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 Philosopher's Stone | The Sorting Hat (voice) | 2001 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | The Sorting Hat (voice) | 2002 |
| Saving Grace | Vicar Gerald Perey | 2000 |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Wilson | 2001 |
| Mountains of the Moon | Mr. Arundell | 1990 |
| 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 |
| The Gamma People | Howard Meade | 1956 |
| Les Girls | Sir Gerald Wren | 1957 |
| The Fast Lady | Freddie | 1962 |
| Just My Luck | Hon. Richard Lumb | 1957 |
| Royal Celebration | Johnny | 1993 |
| Raising the Wind | Mervyn Hughes | 1961 |
| Ferdinand I King of Naples | Giornalista inglese | 1959 |
| Doctor in Love | Dr Tony Burke | 1960 |
| Doctor in Clover | Dr Gaston Grimsdyke | 1966 |
| That's Carry On! | Various Characters | 1977 |
| 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 |
| The Limping Man | Detective Cameron | 1953 |
| Very Important Person | Jimmy Cooper | 1961 |
| Bermuda Grace | 1994 | |
| The Woman with No Name | 1st Sapper officer | 1950 |
| Some Will, Some Won't | Simon Russell | 1970 |
| The Big Money | Receptionist | 1958 |
| A Weekend with Lulu | Timothy Gray | 1961 |
| August | Professor Alexander Blathwaite | 1996 |
| In the Doghouse | Jimmy Fox-Upton | 1962 |
| Value for Money | Robjohns | 1955 |
| Maroc 7 | Raymond Lowe | 1967 |
| Crooks Anonymous | Dandy Forsdyke | 1962 |
| Brothers in Law | Shop Assistant | 1957 |
| Father Came Too! | Roddy Chipfield | 1964 |
| 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 | |
| Thunderpants | Judge | 2002 |
| Empire of the Sun | Maxton | 1987 |
| Doctor in Trouble | Doctor Anthony Burke | 1970 |
| After Death | Jerimiah Jones | 2012 |
| Carry On Nurse | Jack Bell | 1959 |
| Inn for Trouble | John Belcher | 1960 |
| The Navy Lark | Lt. Pouter | 1959 |
| The Longest Day | RAF Officer Mac | 1962 |
| You Must Be Joking | Young Husband | 1965 |
| Oxford | Dean | 1990 |
| The Sound Barrier | Controller | 1952 |
| The Comic Strip - A Retrospective | Self | 2005 |
| Sword of Honour | 2001 | |
| Cinderella | Felim | 2000 |
| Die Katze von Kensington | Sir John | 1996 |
| The Mikado | Boy | 1939 |
| The Four Feathers | Boy Doffing Cap at Parade | 1939 |
| The Fake | Boy Student | 1953 |
| Caught in the Act | Sydney Fisher | 1997 |
| The Citadel | Girl (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Lord W'ruff | 2004 |
| Collusion | Herbert Ames | 2003 |
| Who Bombed Birmingham? | Lord Chief Justice Lane | 1990 |
| The Gong Game | Clive Breeze | 1965 |
| 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 |
| Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse | Lincoln Bradley | 1997 |
| Is Anybody There? | Reg | 2009 |
| Pool of London | Harry | 1951 |
| Lassie from Lancashire | Bit Part | 1938 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Box Office Manager | 1955 |
| Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime | Prince Hugely Suave | 2000 |
| The Changeling | Vermandero | 1993 |
| Time Bomb | 1953 | |
| The Galloping Major | Reporter (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Anna Karenina | 1948 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Midsomer Murders | Godfrey Teal | 1997 |
| The Bill | 1984 | |
| Tales from the Crypt | Mycroft Amberson | 1989 |
| Monarch of the Glen | Louis Grimshaw | 2000 |
| Heartbeat | Denzil Witty | 1992 |
| Rumpole of the Bailey | 1975 | |
| Lovejoy | Major Eddie Turpin | 1986 |
| Honey for Tea | Sir Dickie Hobhouse | 1994 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir William | 1955 |
| Wire Service | Keynes | 1956 |
| Plunder | 1990 | |
| The Heaven and Earth Show | 1998 | |
| Summer's Lease | William Fosdyke | 1989 |
| Blandings Castle | 1967 | |
| Outside the Rules | 2002 | |
| It's Only TV But I Like It | Self | 1999 |
| The House of Windsor | Lord Montague Bermondsey | 1994 |
| Love on a Branch Line | Lord Flamborough | 1994 |
| Our Man At St Mark's | 1963 | |
| The Week We Went To War | 2009 | |
| Drama Trails | 2010 | |
| Performance | Judge Michael Argyle | 1991 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Wat Longfellow | 1955 |
| Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong | Self - Voiceover | 2008 |
| Sword of Honour | Gervase Crouchback | 2001 |
| Casanova '73 | Henry Newhouse | 1973 |
| The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Justin Whittaker | 1987 |
| Dennis the Menace and Gnasher | Mr. Greenfly (voice) | 1996 |
| Super Gran | P.O.W. | 1985 |
| 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 | Charlton | 1956 |
| The Errol Flynn Theatre | Venning | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Clive Breeze | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Herbert | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Count de Waldern | 1955 |
| The Invisible Man | Sparrow | 1958 |
| Performance | Vermandero | 1991 |
| The Comic Strip Presents... | Sir Horace Cutler | 1982 |
| The Comic Strip Presents... | Dean | 1982 |
