ACTOR
Leslie Phillips
Known for Midsomer Murders
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…
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- Born
- Apr 20, 1924
- Died
- Nov 7, 2022
- Birthplace
- Tottenham, London, England, UK
- 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.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Climbing HighChild actor (uncredited)
1938LF
Lassie from LancashireBit Part
1938
The CitadelGirl (uncredited)
1938
The Four FeathersBoy Doffing Cap at Parade
1939
The MikadoBoy
1939
The Proud ValleyMinor Role
1940
The Thief of BagdadUrchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
1940
Anna Karenina
1948
Train of EventsStacey's Fireman
1949
The Woman with No Name1st Sapper officer
1950
Pool of LondonHarry
1951
The Galloping MajorReporter (uncredited)
1951
The Sound BarrierController
1952
The FakeBoy Student
1953
The Limping ManDetective Cameron
1953
Time Bomb
1953
As Long As They're HappyBox Office Manager
1955
Value for MoneyRobjohns
1955
The Gamma PeopleHoward Meade
1956
Brothers in LawShop Assistant
1957
High FlightBlake
1957
Just My LuckThe Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb
1957
Les GirlsSir Gerald Wren
1957
The Smallest Show on EarthRobin Carter
1957
I Was Monty's DoubleMajor Tennant
1958
The Big MoneyReceptionist
1958
Carry On NurseJack Bell
1959
Carry On TeacherMr. Alistair Grigg
1959
Ferdinand I King of NaplesGiornalista inglese
1959
Please Turn OverDr. Henry Manners
1959
The Angry HillsRay Taylor
1959
The Man Who Liked FuneralsSimon Hurd
1959
The Navy LarkLt. Pouter
1959
The Night We Dropped a ClangerSquadron Leader Thomas
1959
This Other EdenCrispin Brown
1959
Carry On ConstableConstable Tom Potter
1960
Doctor in LoveDr. Tony Burke
1960
Inn for TroubleJohn Belcher
1960LP
Leslie Phillips Asks...Self
1960
No KiddingDavid Robinson
1960
Watch Your SternLt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
1960
A Weekend with LuluTimothy Gray
1961
Raising the WindMervyn Hughes
1961
Very Important PersonFlying Officer Jimmy Cooper
1961
Crooks AnonymousFred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox
1962
In the DoghouseJimmy Fox-Upton
1962
The Fast LadyFreddie Fox
1962
The Longest DayRAF Officer Mac
1962
Father Came Too!Mr. Roddy Chipfield
1964TG
The Gong GameClive Breeze
1965
You Must Be JokingYoung Husband
1965
Doctor in CloverDr. Gaston Grimsdyke
1966
Maroc 7Raymond Lowe
1967Maroc 7Producer
1967AV
A Very Fine LineCharlton
1968
Doctor in TroubleDr. Tony Burke
1970
Some Will, Some Won'tSimon Russell
1970
The Magnificent Seven Deadly SinsDickie (segment "Gluttony")
1971
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!Minister
1973
Not Now DarlingGilbert Bodley
1973
Not Now, ComradeCommander Rimmington
1976
Spanish FlyMike Scott
1976
That's Carry On!Mr. Alistair Grigg / Constable Tom Potter (archive footage)
1977
Out of AfricaSir Joseph
1985
Empire of the SunMaxton
1987
ScandalLord Astor
1989
GLC: The Carnage ContinuesSir Horace Cutler
1990
Life After LifeWing Commander Boyle
1990
Mountains of the MoonMr. Arundell
1990
OxfordDean
1990
Who Bombed Birmingham?Lord Chief Justice Lane
1990
King RalphGordon
1991
The Trials of OzJudge Michael Argyle
1991
Carry On ColumbusKing Ferdinand
1992
ThackerGeorge Thacker
1992
Royal CelebrationJohnny
1993
The ChangelingVermandero
1993
Bermuda Grace
1994
Two Golden BallsViscount Osgood
1994
AugustProfessor Alexander Blathwaite
1996
Das Karussell des TodesSir John
1996
Der BlindeSir John
1996
Die Katze von KensingtonSir John
1996
