Leslie Phillips
April 20, 1924 (101 years old) in Tottenham, London, England, UK
Leslie Samuel Phillips CBE (20 April 1924 – 7 November 2022) was an English actor, director, producer and author. He achieved prominence in the 1950s, playing smooth, upper-class comic roles utilising his "Ding dong" and "Hello" catchphrases. He appeared in the Carry On and Doctor in the House film series as well as the long-running BBC radio comedy series The Navy Lark. In his later career, Phillips took on dramatic parts including a BAFTA-nominated role alongside Peter O'Toole in Venus (2006). He provided the voice of the Sorting Hat in several of the Harry Potter films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Phillips, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
- 2011 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- 2010 · Drama Trails as
- 2009 · The Week We Went To War as
- 2009 · Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
- 2009 · Is Anybody There? as Reg
- 2008 · Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong as Self - Voiceover
- 2006 · Venus as Ian
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Freddie
- 2005 · Millions as Himself
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Sir Philip Starke
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Lord W'ruff
- 2003 · Collusion as Herbert Ames
- 2003 · The Last Detective as Alistair Robertson
- 2002 · Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- 2002 · Thunderpants as Judge
- 2001 · Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- 2001 · Lara Croft: Tomb Raider as Wilson
- 2001 · Sword of Honour as Gervase Crouchback
- 2000 · Take a Girl Like You as Lord Archie Edgerstone
- 2000 · Monarch of the Glen as Louis Grimshaw
- 2000 · Saving Grace as Vicar Gerald Perey
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 1998 · The Heaven and Earth Show as
- 1997 · The Jackal as Woolburton
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Godfrey Teal
- 1996 · August as Professor Alexander Blathwaite
- 1996 · Dennis the Menace and Gnasher as Mr. Greenfly (voice)
- 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as James Westropp
- 1996 · The Canterville Ghost as George, Lord Canterville
- 1994 · Bermuda Grace as
- 1993 · The Changeling as Vermandero
- 1992 · Carry On Columbus as King Ferdinand
- 1992 · Thacker as George Thacker
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Denzil Witty
- 1991 · Performance as Judge Michael Argyle
- 1991 · Performance as Vermandero
- 1991 · King Ralph as Gordon Halliwell
- 1990 · Chancer as Jimmy Blake
- 1990 · Plunder as
- 1990 · Oxford as Dean
- 1990 · Mountains of the Moon as Mr. Arundell
- 1989 · Summer's Lease as William Fosdyke
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Mycroft Amberson
- 1989 · Scandal as Lord Astor
- 1987 · Empire of the Sun as Maxton
- 1987 · The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Justin Whittaker
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Major Eddie Turpin
- 1985 · Out of Africa as Sir Joseph
- 1985 · Super Gran as P.O.W.
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Mr. Palfrey of Westminster as Styles
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Sir Horace Cutler
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Dean
- 1977 · That's Carry On! as Mr. Alistair Grigg / Constable Tom Potter (archive footage)
- 1975 · Rumpole of the Bailey as 'Boxey' Horne
- 1973 · Casanova '73 as Henry Newhouse
- 1971 · The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Dickie (segment "Gluttony")
- 1967 · The World of Wodehouse as The Rev. Esmond Gander
- 1963 · Our Man At St Mark's as
- 1962 · The Longest Day as RAF Officer Mac
- 1962 · Crooks Anonymous as Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox
- 1960 · Carry On Constable as Constable Tom Potter
- 1959 · Please Turn Over as Dr. Henry Manners
- 1959 · Carry On Nurse as Jack Bell
- 1958 · I Was Monty's Double as Major Tennant
- 1958 · The Invisible Man as Sparrow
- 1957 · Les Girls as Sir Gerald Wren
- 1956 · Wire Service as Keynes
- 1956 · The Errol Flynn Theatre as Venning
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Charlton
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Clive Breeze
