Leslie Phillips
Leslie Phillips is a highly-respected British actor with a career that spans over six decades. He is known for his upper-class accent and suave charm. Despite his public persona of being a debonair aristocrat however, he came from a poor family. His high-class accent is the result of elocution lessons his mother made him take in order to procure better work. It paid off, and by 1938, he was earning money for the family through acting. At that time he was mainly a stage performer, working in dingy halls and playhouses, but also on the screen in various uncredited roles. He received his first on-screen credit in the dramatic TV movie "Morning Departure" in 1948, and began to be featured in mainly light comedic roles. In 1952, he landed in his first recurring TV role, playing the son in the short-lived comedy/drama series "My Wife Jacqueline." Some of his earlier credits include the TV series "The Adventures of Robin Hood" in 1955, the 1962 John Wayne war film "The Longest Day," and the 1970 comedy "Doctor in Trouble," where he received top billing. After he married Bond girl Angela Scoular in 1982, he moved away from the campy roles that had made up much of his early career. Some of his later credits include 1987's "Empire of the Sun," and the voice of The Sorting Hat in the "Harry Potter" films. Leslie Phillips died on November 7, 2022 at the age of 98.
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Leslie Phillips
Filmography
Movies
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40% |
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Late Bloomers | Leo (Character) | - | 2011 |
65% |
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Is Anybody There? | Reg (Character) | $2.0M | 2008 |
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs | Sir Philip Starke (Character) | - | 2006 |
88% |
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Venus | Ian (Character) | $3.3M | 2006 |
51% |
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Color Me Kubrick | Freddie (Character) | $70.7K | 2005 |
87% |
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Millions | Self | $6.6M | 2004 |
40% |
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Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Lord W'ruff (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Collusion | Herbert Ames (Character) | - | 2003 |
67% |
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Thunderpants | Judge (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Outside the Rules | Hal Porter (Character) | - | 2002 |
20% |
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Wilson (Character) | $131.1M | 2001 |
63% |
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Saving Grace | Rev. Gerald Percy (Character) | $12.1M | 2000 |
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Cinderella | Felim (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dalziel and Pascoe: Recalled to Life | James Westropp (Character) | - | 1999 |
14% |
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August | Professor Alexander Blathwaite (Character) | $48.9K | 1996 |
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Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse | Lincoln Bradley (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caught in the Act | Sydney Fisher (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Golden Balls | Viscount Osgood (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bermuda Grace | Sir Philip Harding (Character) | - | 1994 |
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Carry on Columbus | King Ferdinand (Character) | - | 1992 |
23% |
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King Ralph | Gordon Halliwell (Character) | $31.3M | 1991 |
67% |
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Mountains of the Moon | Mr. Arundell (Character) | $1.4M | 1990 |
88% |
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Scandal | Lord Astor (Character) | $7.8M | 1989 |
77% |
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Empire of the Sun | Maxton (Character) | $22.0M | 1987 |
63% |
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Out of Africa | Sir Joseph (Character) | $83.1M | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Not Now, Comrade | Commander Rimmington (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spanish Fly | Mike Scott (Character) | - | 1976 |
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Don't Just Lie There, Say Something | Sir William Mainwaring-Brown (Character) | - | 1973 |
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Not Now, Darling | Gilbert Bodley (Character) | - | 1972 |
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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins | Dickie (Character) | - | 1971 |
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Doctor in Trouble | Dr. Tony Burke (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Some Will, Some Won't | Simon Russell (Character) | - | 1970 |
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Doctor in Clover | Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Must Be Joking | Young Husband (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Came Too | Roddy Chipfield (Character) | - | 1963 |
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Crooks Anonymous | Dandy Forsdyke (Character) | - | 1962 |
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A Very Important Person | Jimmy Cooper (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Weekend With Lulu | Tim (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Raising the Wind | Mervyn Hughes (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beware of Children | David Robinson (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Doghouse | Jimmy Fox-Upton (Character) | - | 1961 |
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Carry on Nurse | Jack Bell (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Carry on Constable | Tom Potter (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Watch Your Stern | Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inn for Trouble | John Belcher (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Please Turn Over | Dr. Henry Manners (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Doctor in Love | Dr. Tony Burke (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Carry on Teacher | Alistair Grigg (Character) | - | 1959 |
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The Angry Hills | Ray Taylor (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Navy Lark | Lt. Pouter (Character) | - | 1959 |
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I Was Monty's Double | Major Tennant (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Other Eden | Crispin Brown (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man Who Liked Funerals | Simon Hurd (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Make Mine a Double | Squadron Leader Thomas (Character) | - | 1959 |
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Harry Bevan (Character) | - | 1957 |
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The Smallest Show on Earth | Robin Carter, Spencer's Lawyer (Character) | - | 1957 |
89% |
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Les Girls | Sir Gerald Wren (Character) | - | 1957 |
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Just My Luck | Hon. Richard Lumb (Character) | - | 1957 |
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The Gamma People | Howard Meade (Character) | - | 1956 |
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The Limping Man | Detective Cameron (Character) | - | 1953 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 88% | The Catherine Tate Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heartbeat | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Midsomer Murders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Holby City | Charles Campbell-Gore (Character) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovejoy | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comic Strip Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |