Leon Lissek

Known for

Acting

Born

January 1, 1927

Birthplace

Australia

Died

June 21, 2022 (aged 95)

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.

Best known work

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

Time Bandits

1981

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

Shōgun

1980

The Avengers

1961

Remington Steele

1982

Countess Dracula

1971

Foyle's War

2002

Surviving Picasso

1996

Inspector Clouseau

1968

Filmography

2007
I Really Hate My Job
as Old Man #1
2005
Song of Songs
as Rabbi Berg
2003
Cambridge SpiesTV
as Prof. Bruno Klein (1 episode)
2002
Foyle's WarTV
as Isaac Rothstein (1 episode)
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
2000
Esther Kahn
as Theatre manager
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
as Sheik Es-Salih
2000
Arabian NightsTV
as Dr. Ezra (2 episodes)
1997
Sharpe's Revenge
as Juliot
1997
McCallumTV
1997
Paul: The Emissary
as Annas
1996
Surviving Picasso
as Testicle
1996
Our Friends in the NorthTV
as Walensky (2 episodes)
1995
The Final CutTV
as Evanghelos Passolides (2 episodes)
1994
Nostradamus
as Inquisitor
1994
Nobody's Children
as Dr. Preda
1993
The Trial
as Second Stairman
1993
SharpeTV
as Juliot (1 episode)
1992
Running Late
as Harold Zec
1991
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
as Stage Door-Keeper
1990
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
as Faruk
1990
Bloodmoon
as Myles Sheffield