biographyJeffries' career began to stall around this time; he lensed a pilot with Ben Cooper titled The Impatient Ones (1961), but the show wasn't picked up for series. He then landed a starring role in Columbia's rock-and-roll spectacle Dont' Knock the Twist (1962; with Mari Blanchard), but the film did nothing for his career. Heading back to Europe to star in the peplum Alone Against Rome (1962; with Rossana Podesta and Philippe Leroy), Jeffries stayed there for the next decade, starring in Italian, Spanish, and German productions. More peplums followed, including Sword of the Empire (1964; with Jose Greci) and Fire Over Rome (1965; with Moira Orfei). He moved on to Eurospy thrillers such as Z7 Operation Rembrandt (1966; with Christiane Maybach) and Mexican Slayride (1967; with Sabine Sun). He tackled spaghetti westerns when the Eurospy craze died out with Requiem for a Gringo (1968; with Femi Benussi). By the time he was 40 years old, Jeffries wrapped his European film career with Run for Your Life (1971; with Luciana Paluzzi). |
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the films of lang jeffriesThe Revolt of the Slaves (1960)LEFT and CENTER: With then-wife Rhonda Fleming in the peplum The Revolt of the Slaves. RIGHT: Jeffries, in his first film, as VibioDon't Knock the Twist (1962)From Columbia's musical drama Don't Knock the Twist, the sequel to Twist Around the Clock. LEFT: With Chubby Checker, Georgine Darcy, and Stephen Preston. RIGHT: With love interest Mari BlanchardFire Over Rome (1965)Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula (1966)Spies Strike Silently (1966)Z7 Operation Rembrandt (1966)A Lotus for Miss Quon (1967)The Hotheads (1967)Mission Stardust (1967)LEFT: As Major Perry Rhodan in the Italian science fiction effort Mission Stardust. RIGHT: With Essy PerssonLe Mans, Shortcut to Hell (1970)The Junkman (1982)Lang Jeffries came out of retirement to co-star in H.B. Halicki's The Junkman, the follow-up to Gone in Sixty Secondslater yearsWhile making a film in Italy, Jeffries had an affair with Abigail 'Gail' Harris, wife of John Paul Getty II and mother of John Paul Getty III. After Harris and Getty divorced, she and Jeffries married in 1966, but the marriage was short-lived. He married his fourth wife, Mary Silvers, in the early 1970s. By then his acting career was finished, so Jeffries sold real estate and ran an art gallery with wife Mary. In the early 1980s, he resurfaced in two of H.B. Halicki's films, The Junkman (1982; with H.B. Halicki and Lynda Day George) and Deadline Auto Theft (1983; with H.B. Halicki and Hoyt Axton). Jeffries passed away after a bout with cancer on February 12, 1987, at age 56. He was survived by his wife Mary, a son from his first marriage, his mother, brother, and a stepdaughter. |
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