Leslie Phillips

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

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Agatha Christie's Marple

Heartbeat

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Rumpole of the Bailey

The Bill

Tales from the Crypt

All Movies (111)

• Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips2013 · as Himself
• After Death2012 · as Jerimiah Jones
• Late Bloomers2011 · as Leo
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011 · as The Sorting Hat (voice)
• Britain's Ugliest Models2009 · as Himself (Narrator)
• Tattoos: A Scarred History2009 · as Self
• Is Anybody There?2009 · as Reg
• Stanley Baxter: Now and Then2008 · as Self
• The Dead Peasants Society2007 · as Alistair Robertson
• Venus2006 · as Ian
• Colour Me Kubrick2005 · as Freddie
• The Comic Strip - A Retrospective2005 · as Self
• Millions2005 · as Himself
• Churchill: The Hollywood Years2004 · as Lord W'ruff
• Collusion2003 · as Herbert Ames
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002 · as The Sorting Hat (voice)
• Thunderpants2002 · as Judge
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001 · as The Sorting Hat (voice)
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider2001 · as Wilson
• Sword of Honour2001
• Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime2000 · as Prince Hugely Suave
• Saving Grace2000 · as Vicar Gerald Perey
• Cinderella2000 · as Felim
• What's a Carry On?1998 · as Self - Interviewee
• The Jackal1997 · as Woolburton
• Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse1997 · as Lincoln Bradley
• Caught in the Act1997 · as Sydney Fisher
• August1996 · as Professor Alexander Blathwaite
• Der Blinde1996 · as Sir John
• Das Karussell des Todes1996 · as Sir John
• Die Katze von Kensington1996 · as Sir John
• The Canterville Ghost1996 · as George, Lord Canterville
• Two Golden Balls1994 · as Viscount Osgood
• Bermuda Grace1994
• The Changeling1993 · as Vermandero
• Royal Celebration1993 · as Johnny
• Carry On Columbus1992 · as King Ferdinand
• Thacker1992 · as George Thacker
• The Trials of Oz1991 · as Judge Michael Argyle
• King Ralph1991 · as Gordon Halliwell
• Life After Life1990 · as Wing Commander Boyle
• Who Bombed Birmingham?1990 · as Lord Chief Justice Lane
• Oxford1990 · as Dean
• Mountains of the Moon1990 · as Mr. Arundell
• GLC: The Carnage Continues1990 · as Sir Horace Cutler
• Scandal1989 · as Lord Astor
• Empire of the Sun1987 · as Maxton
• Out of Africa1985 · as Sir Joseph
• That's Carry On!1977 · as Mr. Alistair Grigg / Constable Tom Potter (archive footage)
• Spanish Fly1976 · as Mike Scott
• Not Now, Comrade1976 · as Commander Rimmington
• Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!1973 · as Minister
• Not Now Darling1973 · as Gilbert Bodley
• The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins1971 · as Dickie (segment "Gluttony")
• Doctor in Trouble1970 · as Dr. Tony Burke
• Some Will, Some Won't1970 · as Simon Russell
• A Very Fine Line1968 · as Charlton
• Maroc 71967 · as Raymond Lowe
• Doctor in Clover1966 · as Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke
• The Gong Game1965 · as Clive Breeze
• You Must Be Joking1965 · as Young Husband
• Father Came Too!1964 · as Mr. Roddy Chipfield
• The Fast Lady1962 · as Freddie Fox
• The Longest Day1962 · as RAF Officer Mac
• In the Doghouse1962 · as Jimmy Fox-Upton
• Crooks Anonymous1962 · as Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox
• Raising the Wind1961 · as Mervyn Hughes
• Very Important Person1961 · as Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
• A Weekend with Lulu1961 · as Timothy Gray
• No Kidding1960 · as David Robinson
• Watch Your Stern1960 · as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
• Doctor in Love1960 · as Dr. Tony Burke
• Carry On Constable1960 · as Constable Tom Potter
• Inn for Trouble1960 · as John Belcher
• Leslie Phillips Asks...1960 · as Self
• Ferdinand I King of Naples1959 · as Giornalista inglese
• Please Turn Over1959 · as Dr. Henry Manners
• The Night We Dropped a Clanger1959 · as Squadron Leader Thomas
• This Other Eden1959 · as Crispin Brown
• Carry On Teacher1959 · as Mr. Alistair Grigg
• The Angry Hills1959 · as Ray Taylor
• Carry On Nurse1959 · as Jack Bell
• The Navy Lark1959 · as Lt. Pouter
• The Man Who Liked Funerals1959 · as Simon Hurd
• I Was Monty's Double1958 · as Major Tennant
• The Big Money1958 · as Receptionist
• Just My Luck1957 · as The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb
• Les Girls1957 · as Sir Gerald Wren
• High Flight1957 · as Blake
• The Smallest Show on Earth1957 · as Robin Carter
• Brothers in Law1957 · as Shop Assistant
• The Gamma People1956 · as Howard Meade
• Value for Money1955 · as Robjohns
• As Long as They're Happy1955 · as Box Office Manager
• The Limping Man1953 · as Detective Cameron
• The Fake1953 · as Boy Student
• Time Bomb1953
• The Sound Barrier1952 · as Controller
• The Galloping Major1951 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Pool of London1951 · as Harry
• The Woman with No Name1950 · as 1st Sapper officer
• Train of Events1949 · as Stacey's Fireman
• Anna Karenina1948
• The Proud Valley1940 · as Minor Role
• The Thief of Bagdad1940 · as Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
• The Mikado1939 · as Boy
• The Four Feathers1939 · as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade
• Climbing High1938 · as Child actor (uncredited)
• The Citadel1938 · as Girl (uncredited)
• Lassie from Lancashire1938 · as Bit Part
• Hotel Caledonia— · as The Narrator

