
Leslie Phillips
Actor
Born: April 20, 1924 (98 years old)
Died: November 7, 2022
Place of birth: Tottenham, London, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography (96)
- Out of Africa (1985, ★ 7.2)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001, ★ 7.9)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002, ★ 7.7)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011, ★ 8.1)
- Brothers in Law (1957, ★ 7.1)
- What's a Carry On? (1998, ★ 7.8)
- The Longest Day (1962, ★ 7.6)
- Mountains of the Moon (1990, ★ 6.5)
- The Jackal (1997, ★ 6.4)
- Venus (2006, ★ 6.6)
- The Smallest Show on Earth (1957, ★ 6.6)
- Empire of the Sun (1987, ★ 7.5)
- Les Girls (1957, ★ 6.4)
- The Four Feathers (1939, ★ 7.1)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940, ★ 7.1)
- Midsomer Murders (1997, ★ 7.5)
- Tales from the Crypt (1989, ★ 8)
- Saving Grace (2000, ★ 6.5)
- Ferdinand I King of Naples (1959, ★ 6.5)
- Monarch of the Glen (2000, ★ 7.3)
- Heartbeat (1992, ★ 7.1)
- Lovejoy (1986, ★ 7.3)
- Summer's Lease (1989, ★ 7.3)
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004, ★ 7.8)
- The Last Detective (2003, ★ 7.7)
- The Invisible Man (1958, ★ 7.1)
- The Comic Strip Presents... (1982, ★ 7.4)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001, ★ 5.9)
- Carry On Teacher (1959, ★ 6.3)
- King Ralph (1991, ★ 5.3)