Leon Lissek
Acting
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.
Born: January 1, 1927
Place of Birth: Australia
Known For
Paul: The Emissary
The path of Saul the angry zealot to Paul the servant of Christ, who will pay any price to bring his message to the world.
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Sharpe
Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books. Produced by Celtic Films and Picture Palace Films for the ITV network, the series was shot mainly in Turkey and the Crimea, although some filming was also done in England, Spain and Portugal. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2004, as part of ITV's new set of drama, ITV announced that it intended to produce new episodes of Sharpe, in co-production with BBC America, loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe. Sharpe's Challenge is a two-part adventure; part one premiered on ITV on 23 April 2006, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006.
Foyle's War
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
Shōgun
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
The Professionals
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
Our Friends in the North
An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.
McCallum
McCallum is a British television series that was produced by STV Productions. Dr Iain McCallum was the original lead character, played by John Hannah. McCallum was a forensic pathologist who traveled by Triumph Motorcycle, and solved murders. The character had romantic involvements with two of the other principal characters, Joanna, and later Angela. The last episode did not include McCallum and Angela as the story stated that they had taken jobs in America. They were replaced by Dr. Dan Gallagher and Dr. Charley Fielding.
The Famous Five
The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on ITV over two series in 1978 and 1979. It was produced by Southern Television in 26 half-hour episodes.
Filmography
as Old Man #1
as Rabbi Berg
as Prof. Bruno Klein
as Isaac Rothstein
as Sam
as Hotel Owner
as Dr. Horowitz
as Sam Marx
as Theatre manager
as Sheik Es-Salih
as Dr. Ezra
as Annas
as Testicle
as Walensky
as Inquisitor
as Dr. Preda
as Second Stairman
as Juliot
as Harold Zec
as Stage Door-Keeper
as Myles Sheffield
as Yershov
as Count Festetics
as Ginzberg
as M° Superti
as Christian Toxe
as Bold Man in Bar
as Mr. Popozogolou
as Isaac Shoenberg
as Politburo Member
as Herman Rincke
as Second Stairman
as Wittels
as 3rd Witness
as Third Citizen
as Smuggler
as Mjurk
as Roberto
as Refugee #1
as Father Sebastio
as Pancho
as Pancho
as Hunchy
as Cardona Alexandros
as Hank
as Pole
as Sergeant
as Hans Kauffman
as Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
as Novikov
as Marken
as Keoki (segment "Luau")
as Kozhek
as Edward Lippett
as Pannides
as Frans
as Avadayev
as Chikana Proprietor
as Sergeant of Bailiffs
as Czeraki
as Sergeant in Bistro
as Andros Matakitas
as Deeley
as Bohemian (uncredited)
as French Taxi Driver
as Party Guest
as Lavoisier
as Warder
as Taxi Driver