The Canterville GhostGeorge, Lord Canterville
1996
Agatha Christie's The Pale HorseLincoln Bradley
1997
Caught in the ActSydney Fisher
1997
The JackalWoolburton
1997
What's a Carry On?Self - Interviewee
1998
Aladdin: The ITV PantomimePrince Hugely Suave
2000
CinderellaFelim
2000
Saving GraceVicar Gerald Perey
2000
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneThe Sorting Hat (voice)
2001
Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderWilson
2001
Sword of Honour
2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsThe Sorting Hat (voice)
2002
ThunderpantsJudge
2002C
CollusionHerbert Ames
2003
Churchill: The Hollywood YearsLord W'ruff
2004
Colour Me KubrickFreddie
2005
MillionsHimself
2005
The Comic Strip - A RetrospectiveSelf
2005
VenusIan
2006
The Dead Peasants SocietyAlistair Robertson
2007
Stanley Baxter: Now and ThenSelf
2008
Britain's Ugliest ModelsHimself (Narrator)
2009
Is Anybody There?Reg
2009
Tattoos: A Scarred HistorySelf
2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2The Sorting Hat (voice)
2011
Late BloomersLeo
2011
After DeathJerimiah Jones
2012
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie PhillipsHimself
2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie PhillipsProducer
2013HC
Hotel CaledoniaThe Narrator
Television
Mark SaberHugh Lawrence · 1 eps
1954
The Adventures of Robin HoodSir William · 1 eps
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodWat Longfellow · 1 eps
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodCount de Waldern · 1 eps
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodHerbert · 1 eps
1955
Armchair TheatreClive Breeze · 1 eps
1956Armchair TheatreCharlton · 1 eps
1956
The Errol Flynn TheatreVenning · 1 eps
1956
Wire ServiceKeynes · 1 eps
1956
The Invisible ManSparrow · 1 eps
1958
Our Man At St Mark's46 eps
1963TW
The World of WodehouseThe Rev. Esmond Gander · 1 eps
1967
Galton and Simpson Comedy1 eps
1969
Casanova '73Henry Newhouse · 7 eps
1973
Rumpole of the Bailey'Boxey' Horne · 1 eps
1975
The Comic Strip Presents...Sir Horace Cutler · 1 eps
1982The Comic Strip Presents...Dean · 1 eps
1982
Mr. Palfrey of WestminsterStyles · 1 eps
1984
The Bill1 eps
1984
Super GranP.O.W. · 1 eps
1985
BoonAlan Steen · 1 eps
1986
LovejoyMajor Eddie Turpin · 1 eps
1986
The Ruth Rendell MysteriesJustin Whittaker · 3 eps
1987
Screen OneJohnny · 1 eps
1989Screen OneViscount Osgood · 1 eps
1989
Summer's LeaseWilliam Fosdyke
1989
Tales from the CryptMycroft Amberson · 1 eps
1989
ChancerJimmy Blake · 20 eps
1990P
Plunder1 eps
1990
PerformanceJudge Michael Argyle · 1 eps
1991PerformanceVermandero · 1 eps
1991
HeartbeatDenzil Witty · 1 eps
1992HF
Honey for TeaSir Dickie Hobhouse · 7 eps
1994
Love on a Branch LineLord Flamborough · 4 eps
1994TH
The House of WindsorLord Montague Bermondsey · 6 eps
1994
Dalziel and PascoeJames Westropp · 1 eps
1996
Dennis the Menace and GnasherMr. Greenfly (voice) · 1 eps
1996
Midsomer MurdersGodfrey Teal · 1 eps
1997TH
The Heaven and Earth Show1 eps
1998IO
It's Only TV But I Like ItSelf · 2 eps
1999
Monarch of the GlenLouis Grimshaw · 1 eps
2000
Take a Girl Like YouLord Archie Edgerstone · 1 eps
2000
Sword of HonourGervase Crouchback · 2 eps
2001OT
Outside the Rules4 eps
2002
The Last DetectiveAlistair Robertson · 1 eps
2003
Agatha Christie's MarpleSir Philip Starke · 1 eps
2004
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding DongSelf - Voiceover · 13 eps
2008
The Week We Went To War4 eps
2009DT
Drama Trails1 eps
2010Photos
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