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
- Stanley Baxter: Now and Then as Self
- Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong as Self - Voiceover
2007
- The Dead Peasants Society as Alistair Robertson
2006
- Venus as Ian
2005
- Colour Me Kubrick as Freddie
- The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Sir Philip Starke
- Millions as Himself
- Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Lord W'ruff
2003
- Collusion as Herbert Ames
- The Last Detective as Alistair Robertson
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
- Sword of Honour as Gervase Crouchback
2000
- Cinderella as Felim
- Saving Grace as Vicar Gerald Perey
- Monarch of the Glen as Louis Grimshaw
- Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as Prince Hugely Suave
- Take a Girl Like You as Lord Archie Edgerstone
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 & Pascoe as James Westropp
- August as Professor Alexander Blathwaite
- The Canterville Ghost as George, Lord Canterville
- Die Katze von Kensington as Sir John
- Der Blinde as Sir John
- Dennis the Menace and Gnasher as Mr. Greenfly (voice)
- Das Karussell des Todes as Sir John
1994
- Bermuda Grace
- Two Golden Balls as Viscount Osgood
- Love on a Branch Line as Lord Flamborough
- The House of Windsor as Lord Montague Bermondsey
- Honey for Tea as Sir Dickie Hobhouse
1993
- The Changeling as Vermandero
- Royal Celebration as Johnny
1992
- Heartbeat as Denzil Witty
- Thacker as George Thacker
- Carry On Columbus as King Ferdinand
1991
- King Ralph as Gordon Halliwell
- Performance as Judge Michael Argyle
- The Trials of Oz as Judge Michael Argyle
1990
- Oxford as Dean
- Mountains of the Moon as Mr. Arundell
- Who Bombed Birmingham? as Lord Chief Justice Lane
- GLC: The Carnage Continues as Sir Horace Cutler
- Chancer as Jimmy Blake
- Life After Life as Wing Commander Boyle
- Plunder
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
- Spanish Fly as Mike Scott
- Not Now, Comrade as Commander Rimmington
1975
- Rumpole of the Bailey as 'Boxey' Horne
1973
- Not Now Darling as Gilbert Bodley
- Casanova '73 as Henry Newhouse
- Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Minister
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
1967
- Maroc 7 as Raymond Lowe
- The World of Wodehouse as The Rev. Esmond Gander
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 Roddy Chipfield
1963
1962
- The Longest Day as RAF Officer Mac
- Crooks Anonymous as Dandy Forsdyke
- The Fast Lady as Freddie
- In the Doghouse as Jimmy Fox-Upton
1961
- Raising the Wind as Mervyn Hughes
- A Weekend with Lulu as Timothy Gray
- Very Important Person as Jimmy Cooper
1960
- No Kidding as David Robinson
- Carry On Constable as Constable Tom Potter
- Inn for Trouble as John Belcher
- Doctor in Love as Dr. Tony Burke
- Watch Your Stern as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
1959
- Carry On Teacher as Mr. Alistair Grigg
- The Angry Hills as Ray Taylor
- The Night We Dropped a Clanger as Squadron Leader Thomas
- Carry On Nurse as Jack Bell
- Please Turn Over as Dr. Henry Manners
- The Navy Lark as Lt. Pouter
- The Man Who Liked Funerals as Simon Hurd
- Ferdinand I King of Naples as Giornalista inglese
- This Other Eden as Crispin Brown
1958
- I Was Monty's Double as Major Tennant
- The Big Money as Receptionist
- The Invisible Man as Sparrow
1957
- High Flight as Blake
- Les Girls as Sir Gerald Wren
- Brothers in Law as Shop Assistant
- Just My Luck as The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb
- The Smallest Show on Earth as Robin Carter
1956
- Wire Service as Keynes
- The Gamma People as Howard Meade
- The Errol Flynn Theatre as Venning
- Armchair Theatre as Charlton
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
- The Fake as Boy Student
- Time Bomb
- The Limping Man as Detective Cameron
1952
- The Sound Barrier as Controller
1951
- The Galloping Major as Reporter (uncredited)
- Pool of London as Harry
1950
- The Woman with No Name as 1st Sapper officer
1949
- Train of Events as Stacey's Fireman
1948
1940
- The Proud Valley as Minor Role
- The Thief of Bagdad as Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
1939
- The Four Feathers as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade
- The Mikado as Boy
1938
- Lassie from Lancashire as Bit Part
- The Citadel as Girl (uncredited)