"Dick Van Dyke was older than me and I was playing his dad."
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Of his role in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; "Lionel Jeffries, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang actor, dies", The Telegraph (19 February 2010).
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Lionel Jeffries
Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was a British actor, screenwriter and film director.
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