Leon Lissek

Acting

Leon Lissek

Born 1 January 1927 · Australia · Died 21 June 2022 at 95

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

Highlights

Murder on the Orient Express1974 · Film · Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
Time Bandits1981 · Film · Refugee #1
The Unbearable Lightness of Being1988 · Film · Bold Man in Bar
Shōgun1980 · Series · Father Sebastio
The Avengers1961 · Series · Taxi Driver
Foyle's War2002 · Series · Isaac Rothstein

Filmography

Movies

48 films

I Really Hate My Job2007 · Film · Old Man #1
Song of Songs2005 · Film · Rabbi Berg
The Book of Eve2002 · Film · Sam
The Discovery of Heaven2001 · Film · Hotel Owner
Breathtaking2000 · Film · Dr. Horowitz
For My Baby2000 · Film · Sam Marx
Esther Kahn2000 · Film · Theatre manager
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure2000 · Film · Sheik Es-Salih
Sharpe's Revenge1997 · Film · Juliot
Paul: The Emissary1997 · Film · Annas
Surviving Picasso1996 · Film · Testicle
Nostradamus1994 · Film · Inquisitor
Nobody's Children1994 · Film · Dr. Preda
The Trial1993 · Film · Second Stairman
Running Late1992 · Film · Harold Zec
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady1991 · Film · Stage Door-Keeper
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files1990 · Film · Faruk
Bloodmoon1990 · Film · Myles Sheffield
Small Zones1990 · Film · Yershov
Young Toscanini1988 · Film · M° Superti
The Unbearable Lightness of Being1988 · Film · Bold Man in Bar
Personal Services1987 · Film · Mr. Popozogolou
The Fools on the Hill1986 · Film · Isaac Shoenberg
Whoops Apocalypse1986 · Film · Politburo Member
God's Outlaw1986 · Film · Herman Rincke
Squaring the Circle1984 · Film · 3rd Witness
The Tragedy of Coriolanus1984 · Film · Third Citizen
Enemies of the State1983 · Film · Vaclav Benda
Baal1982 · Film · Mjurk
The Island of Adventure1981 · Film · Jo
Time Bandits1981 · Film · Refugee #1
The Saint and the Brave Goose1979 · Film · Pancho
Sweeney 21978 · Film · Cardona Alexandros
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser1976 · Film · Sergeant
Murder on the Orient Express1974 · Film · Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
Tales That Witness Madness1973 · Film · Keoki (segment "Luau")
The Blockhouse1973 · Film · Kozhek
Nicholas and Alexandra1971 · Film · Avadayev
The Horsemen1971 · Film · Chikana Proprietor
Countess Dracula1971 · Film · Sergeant of Bailiffs
The Last Valley1971 · Film · Czeraki
Underground1970 · Film · Sergeant in Bistro
Journey to the Unknown1969 · Film · Andros Matakitas
Where's Jack?1969 · Film · Deeley
Isadora1968 · Film · Bohemian (uncredited)
Inspector Clouseau1968 · Film · French Taxi Driver
Tell Me Lies1968 · Film · Party Guest
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade1967 · Film · Lavoisier

Filmography

Series

29 shows

Cambridge Spies2003 · Series · Prof. Bruno Klein
Foyle's War2002 · Series · Isaac Rothstein
Arabian Nights2000 · Series · Dr. Ezra
McCallum1997 · Series
Our Friends in the North1996 · Series · Walensky
The Final Cut1995 · Series · Evanghelos Passolides
Sharpe1993 · Series · Juliot
Shadow of the Noose1989 · Series · Count Festetics
Twist of Fate1989 · Series · Ginzberg
Noble House1988 · Series · Christian Toxe
Screen Two1985 · Series · Second Stairman
Freud1984 · Series · Wittels
Remington Steele1982 · Series · Smuggler
Take a Letter, Mr Jones1981 · Series · Roberto
Shōgun1980 · Series · Father Sebastio
Return of the Saint1978 · Series · Pancho
The Famous Five1978 · Series · Hunchy
Wilde Alliance1978 · Series · Hank
The Professionals1977 · Series · Pole
The Sullivans1976 · Series · Hans Kauffman
Power Without Glory1976 · Series
Not on Your Nellie1974 · Series · Rachmaninoff Landlord
Roberts Robots1973 · Series · Marken
Crown Court1972 · Series · Edward Lippett
The Protectors1972 · Series · Pannides
Van der Valk1972 · Series · Frans
Journey to the Unknown1968 · Series · Andros Matakitas
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · Series · Warder
The Avengers1961 · Series · Taxi Driver