Birthday:
Apr 20, 1924
Place of Birth: Tottenham, London, England, UK
Place of Birth: Tottenham, London, England, UK
Leslie Phillips
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Out of Africa | Sir Joseph | 1985 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | The Sorting Hat (voice) | 2002 |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | The Sorting Hat (voice) | 2001 |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Wilson | 2001 |
| Saving Grace | Vicar Gerald Perey | 2000 |
| King Ralph | Gordon Halliwell | 1991 |
| The Jackal | Woolburton | 1997 |
| Carry On Constable | P.C. Tom Potter | 1960 |
| Carry On Teacher | Alistair Grigg | 1959 |
| Scandal | Lord Astor | 1989 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | The Sorting Hat (voice) | 2011 |
| Venus | Ian | 2006 |
| The Smallest Show on Earth | Robin Carter | 1957 |
| Les Girls | Sir Gerald Wren | 1957 |
| The Gamma People | Howard Meade | 1956 |
| The Fast Lady | Freddie | 1962 |
| Just My Luck | Hon. Richard Lumb | 1957 |
| Raising the Wind | Mervyn Hughes | 1961 |
| Doctor in Clover | Dr Gaston Grimsdyke | 1966 |
| Doctor in Love | Dr Tony Burke | 1960 |
| Please Turn Over | Dr. Henry Manners | 1959 |
| Hotel Caledonia | The Narrator | 1970 |
| Carry On Columbus | King Ferdinand | 1992 |
| Spanish Fly | Mike Scott | 1976 |
| No Kidding | David Robinson | 1960 |
| Watch Your Stern | Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe | 1960 |
| Das Karussell des Todes | Sir John | 1996 |
| Der Blinde | Sir John | 1996 |
| Late Bloomers | Leo | 2011 |
| Very Important Person | Jimmy Cooper | 1961 |
| The Limping Man | Detective Cameron | 1953 |
| Some Will, Some Won't | Simon Russell | 1970 |
| The Woman with No Name | 1st Sapper officer | 1950 |
| August | Professor Alexander Blathwaite | 1996 |
| The Big Money | Receptionist | 1958 |
| A Weekend with Lulu | Timothy Gray | 1961 |
| Crooks Anonymous | Dandy Forsdyke | 1962 |
| Father Came Too! | Roddy Chipfield | 1964 |
| Brothers in Law | Shop Assistant | 1957 |
| Value for Money | Robjohns | 1955 |
| Maroc 7 | Raymond Lowe | 1967 |
| Not Now Darling | Gilbert Bodley | 1973 |
| Not Now, Comrade | Commander Rimmington | 1976 |
| The Night We Dropped a Clanger | Squadron Leader Thomas | 1959 |
| The Trials of Oz | Judge Michael Argyle | 1991 |
| The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins | Dickie (segment "Gluttony") | 1971 |
| What's a Carry On? | 1998 | |
| The Mikado | Boy | 1939 |
| Thunderpants | Judge | 2002 |
| Empire of the Sun | Maxton | 1987 |
| Doctor in Trouble | Doctor Anthony Burke | 1970 |
| After Death | Jerimiah Jones | 2012 |
| The Longest Day | RAF Officer Mac | 1962 |
| Carry On Nurse | Jack Bell | 1959 |
| Inn for Trouble | John Belcher | 1960 |
| The Navy Lark | Lt. Pouter | 1959 |
| You Must Be Joking | Young Husband | 1965 |
| The Sound Barrier | Controller | 1952 |
| Sword of Honour | 2001 | |
| Cinderella | Felim | 2000 |
| Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse | Lincoln Bradley | 1997 |
| Is Anybody There? | Reg | 2009 |
| The Four Feathers | Boy Doffing Cap at Parade | 1939 |
| Die Katze von Kensington | Sir John | 1996 |
| The Fake | Boy Student | 1953 |
| Caught in the Act | Sydney Fisher | 1997 |
| Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Lord W'ruff | 2004 |
| Who Bombed Birmingham? | Lord Chief Justice Lane | 1990 |
| The Angry Hills | Ray Taylor | 1959 |
| The Proud Valley | Minor Role | 1940 |
| The Thief of Bagdad | Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Two Golden Balls | Viscount Osgood | 1994 |
