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