---
name: "Tristram Jellinek"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tristram-jellinek"
fi1m_id: "tristram-jellinek"
imdb_id: "nm0420601"
tmdb_id: 55910
wikidata_id: "Q56187520"
roles: []
born: "28 August 1933"
died: "4 November 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T18:53:55.941216+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tristram Jellinek

## Identity

Tristram Jellinek

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tristram-jellinek
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tristram-jellinek
- **IMDb ID:** nm0420601
- **TMDB ID:** 55910
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56187520
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56187520, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55910

Actor. Born 28 August 1933 in London, England, UK. Died 4 November 1995.

## Details

- **Born:** 28 August 1933, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 4 November 1995
- **Active:** 1984–1985
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $294m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56187520, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55910

## Biography

Tristram Jellinek was a British actor and antiques dealer. Born in London on 28 August 1933, he completed national service with the RAF before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1956. He began his career in repertory theatre and made early West End appearances, including in *The Visit* (1959) directed by Peter Brook.

His film roles included Major Crumpler in *Top Secret!* (1984), the First Commissioner in *Out of Africa* (1985), Chalky White in *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), and parts in *Another Country* (1984), *White Mischief* (1987) and *M. Butterfly* (1993). He also worked in television, including *The Saint* (1962) and *One Foot in the Grave* (1993). In later years he was associated with the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Jellinek died in London on 4 November 1995.

*Sources: imdb.com, independent.co.uk, heraldscotland.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Out of Africa* (1985), Fi1m 54, as First Commissioner — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), Fi1m 65, as Chalky White — [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)
- *Top Secret!* (1984), Fi1m 76, as Major Crumpler — [page](https://film.one/film/top-secret.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil* (1999), as Victor
- *M. Butterfly* (1993), as Defense Attorney
- *Selling Hitler* (1993), as Magnus Linklater
- *The Old Devils* (1992), as Victor Norris
- *The Zero Option* (1988), as Standish
- *Wipe Out* (1988), series, as Clive Rawlinson
- *A Handful of Dust* (1988), as Richard Last
- *The Trouble with Spies* (1987), as First Assistant
- *White Mischief* (1987), as Land Agent
- *The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams* (1986), as Geoffrey Lawrence
- *Whoops Apocalypse* (1986), as Dickie
- *Revolution* (1985), as Marcel
- *Out of Africa* (1985), as First Commissioner — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *Plenty* (1985), as Dauncey
- *Morons from Outer Space* (1985), as Simpson
- *Top Secret!* (1984), as Major Crumpler — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/top-secret.md)
- *Another Country* (1984), as Nicholson
- *Success Is the Best Revenge* (1984), as Second inspector, Second Inspector
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), as Chalky White — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)
- *Lassiter* (1984), as Phipps
- *Widows* (1983), series, as Mr. Jarrow
- *Londoners* (1965), series, as Peter Cawse
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Reverend Edwin Rush
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Ravelston · Robinson / Narrator
- *Rupert of Hentzau* (1964), series, as Fritz von Tarlenheim
- *Ladies Who Do* (1963), as 2nd Stockbroker
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Finlay-Thorp-Jones
- *The Dock Brief* (1962), as Mr. Perkins

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