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir William
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Wat Longfellow
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Herbert
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Count de Waldern
- 1954 · Mark Saber as Hugh Lawrence
- 1940 · The Thief of Bagdad as Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
- 1939 · The Four Feathers as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade
- 1938 · The Citadel as Girl (uncredited)
- Future · Hotel Caledonia as The Narrator
- 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Himself
- 2012 · After Death as Jerimiah Jones
- 2011 · Late Bloomers as Leo
- 2009 · Britain's Ugliest Models as Himself (Narrator)
- 2008 · Stanley Baxter: Now and Then as Self
- 2007 · The Dead Peasants Society as Alistair Robertson
- 2005 · The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
- 2002 · Outside the Rules as
- 2001 · Sword of Honour as
- 2000 · Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as Prince Hugely Suave
- 2000 · Cinderella as Felim
- 1998 · What's a Carry On? as Self - Interviewee
- 1997 · Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse as Lincoln Bradley
- 1997 · Caught in the Act as Sydney Fisher
- 1996 · Der Blinde as Sir John
- 1996 · Das Karussell des Todes as Sir John
- 1996 · Die Katze von Kensington as Sir John
- 1994 · Two Golden Balls as Viscount Osgood
- 1994 · Love on a Branch Line as Lord Flamborough
- 1994 · The House of Windsor as Lord Montague Bermondsey
- 1994 · Honey for Tea as Sir Dickie Hobhouse
- 1993 · Royal Celebration as Johnny
- 1991 · The Trials of Oz as Judge Michael Argyle
- 1990 · Life After Life as Wing Commander Boyle
- 1990 · Who Bombed Birmingham? as Lord Chief Justice Lane
- 1990 · GLC: The Carnage Continues as Sir Horace Cutler
- 1976 · Spanish Fly as Mike Scott
- 1976 · Not Now, Comrade as Commander Rimmington
- 1973 · Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Minister
- 1973 · Not Now Darling as Gilbert Bodley
- 1970 · Doctor in Trouble as Dr. Tony Burke
- 1970 · Some Will, Some Won't as Simon Russell
- 1969 · Galton and Simpson Comedy as
- 1968 · A Very Fine Line as Charlton
- 1967 · Maroc 7 as Raymond Lowe
- 1966 · Doctor in Clover as Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke
- 1965 · The Gong Game as Clive Breeze
- 1965 · You Must Be Joking as Young Husband
- 1964 · Father Came Too! as Mr. Roddy Chipfield
- 1962 · The Fast Lady as Freddie Fox
- 1962 · In the Doghouse as Jimmy Fox-Upton
- 1961 · Raising the Wind as Mervyn Hughes
- 1961 · Very Important Person as Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
- 1961 · A Weekend with Lulu as Timothy Gray
- 1960 · No Kidding as David Robinson
- 1960 · Watch Your Stern as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
- 1960 · Doctor in Love as Dr. Tony Burke
- 1960 · Inn for Trouble as John Belcher
- 1960 · Leslie Phillips Asks... as Self
- 1959 · Ferdinand I King of Naples as Giornalista inglese
- 1959 · The Night We Dropped a Clanger as Squadron Leader Thomas
- 1959 · This Other Eden as Crispin Brown
- 1959 · Carry On Teacher as Mr. Alistair Grigg
- 1959 · The Angry Hills as Ray Taylor
- 1959 · The Navy Lark as Lt. Pouter
- 1959 · The Man Who Liked Funerals as Simon Hurd
- 1958 · The Big Money as Receptionist
- 1957 · Just My Luck as The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb
- 1957 · High Flight as Blake
- 1957 · The Smallest Show on Earth as Robin Carter
- 1957 · Brothers in Law as Shop Assistant
- 1956 · The Gamma People as Howard Meade
- 1955 · Value for Money as Robjohns
- 1955 · As Long as They're Happy as Box Office Manager
- 1953 · The Limping Man as Detective Cameron
- 1953 · The Fake as Boy Student
- 1953 · Time Bomb as
- 1952 · The Sound Barrier as Controller
- 1951 · The Galloping Major as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1951 · Pool of London as Harry
- 1950 · The Woman with No Name as 1st Sapper officer
- 1949 · Train of Events as Stacey's Fireman
- 1948 · Anna Karenina as
- 1940 · The Proud Valley as Minor Role
- 1939 · The Mikado as Boy
- 1938 · Climbing High as Child actor (uncredited)
- 1938 · Lassie from Lancashire as Bit Part