Leslie Phillips
April 20, 1924 (100 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
- 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Himself
- 2012 · After Death as Jerimiah Jones
- 2011 · Late Bloomers as Leo
- 2011 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- 2010 · Drama Trails as
- 2009 · Britain's Ugliest Models as Himself (Narrator)
- 2009 · The Week We Went To War as
- 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 · The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Sir Philip Starke
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Lord W'ruff
- 2004 · Millions as Himself
- 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
- 2002 · Outside the Rules as
- 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
- 2001 · Sword of Honour as
- 2000 · Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as Prince Hugely Suave
- 2000 · Take a Girl Like You as
- 2000 · Monarch of the Glen as Louis Grimshaw
- 2000 · Saving Grace as Vicar Gerald Perey
- 2000 · Cinderella as Felim
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 1998 · What's a Carry On? as
- 1998 · The Heaven and Earth Show as
- 1997 · The Jackal as Woolburton
- 1997 · Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse as Lincoln Bradley
- 1997 · Caught in the Act as Sydney Fisher
- 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 · Der Blinde as Sir John
- 1996 · Das Karussell des Todes as Sir John
- 1996 · Die Katze von Kensington as Sir John
- 1996 · The Canterville Ghost as George, Lord Canterville
- 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
- 1994 · Bermuda Grace as
- 1993 · The Changeling as Vermandero
- 1993 · Royal Celebration as Johnny
- 1992 · Carry On Columbus as King Ferdinand
- 1992 · Thacker as George Thacker
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Denzil Witty
- 1991 · The Trials of Oz as Judge Michael Argyle
- 1991 · Performance as Judge Michael Argyle
- 1991 · Performance as Vermandero
- 1991 · King Ralph as Gordon Halliwell
- 1990 · Life After Life as Wing Commander Boyle
- 1990 · Who Bombed Birmingham? as Lord Chief Justice Lane
- 1990 · Plunder as
- 1990 · Oxford as Dean
- 1990 · Mountains of the Moon as Mr. Arundell
- 1990 · GLC: The Carnage Continues as Sir Horace Cutler
- 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
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Sir Horace Cutler
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Dean
- 1977 · That's Carry On! as Various Characters
- 1976 · Spanish Fly as Mike Scott
- 1976 · Not Now, Comrade as Commander Rimmington
- 1975 · Rumpole of the Bailey as
- 1973 · Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Minister
- 1973 · Casanova '73 as Henry Newhouse
- 1973 · Not Now Darling as Gilbert Bodley
- 1971 · The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Dickie (segment "Gluttony")
- 1970 · Doctor in Trouble as Doctor Anthony Burke
- 1970 · Some Will, Some Won't as Simon Russell
- 1967 · Maroc 7 as Raymond Lowe
- 1967 · Blandings Castle as
- 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 Roddy Chipfield
- 1963 · Our Man At St Mark's as
- 1962 · The Fast Lady as Freddie
- 1962 · The Longest Day as RAF Officer Mac
- 1962 · In the Doghouse as Jimmy Fox-Upton
- 1962 · Crooks Anonymous as Dandy Forsdyke
- 1961 · Raising the Wind as Mervyn Hughes
- 1961 · Very Important Person as 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 · Carry On Constable as P.C. Tom Potter
- 1960 · Inn for Trouble as John Belcher
- 1959 · Ferdinand I King of Naples as Giornalista inglese
- 1959 · Please Turn Over as Dr. Henry Manners
- 1959 · The Night We Dropped a Clanger as Squadron Leader Thomas
- 1959 · Carry On Teacher as Alistair Grigg
- 1959 · The Angry Hills as Ray Taylor
- 1959 · Carry On Nurse as Jack Bell
- 1959 · The Navy Lark as Lt. Pouter
- 1959 · The Man Who Liked Funerals as Simon Hurd
- 1959 · This Other Eden as Crispin Brown
- 1958 · I Was Monty's Double as Major Tennant
- 1958 · The Invisible Man as Sparrow
- 1958 · The Big Money as Receptionist
- 1957 · Just My Luck as Hon. Richard Lumb
- 1957 · Les Girls as Sir Gerald Wren
- 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
- 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 Count de Waldern
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Herbert
- 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
- 1949 · Train of Events as Stacey's Fireman
- Future · Hotel Caledonia as The Narrator
- 1950 · The Woman with No Name as 1st Sapper officer
- 1940 · The Proud Valley as Minor Role
- 1940 · The Thief of Bagdad as Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
- 1939 · The Mikado as Boy
- 1939 · The Four Feathers as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade
- 1938 · The Citadel as Girl (uncredited)
- 1938 · Lassie from Lancashire as Bit Part