Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1927
Place of Birth:
Australia
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Leon Lissek
Biography
Leon Lissek is an Australian born actor who primarily works in the UK. He has appeared in over 80 films in a career that stretches back to the 1960s and has done extensive work in television both in the UK and Australia.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | I Really Hate My Job | Old Man #1 |
| 2005 | Song of Songs | Rabbi Berg |
| 2002 | The Book of Eve | Sam |
| 2001 | The Discovery of Heaven | Hotel Owner |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure | Sheik Es-Salih |
| 2000 | For My Baby | Sam Marx |
| 2000 | Esther Kahn | Theatre manager |
| 2000 | Breathtaking | Dr. Horowitz |
| 1997 | Paul: The Emissary | Annas |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso | Testicle |
| 1994 | Nobody's Children | Dr. Preda |
| 1994 | Nostradamus | Inquisitor |
| 1993 | The Trial | Second Stairman |
| 1992 | Running Late | Harold Zec |
| 1991 | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Stage Door-Keeper |
| 1990 | Bloodmoon | Myles Sheffield |
| 1990 | Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files | Faruk |
| 1990 | Small Zones | Yershov |
| 1988 | Young Toscanini | M° Superti |
| 1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Bold Man in Bar |
| 1987 | Personal Services | Mr. Popozogolou |
| 1986 | God's Outlaw | Herman Rincke |
| 1986 | The Fools on the Hill | Isaac Shoenberg |
| 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Politburo Member |
| 1984 | Squaring the Circle | 3rd Witness |
| 1984 | The Tragedy of Coriolanus | Third Citizen |
| 1982 | Inside the Third Reich | |
| 1982 | Baal | Mjurk |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Refugee #1 |
| 1981 | The Island of Adventure | Jo |
| 1979 | The Saint and the Brave Goose | Pancho |
| 1978 | Sweeney 2 | Cardona Alexandros |
| 1976 | The Adventures of Eliza Fraser | Sergeant |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Dining Car Steward (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Blockhouse | Kozhek |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Keoki (segment "Luau") |
| 1971 | The Last Valley | Czeraki |
| 1971 | The Horsemen | Chikana Proprietor |
| 1971 | Countess Dracula | Sergeant of Bailiffs |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Avadayev |
| 1970 | Underground | Sergeant in Bistro |
| 1969 | Journey to the Unknown | Andros Matakitas |
| 1969 | Where's Jack? | Deeley |
| 1968 | Isadora | Bohemian (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Inspector Clouseau | French Taxi Driver |
| 1968 | Tell Me Lies | Party Guest |
| 1967 | Marat/Sade | Lavoisier |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Cambridge Spies | Prof. Bruno Klein |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Isaac Rothstein |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights | Dr. Ezra |
| 1997 | McCallum | |
| 1996 | Our Friends in the North | Walensky |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Juliot |
| 1989 | Shadow of the Noose | Count Festetics |
| 1989 | Twist of Fate | Ginzberg |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | Smuggler |
| 1980 | Shōgun | Father Sebastio |
| 1978 | The Famous Five | Hunchy |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Pancho |
| 1978 | Wilde Alliance | Hank |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Pole |
| 1976 | Power Without Glory | |
| 1976 | The Sullivans | Hans Kauffman |
| 1974 | The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs | Novikov |
| 1973 | Roberts Robots | Marken |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Frans |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Edward Lippett |
| 1972 | The Protectors | Pannides |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Warder |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Taxi Driver |