Leslie Phillips
Born in Tottenham, London, England, UK — Apr 20 1924• Died Nov 07 2022
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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…
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Leslie Phillips's Credits
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Midsomer Murders
Godfrey Teal
Heartbeat
Denzil Witty
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Sorting Hat (voice)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Sorting Hat (voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple
Sir Philip Starke
The Bill
Tales from the Crypt
Mycroft Amberson
Rumpole of the Bailey
'Boxey' Horne
Performance
Judge Michael Argyle
Dalziel & Pascoe
James Westropp
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Justin Whittaker
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Sorting Hat (voice)
Lovejoy
Major Eddie Turpin
Monarch of the Glen
Louis Grimshaw
The Comic Strip Presents...
Sir Horace Cutler
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir William
Mark Saber
Hugh Lawrence
Super Gran
P.O.W.
Wire Service
Keynes
The Jackal
Woolburton
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Wilson
The Invisible Man
Sparrow
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Mr. Greenfly (voice)
The Last Detective
Alistair Robertson
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Styles
Plunder
It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
Empire of the Sun
Maxton
The Longest Day
RAF Officer Mac
Out of Africa
Sir Joseph
Our Man At St Mark's
Chancer
Jimmy Blake
Scandal
Lord Astor
Love on a Branch Line
Lord Flamborough
The Errol Flynn Theatre
Venning
The House of Windsor
Lord Montague Bermondsey
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
Self - Voiceover
Take a Girl Like You
Lord Archie Edgerstone
The World of Wodehouse
The Rev. Esmond Gander
Carry On Nurse
Jack Bell
Millions
Himself
Thunderpants
Judge
Venus
Ian
Summer's Lease
William Fosdyke
Armchair Theatre
Charlton
King Ralph
Gordon Halliwell
Sword of Honour
Gervase Crouchback
Drama Trails
Mountains of the Moon
Mr. Arundell
The Thief of Bagdad
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
Les Girls
Sir Gerald Wren
The Citadel
Girl (uncredited)
What's a Carry On?
Self - Interviewee
Saving Grace
Vicar Gerald Perey
Doctor in Trouble
Dr. Tony Burke
High Flight
Blake
Carry On Columbus
King Ferdinand
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Lincoln Bradley
Is Anybody There?
Reg
Carry On Teacher
Mr. Alistair Grigg
The Canterville Ghost
George, Lord Canterville
Sword of Honour
The Four Feathers
Boy Doffing Cap at Parade
That's Carry On!
Mr. Alistair Grigg / Constable Tom Potter (archive footage)
The Fast Lady
Freddie Fox
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Lord W'ruff
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Self
The Smallest Show on Earth
Robin Carter
Just My Luck
The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb
Der Blinde
Sir John
I Was Monty's Double
Major Tennant
Raising the Wind
Mervyn Hughes
Colour Me Kubrick
Freddie
Doctor in Love
Dr. Tony Burke
The Trials of Oz
Judge Michael Argyle
Late Bloomers
Leo
The Fake
Boy Student
Galton and Simpson Comedy
Cinderella
Felim
Crooks Anonymous
Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox
Brothers in Law
Shop Assistant
Honey for Tea
Sir Dickie Hobhouse
The Big Money
Receptionist
Time Bomb
Train of Events
Stacey's Fireman
Inn for Trouble
John Belcher
Doctor in Clover
Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke
The Gamma People
Howard Meade
Thacker
George Thacker
Anna Karenina
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Dickie (segment "Gluttony")
No Kidding
David Robinson
As Long as They're Happy
Box Office Manager
Father Came Too!
Mr. Roddy Chipfield
Pool of London
Harry
Outside the Rules
Casanova '73
Henry Newhouse
A Weekend with Lulu
Timothy Gray
August
Professor Alexander Blathwaite
Royal Celebration
Johnny
Die Katze von Kensington
Sir John
Carry On Constable
Constable Tom Potter
The Proud Valley
Minor Role
The Changeling
Vermandero
After Death
Jerimiah Jones
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Himself
You Must Be Joking
Young Husband
Maroc 7
Raymond Lowe
The Navy Lark
Lt. Pouter
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Lord Chief Justice Lane
Value for Money
Robjohns
Watch Your Stern
Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
Some Will, Some Won't
Simon Russell
Collusion
Herbert Ames
The Angry Hills
Ray Taylor
The Sound Barrier
Controller
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Self
Very Important Person
Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
Please Turn Over
Dr. Henry Manners
Bermuda Grace
This Other Eden
Crispin Brown
Spanish Fly
Mike Scott
Hotel Caledonia
The Narrator
Caught in the Act
Sydney Fisher
Oxford
Dean
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Squadron Leader Thomas
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Minister
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Prince Hugely Suave
The Galloping Major
Reporter (uncredited)
The Mikado
Boy
The Woman with No Name
1st Sapper officer
In the Doghouse
Jimmy Fox-Upton
The Dead Peasants Society
Alistair Robertson
Two Golden Balls
Viscount Osgood
Life After Life
Wing Commander Boyle
Ferdinand I King of Naples
Giornalista inglese
The Man Who Liked Funerals
Simon Hurd
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Self
Climbing High
Child actor (uncredited)
The Limping Man
Detective Cameron
Not Now Darling
Gilbert Bodley
Not Now, Comrade
Commander Rimmington
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Sir Horace Cutler
Lassie from Lancashire
Bit Part
A Very Fine Line
Charlton
Das Karussell des Todes
Sir John
The Gong Game
Clive Breeze
Britain's Ugliest Models
Himself (Narrator)
Leslie Phillips Asks...
Self