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Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

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LONDON (AP) - Lionel Jeffries, whose numerous film roles included Grandpa Potts in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," has died at age 83. Jeffries, who also wrote and directed the 1971 film "The Railway Children," died Friday morning following a long illness, according to his representative, the Liz...

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