
Leon Lissek
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1927-01-01
- Died
- 2022-06-21
- Place of birth
- Australia
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.
Known For
TV Shows (30)

The Avengers
1961
as Taxi Driver

Crown Court
1972
as Edward Lippett

The Professionals
1977
as Pole

Foyle's War
2002
as Isaac Rothstein

Remington Steele
1982
as Smuggler

The Sullivans
1976
as Hans Kauffman

Screen Two
1985
as Second Stairman

Shōgun
1980
as Father Sebastio

The Protectors
1972
as Pannides

Return of the Saint
1978
as Pancho

Van der Valk
1972
as Frans

Sharpe
1993
as Juliot

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Warder

Our Friends in the North
1996
as Walensky

Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Andros Matakitas

Arabian Nights
2000
as Dr. Ezra

The Famous Five
1978
as Hunchy

Cambridge Spies
2003
as Prof. Bruno Klein

Wilde Alliance
1978
as Hank

Noble House
1988
as Christian Toxe

Shadow of the Noose
1989
as Count Festetics

McCallum
1997

The Final Cut
1995
as Evanghelos Passolides

Freud
1984
as Wittels

Twist of Fate
1989
as Ginzberg

Power Without Glory
1976

Not on Your Nellie
1974
as Rachmaninoff Landlord

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs
1974
as Novikov

Take a Letter, Mr Jones
1981
as Roberto

Roberts Robots
1973
as Marken
Movies (48)

Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Dining Car Steward (uncredited)

Time Bandits
1981
as Refugee #1

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
as Bold Man in Bar

Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Avadayev

Surviving Picasso
1996
as Testicle

The Last Valley
1971
as Czeraki

Inspector Clouseau
1968
as French Taxi Driver

Personal Services
1987
as Mr. Popozogolou

Sharpe's Revenge
1997
as Juliot

Nostradamus
1994
as Inquisitor

Whoops Apocalypse
1986
as Politburo Member

Countess Dracula
1971
as Sergeant of Bailiffs

The Discovery of Heaven
2001
as Hotel Owner

Isadora
1968
as Bohemian (uncredited)

The Trial
1993
as Second Stairman

Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Keoki (segment "Luau")

Sweeney 2
1978
as Cardona Alexandros

The Blockhouse
1973
as Kozhek

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 Sade
1967
as Lavoisier

Young Toscanini
1988
as M° Superti

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
2000
as Sheik Es-Salih

Running Late
1992
as Harold Zec

The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
1976
as Sergeant

The Horsemen
1971
as Chikana Proprietor

God's Outlaw
1986
as Herman Rincke

Baal
1982
as Mjurk

Song of Songs
2005
as Rabbi Berg

Esther Kahn
2000
as Theatre manager

Squaring the Circle
1984
as 3rd Witness

Bloodmoon
1990
as Myles Sheffield

Tell Me Lies
1968
as Party Guest

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991
as Stage Door-Keeper

I Really Hate My Job
2007
as Old Man #1

Underground
1970
as Sergeant in Bistro

The Tragedy of Coriolanus
1984
as Third Citizen

Where's Jack?
1969
as Deeley

Journey to the Unknown
1969
as Andros Matakitas

Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
1990
as Faruk

For My Baby
2000
as Sam Marx

Nobody's Children
1994
as Dr. Preda

The Fools on the Hill
1986
as Isaac Shoenberg

Small Zones
1990
as Yershov

The Book of Eve
2002
as Sam

Breathtaking
2000
as Dr. Horowitz

Paul: The Emissary
1997
as Annas

The Saint and the Brave Goose
1979
as Pancho

The Island of Adventure
1981
as Jo

Enemies of the State
1983
as Vaclav Benda
About Leon Lissek
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. With 78 credits spanning from 1961 to 2007, Leon Lissek has appeared in 48 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular Leon Lissek Movies
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) — as Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
- Time Bandits (1981) — as Refugee #1
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) — as Bold Man in Bar
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) — as Avadayev
- Surviving Picasso (1996) — as Testicle
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