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Jeffries was born in [[Ontario]], Canada. He was living in [[Michigan]] at the time he procured his [[Social Security]] number. He served in the [[United States Army]] during the [[Korean War]] and was among only three survivors of his 177-man unit that landed in Inchon, [[South Korea]], in the fall of 1950, in a mass landing conducted by [[General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]].<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420382/|title=''Lang Jeffries|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 22, 2019}}</ref>
Jeffries was born in [[Ontario]], Canada. He was living in [[Michigan]] at the time he procured his [[Social Security]] number. He served in the [[United States Army]] during the [[Korean War]] and was among only three survivors of his 177-man unit that landed in Inchon, [[South Korea]], in the fall of 1950, in a mass landing conducted by [[General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]].<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420382/|title=''Lang Jeffries|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 22, 2019}}</ref>
From 1958 to 1960, Jeffries procured his first and most successful acting role, that of Skip Johnson, in all seventy-four episodes of the syndicated adventure television series, ''Rescue 8,'' with co-star Jim Davis (1909-1981) as Wes Cameron. The program offered accounts of difficult rescues completed by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051307/|title=Rescue 8|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=December 22, 2019}}</ref> Davis was later cast as the indomitable family patriarch Jock Ewing of [[CBS]]'s 1978 ''Dallas'' television series.
From 1958 to 1960, Jeffries procured his first and most successful acting role, that of Skip Johnson, in all seventy-four episodes of the syndicated adventure television series, ''Rescue 8,'' with co-star Jim Davis (1909-1981) as Wes Cameron. The program offered accounts of difficult rescues completed by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051307/|title=Rescue 8|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=December 22, 2019}}</ref> Davis was later cast as the indomitable family patriarch Jock Ewing of [[CBS]]'s 1978 ''Dallas'' television series.
In 1960, Jeffries and John McIntire, later of the [[NBC]] western series, ''Wagon Train,'' guest-starred in the episode "The Most Dangerous Gentleman" in another western, the short-lived NBC series, ''Overland Trail,'' starring William Bendix and Doug McClure.<ref name=imdb/>
In 1960, Jeffries and John McIntire, later of the [[NBC]] western series, ''Wagon Train,'' guest-starred in the episode "The Most Dangerous Gentleman" in another western, the short-lived NBC series, ''Overland Trail,'' starring William Bendix and Doug McClure.<ref name=imdb/>
On October 9, 1961, only three months before their divorce, Jeffries and wife Rhonda Fleming (born 1923) appeared as themselves, married for sixteen months, with Helen O'Connell in the interview program, ''Here's Hollywood.'' Jeffries, seven years Fleming's junior, was the third of her six husbands.<ref name=fleming>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281766/|title=Rhonda Fleming|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=December 22, 2019}}</ref>
On October 9, 1961, only three months before their divorce, Jeffries and wife Rhonda Fleming (born 1923) appeared as themselves, married for sixteen months, with Helen O'Connell in the interview program, ''Here's Hollywood.'' Jeffries, seven years Fleming's junior, was the third of her six husbands.<ref name=fleming>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281766/|title=Rhonda Fleming|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=December 22, 2019}}</ref>
Jeffries starred as Vibio in the foreign film, ''The Revolt of the Slaves,'' with Rhonda Fleming cast as Fabiola. In the film, Fabiola gives the order that Vibio be whipped on the back. In a 1962 film, ''Alone Against Rome'' (also known as ''Vengeance of the Gladiator,'' Jeffries, in the role of Brenno, was again whipped on the back.<ref name=fleming/>
Jeffries starred as Vibio in the foreign film, ''The Revolt of the Slaves,'' with Rhonda Fleming cast as Fabiola. In the film, Fabiola gives the order that Vibio be whipped on the back. In a 1962 film, ''Alone Against Rome'' (also known as ''Vengeance of the Gladiator,'' Jeffries, in the role of Brenno, was again whipped on the back.<ref name=fleming/>
In 1962, after the breakup of his marriage, Jeffries guest-starred in the episode "Elegy of a Hero" of the first-run syndicated adventure series ''Ripcord'' starring Larry Pennell, with Ken Curtis, who was later cast as Festus Haggen on CBS' ''Gunsmoke.''.<ref name=imdb/>
In 1962, after the breakup of his marriage, Jeffries guest-starred in the episode "Elegy of a Hero" of the first-run syndicated adventure series ''Ripcord'' starring Larry Pennell, with Ken Curtis, who was later cast as Festus Haggen on CBS' ''Gunsmoke.''.<ref name=imdb/>
From 1964 to 1971, Jeffries appeared in nearly twenty films in [[France]], [[Spain]], the former [[West Germany]], [[Italy]], and [[Romania]]. He played science-fiction hero Perry Rhodan in ''Mission Stardust'' (1967). His last three American film appearances were in ''Mean Mother'' (1974), as Arthur Wheeler in ''The Junkman'' (1982), and as Lieutenant Arthur in ''Deadline Auto Theft'' (1983).<ref name=imdb/>
From 1964 to 1971, Jeffries appeared in nearly twenty films in [[France]], [[Spain]], the former [[West Germany]], [[Italy]], and [[Romania]]. He played science-fiction hero Perry Rhodan in ''Mission Stardust'' (1967). His last three American film appearances were in ''Mean Mother'' (1974), as Arthur Wheeler in ''The Junkman'' (1982), and as Lieutenant Arthur in ''Deadline Auto Theft'' (1983).<ref name=imdb/>
In 1966, while living in [[Rome]], Jeffries married Gail Harris, the mother of John Paul Getty, III. Beginning in the mid-1970s, Jeffries managed an art gallery in Huntington Beach, [[California]], owned with his third wife, Mary. He died in 1987 at the age of fifty-six in Huntington Beach.
In 1966, while living in [[Rome]], Jeffries married Gail Harris, the mother of John Paul Getty, III. Beginning in the mid-1970s, Jeffries managed an art gallery in Huntington Beach, [[California]], owned with his third wife, Mary. He died in 1987 at the age of fifty-six in Huntington Beach.