Leslie Phillips
Born: 1924-04-20 in Tottenham, London, England, UK
Died: 2022-11-07
Known For: Acting
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
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)
- Late Bloomers as Leo
2010
2009
- Is Anybody There? as Reg
- Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
- The Week We Went To War
- Britain's Ugliest Models as Himself (Narrator)
2008
- Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong as Self - Voiceover
- Stanley Baxter: Now and Then as Self
2007
- The Dead Peasants Society as Alistair Robertson
2006
- Venus as Ian
2005
- Millions as Himself
- Colour Me Kubrick as Freddie
- The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Sir Philip Starke
- Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Lord W'ruff
2003
- The Last Detective as Alistair Robertson
- Collusion as Herbert Ames
2002
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- Thunderpants as Judge
- Outside the Rules
2001
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider as Wilson
- Sword of Honour as Gervase Crouchback
- Sword of Honour
2000
- Monarch of the Glen as Louis Grimshaw
- Take a Girl Like You as Lord Archie Edgerstone
- Saving Grace as Vicar Gerald Perey
- Cinderella as Felim
- Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as Prince Hugely Suave
1999
- It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
1998
- The Heaven and Earth Show
- What's a Carry On? as Self - Interviewee
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Godfrey Teal
- The Jackal as Woolburton
- Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse as Lincoln Bradley
- Caught in the Act as Sydney Fisher
1996
- Dalziel and Pascoe as James Westropp
- Dennis the Menace and Gnasher as Mr. Greenfly (voice)
- The Canterville Ghost as George, Lord Canterville
- August as Professor Alexander Blathwaite
- Der Blinde as Sir John
- Die Katze von Kensington as Sir John
- Das Karussell des Todes as Sir John
1994
- Love on a Branch Line as Lord Flamborough
- The House of Windsor as Lord Montague Bermondsey
- Honey for Tea as Sir Dickie Hobhouse
- Bermuda Grace
- Two Golden Balls as Viscount Osgood
1993
- Royal Celebration as Johnny
- The Changeling as Vermandero
1992
- Heartbeat as Denzil Witty
- Carry On Columbus as King Ferdinand
- Thacker as George Thacker
1991
- Performance as Judge Michael Argyle
- King Ralph as Gordon Halliwell
- The Trials of Oz as Judge Michael Argyle
1990
- Chancer as Jimmy Blake
- Plunder
- Mountains of the Moon as Mr. Arundell
- Who Bombed Birmingham? as Lord Chief Justice Lane
- Life After Life as Wing Commander Boyle
- GLC: The Carnage Continues as Sir Horace Cutler
- Oxford as Dean
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Mycroft Amberson
- Scandal as Lord Astor
- Summer's Lease as William Fosdyke
1987
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Justin Whittaker
- Empire of the Sun as Maxton
1986
- Lovejoy as Major Eddie Turpin
1985
- Out of Africa as Sir Joseph
- Super Gran as P.O.W.
1984
- The Bill
- Mr. Palfrey of Westminster as Styles
1982
- The Comic Strip Presents... as Sir Horace Cutler
1977
- That's Carry On! as Mr. Alistair Grigg / Constable Tom Potter (archive footage)
1976
- Not Now, Comrade as Commander Rimmington
- Spanish Fly as Mike Scott
1975
- Rumpole of the Bailey as 'Boxey' Horne
1973
- Casanova '73 as Henry Newhouse
- Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Minister
- Not Now Darling as Gilbert Bodley
1971
- The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Dickie (segment "Gluttony")
1970
- Doctor in Trouble as Dr. Tony Burke
- Some Will, Some Won't as Simon Russell
1968
- A Very Fine Line as Charlton
1967
- The World of Wodehouse as The Rev. Esmond Gander
- Maroc 7 as Raymond Lowe
1966
- Doctor in Clover as Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke
1965
- You Must Be Joking as Young Husband
- The Gong Game as Clive Breeze
1964
- Father Came Too! as Mr. Roddy Chipfield
1963
1962
- The Longest Day as RAF Officer Mac
- Crooks Anonymous as Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox
- The Fast Lady as Freddie Fox
- In the Doghouse as Jimmy Fox-Upton
1961
- Raising the Wind as Mervyn Hughes
- Very Important Person as Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
- A Weekend with Lulu as Timothy Gray
1960
- Carry On Constable as Constable Tom Potter
- No Kidding as David Robinson
- Inn for Trouble as John Belcher
- Doctor in Love as Dr. Tony Burke
- Watch Your Stern as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
- Leslie Phillips Asks... as Self
1959
- Carry On Nurse as Jack Bell
- Carry On Teacher as Mr. Alistair Grigg
- The Angry Hills as Ray Taylor
- Ferdinand I King of Naples as Giornalista inglese
- Please Turn Over as Dr. Henry Manners
- The Night We Dropped a Clanger as Squadron Leader Thomas
- The Navy Lark as Lt. Pouter
- This Other Eden as Crispin Brown
- The Man Who Liked Funerals as Simon Hurd
1958
- The Invisible Man as Sparrow
- I Was Monty's Double as Major Tennant
- The Big Money as Receptionist
1957
- Les Girls as Sir Gerald Wren
- Brothers in Law as Shop Assistant
- The Smallest Show on Earth as Robin Carter
- Just My Luck as The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb
- High Flight as Blake
1956
- Wire Service as Keynes
- The Errol Flynn Theatre as Venning
- Armchair Theatre as Charlton
- The Gamma People as Howard Meade
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir William
- Value for Money as Robjohns
- As Long as They're Happy as Box Office Manager
1954
- Mark Saber as Hugh Lawrence
1953
- Time Bomb
- The Fake as Boy Student
- The Limping Man as Detective Cameron
1952
- The Sound Barrier as Controller
1951
- Pool of London as Harry
- 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
1940
- The Thief of Bagdad as Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
- The Proud Valley as Minor Role
1939
- The Four Feathers as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade
- The Mikado as Boy
1938
- The Citadel as Girl (uncredited)
- Climbing High as Child actor (uncredited)
- Lassie from Lancashire as Bit Part