All TV Shows (48)

• Drama Trails2010
• The Week We Went To War2009
• Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong2008 · as Self - Voiceover
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Sir Philip Starke
• The Last Detective2003 · as Alistair Robertson
• Outside the Rules2002
• Sword of Honour2001 · as Gervase Crouchback
• Take a Girl Like You2000 · as Lord Archie Edgerstone
• Monarch of the Glen2000 · as Louis Grimshaw
• It's Only TV But I Like It1999 · as Self
• The Heaven and Earth Show1998
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Godfrey Teal
• Dennis the Menace and Gnasher1996 · as Mr. Greenfly (voice)
• Dalziel and Pascoe1996 · as James Westropp
• Love on a Branch Line1994 · as Lord Flamborough
• The House of Windsor1994 · as Lord Montague Bermondsey
• Honey for Tea1994 · as Sir Dickie Hobhouse
• Heartbeat1992 · as Denzil Witty
• Performance1991 · as Judge Michael Argyle
• Performance1991 · as Vermandero
• Chancer1990 · as Jimmy Blake
• Plunder1990
• Summer's Lease1989 · as William Fosdyke
• Screen One1989 · as Johnny
• Screen One1989 · as Viscount Osgood
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Mycroft Amberson
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Justin Whittaker
• Lovejoy1986 · as Major Eddie Turpin
• Super Gran1985 · as P.O.W.
• The Bill1984
• Mr. Palfrey of Westminster1984 · as Styles
• The Comic Strip Presents...1982 · as Sir Horace Cutler
• The Comic Strip Presents...1982 · as Dean
• Rumpole of the Bailey1975 · as 'Boxey' Horne
• Casanova '731973 · as Henry Newhouse
• Galton and Simpson Comedy1969
• The World of Wodehouse1967 · as The Rev. Esmond Gander
• Our Man At St Mark's1963
• The Invisible Man1958 · as Sparrow
• Wire Service1956 · as Keynes
• The Errol Flynn Theatre1956 · as Venning
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Charlton
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Clive Breeze
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Sir William
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Wat Longfellow
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Herbert
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Count de Waldern
• Mark Saber1954 · as Hugh Lawrence