1956) – George Eyewitness (1956) – Man in Pub Lust for Life (1956) – Dr. Peyron High Terrace (1956) – Monkton Up in the World (1957) – Wilson The Man in the Sky (1957) – Keith Doctor at Large (1957) – Dr. Hatchet Hour of Decision (1957) – Elvin Main The Vicious Circle (1957) – Geoffrey Windsor Barnacle Bill (1957) – Garrod Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) – Joe Mangan Dunkirk (1958) – Colonel – Medical Officer Charles and Mary (1958, TV Movie) – George Dyer Up the Creek (1958) – Steady Barker The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) – Fritz Law and Disorder (1958) – Major Proudfoot Orders to Kill (1958) – Interrogator Girls at Sea (1958) – Harry, the Tourist Behind the Mask (1958) – Walter Froy Further Up the Creek (1958) – Steady Barker Nowhere to Go (1958) – Pet Shop Clerk (uncredited) Idle on Parade (1959) – Bertie The Nun's Story (1959) – Dr. Goovaerts Bobbikins (1959) – Gregory Mason Please Turn Over (1959)