Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1927-01-01
- Day of Death2022-06-21 (95 years)
- Place of Birth Australia
- Also Known As-
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.
Acting Career
- 2007
I Really Hate My Job
As: Old Man #1
- 2005
Song of Songs
As: Rabbi Berg
- 2003
Cambridge Spies
As: Prof. Bruno Klein
- 2002
Foyle's War
As: Isaac Rothstein
- 2002
The Book of Eve
As: Sam
- 2001
The Discovery of Heaven
As: Hotel Owner
- 2000
Breathtaking
As: Dr. Horowitz
- 2000
For My Baby
As: Sam Marx
2000Esther Kahn
As: Theatre manager
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
As: Sheik Es-Salih
2000Arabian Nights
As: Dr. Ezra
1997Paul: The Emissary
As: Annas
- 1996
Surviving Picasso
As: Testicle
1996Our Friends in the North
As: Walensky
1994Nostradamus
As: Inquisitor
1994Nobody's Children
As: Dr. Preda
1993The Trial
As: Second Stairman
1993Sharpe
As: Juliot
1992Running Late
As: Harold Zec
1991Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
As: Stage Door-Keeper
1990Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
As: Faruk
1990Bloodmoon
As: Myles Sheffield
1990Small Zones
As: Yershov
1989Shadow of the Noose
As: Count Festetics
1989Twist of Fate
As: Ginzberg
1988Young Toscanini
As: M° Superti
- 1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
As: Bold Man in Bar
1987Personal Services
As: Mr. Popozogolou
1986The Fools on the Hill
As: Isaac Shoenberg
1986Whoops Apocalypse
As: Politburo Member
1986God's Outlaw
As: Herman Rincke
1984Squaring the Circle
As: 3rd Witness
1984The Tragedy of Coriolanus
As: Third Citizen
1982Remington Steele
As: Smuggler
1982Baal
As: Mjurk
- 1981
Time Bandits
As: Refugee #1
1980Shōgun
As: Father Sebastio
1979The Saint and the Brave Goose
As: Pancho
1978The BBC Television Shakespeare
As: Third Citizen
1978Return of the Saint
As: Pancho
1978The Famous Five
As: Hunchy
1978Sweeney 2
As: Cardona Alexandros
1978Wilde Alliance
As: Hank
1977The Professionals
As: Pole
1976The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
As: Sergeant
1976The Sullivans
As: Hans Kauffman
- 1974
Murder on the Orient Express
As: Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
1974The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs
As: Novikov
1973Roberts Robots
As: Marken
1973Tales That Witness Madness
As: Keoki (segment "Luau")
1973The Blockhouse
As: Kozhek
1972Crown Court
As: Edward Lippett
1972The Protectors
As: Pannides
1972Van der Valk
As: Frans
1971Nicholas and Alexandra
As: Avadayev
1971The Horsemen
As: Chikana Proprietor
- 1971
Countess Dracula
As: Sergeant of Bailiffs
1971The Last Valley
As: Czeraki
1970Underground
As: Sergeant in Bistro
1969Journey to the Unknown
As: Andros Matakitas
1969Where's Jack?
As: Deeley
1968Isadora
As: Bohemian (uncredited)
1968Inspector Clouseau
As: French Taxi Driver
1968Tell Me Lies
As: Party Guest
1967Marat/Sade
As: Lavoisier
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
As: Warder
1961The Avengers
As: Taxi Driver