Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Lionel Jeffries
Born: June 10, 1926
Died: February 19, 2010 (aged 83)
Bio: Lionel Charles Jeffries was an English actor, screenwriter and film director.
Known for:
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
- The Railway Children (1970)
- First Men in the Moon (1964)
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
- The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)