Leslie Phillips
April 20, 1924 (102 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 · Late Bloomers as Leo
- 2009 · Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Freddie
- 2005 · The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
- 2003 · Collusion as Herbert Ames
- 2002 · Outside the Rules as
- 2001 · Sword of Honour as Gervase Crouchback
- 1998 · What's a Carry On? as Self - Interviewee
- 1996 · August as Professor Alexander Blathwaite
- 1996 · Das Karussell des Todes as Sir John
- 1994 · Honey for Tea as Sir Dickie Hobhouse
- 1993 · Royal Celebration as Johnny
- 1992 · Carry On Columbus as King Ferdinand
- 1992 · Thacker as George Thacker
- 1991 · The Trials of Oz as Judge Michael Argyle
- 1990 · Who Bombed Birmingham? as Lord Chief Justice Lane
- 1976 · Spanish Fly as Mike Scott
- 1973 · Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Minister
- 1970 · Doctor in Trouble as Dr. Tony Burke
- 1970 · Some Will, Some Won't as Simon Russell
- 1969 · Galton and Simpson Comedy as
- 1966 · Doctor in Clover as Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke
- 1964 · Father Came Too! as Mr. Roddy Chipfield
- 1962 · The Fast Lady as Freddie Fox
- 1962 · Crooks Anonymous as Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox
- 1960 · No Kidding as David Robinson
- 1960 · Doctor in Love as Dr. Tony Burke
- 1959 · Carry On Teacher as Mr. Alistair Grigg
- 1959 · Carry On Nurse as Jack Bell
- 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
- 1955 · Value for Money as Robjohns
- 1953 · The Limping Man as Detective Cameron
- 1953 · Time Bomb as
- 1952 · The Sound Barrier as Controller
- 1951 · Pool of London as Harry
- 1940 · The Proud Valley as Minor Role
- Future · Hotel Caledonia as The Narrator
- 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Himself
- 2012 · After Death as Jerimiah Jones
- 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 · Stanley Baxter: Now and Then as Self
- 2008 · Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong as Self - Voiceover
- 2007 · The Dead Peasants Society as Alistair Robertson
- 2006 · Venus as Ian
- 2005 · Millions as Himself
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Sir Philip Starke
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Lord W'ruff
- 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
- 2000 · Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as Prince Hugely Suave
- 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
- 2000 · Cinderella as Felim
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 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 · Dennis the Menace and Gnasher as Mr. Greenfly (voice)
- 1996 · Dalziel and Pascoe as James Westropp
- 1996 · Der Blinde 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 · Bermuda Grace as
- 1993 · The Changeling as Vermandero
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Denzil Witty
- 1991 · Performance as Judge Michael Argyle
- 1991 · Performance as Vermandero
- 1991 · King Ralph as Gordon
- 1990 · Life After Life as Wing Commander Boyle
- 1990 · Chancer as Jimmy Blake
- 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 · Screen One as Johnny
- 1989 · Screen One as Viscount Osgood
- 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 · Boon as Alan Steen
- 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)
- 1976 · Not Now, Comrade as Commander Rimmington
- 1975 · Rumpole of the Bailey as 'Boxey' Horne
- 1973 · Casanova '73 as Henry Newhouse
- 1973 · Not Now Darling as Gilbert Bodley
- 1971 · The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Dickie (segment "Gluttony")
- 1968 · A Very Fine Line as Charlton
- 1967 · Maroc 7 as Raymond Lowe
- 1967 · The World of Wodehouse as The Rev. Esmond Gander
- 1965 · The Gong Game as Clive Breeze
- 1965 · You Must Be Joking as Young Husband
- 1963 · Our Man At St Mark's as
- 1962 · The Longest Day as RAF Officer Mac
- 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 · Watch Your Stern as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
- 1960 · Carry On Constable as Constable Tom Potter
- 1960 · Inn for Trouble as John Belcher
- 1960 · Leslie Phillips Asks... as Self
- 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 · This Other Eden as Crispin Brown
- 1959 · The Angry Hills as Ray Taylor
- 1959 · The Navy Lark as Lt. Pouter
- 1959 · The Man Who Liked Funerals as Simon Hurd
- 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 The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb
- 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 · As Long As They're Happy as Box Office Manager
- 1954 · Mark Saber as Hugh Lawrence
- 1953 · The Fake as Boy Student
- 1951 · The Galloping Major as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Woman with No Name as 1st Sapper officer
- 1949 · Train of Events as Stacey's Fireman
- 1948 · Anna Karenina as
- 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 · Climbing High as Child actor (uncredited)
- 1938 · The Citadel as Girl (uncredited)
- 1938 · Lassie from Lancashire as Bit Part