| High Flight | Blake | 1957 |
| Pool of London | Harry | 1951 |
| Lassie from Lancashire | Bit Part | 1938 |
| In the Doghouse | Jimmy Fox-Upton | 1962 |
| The Man Who Liked Funerals | Simon Hurd | 1959 |
| Britain's Ugliest Models | Himself (Narrator) | 2009 |
| Millions | Himself | 2004 |
| This Other Eden | Crispin Brown | 1959 |
| The Canterville Ghost | George, Lord Canterville | 1996 |
| Colour Me Kubrick | Freddie | 2005 |
| Life After Life | Wing Commander Boyle | 1990 |
| Thacker | George Thacker | 1992 |
| Take a Girl Like You | Lord Archie Edgerstone | 2000 |
| Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! | Minister | 1973 |
| Train of Events | Stacey's Fireman | 1949 |
| Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips | Himself | 2013 |
| GLC: The Carnage Continues | Sir Horace Cutler | 1990 |
| I Was Monty's Double | Major Tennant | 1958 |
| As Long as They're Happy | 1955 | |
| Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime | Prince Hugely Suave | 2000 |
| The Changeling | Vermandero | 1993 |
| Time Bomb | 1953 | |
| Mountains of the Moon | Mr. Arundell | 1990 |
| Royal Celebration | Johnny | 1993 |
| Ferdinand I King of Naples | Giornalista inglese | 1959 |
| Bermuda Grace | 1994 | |
| The Citadel | Girl (uncredited) | 1938 |
| That's Carry On! | Various Characters | 1977 |
| Oxford | Dean | 1990 |
| The Comic Strip - A Retrospective | Self | 2005 |
| Collusion | Herbert Ames | 2003 |
| The Gong Game | Clive Breeze | 1965 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Bill | 1984 | |
| Heartbeat | Denzil Witty | 1992 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir William | 1955 |
| Summer's Lease | William Fosdyke | 1989 |
| It's Only TV But I Like It | Self | 1999 |
| Our Man At St Mark's | 1963 | |
| The Week We Went To War | 2009 | |
| Midsomer Murders | Godfrey Teal | 1997 |
| Monarch of the Glen | Louis Grimshaw | 2000 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Mycroft Amberson | 1989 |
| Rumpole of the Bailey | 1975 | |
| Lovejoy | Major Eddie Turpin | 1986 |
| Honey for Tea | Sir Dickie Hobhouse | 1994 |
| Wire Service | Keynes | 1956 |
| The Heaven and Earth Show | 1998 | |
| Plunder | 1990 | |
| Blandings Castle | 1967 | |
| Outside the Rules | 2002 | |
| The House of Windsor | Lord Montague Bermondsey | 1994 |
| Drama Trails | 2010 | |
| Sword of Honour | Gervase Crouchback | 2001 |
| Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong | Himself - Voiceover | 2008 |
| The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Justin Whittaker | 1987 |
| Dennis the Menace and Gnasher | Mr. Greenfly (voice) | 1996 |
| Super Gran | P.O.W. | 1985 |
| Performance | Vermandero | 1991 |
| The Comic Strip Presents... | Sir Horace Cutler | 1982 |
| The Comic Strip Presents... | Dean | 1982 |
| Love on a Branch Line | Lord Flamborough | 1994 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Wat Longfellow | 1955 |
| Casanova '73 | Henry Newhouse | 1973 |
| The Invisible Man | Sparrow | 1958 |
| Performance | Judge Michael Argyle | 1991 |
| Take a Girl Like You | 2000 | |
| Dalziel & Pascoe | James Westropp | 1996 |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Sir Philip Starke | 2004 |
| The Last Detective | Alistair Robertson | 2003 |
| Armchair Theatre | Clive Breeze | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Charlton | 1956 |
| The Errol Flynn Theatre | Venning | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Count de Waldern | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Herbert | 1955 |
