
Leslie Phillips
Known for Acting · 152 credits
- Born
- 1924-04-20
- Died
- 2022-11-07
- Place of birth
- Tottenham, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Lesley Phillips · Leslie Samuel 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (41)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Godfrey Teal

Heartbeat
1992
as Denzil Witty

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Sir Philip Starke

The Bill
1984

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Mycroft Amberson

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as 'Boxey' Horne

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Sir William / Wat Longfellow / Count de Waldern / Herbert

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as James Westropp

The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Sir Horace Cutler / Dean

Lovejoy
1986
as Major Eddie Turpin

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Justin Whittaker

Monarch of the Glen
2000
as Louis Grimshaw

Performance
1991
as Judge Michael Argyle / Vermandero
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998

Screen One
1989
as Johnny / Viscount Osgood

Wire Service
1956
as Keynes

Mark Saber
1954
as Hugh Lawrence

The Last Detective
2003
as Alistair Robertson

Super Gran
1985
as P.O.W.

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
as Mr. Greenfly (voice)

The Invisible Man
1958
as Sparrow
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
as Self

Our Man At St Mark's
1963

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
as Styles

Chancer
1990
as Jimmy Blake

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
2008
as Self - Voiceover

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Charlton / Clive Breeze
Plunder
1990
The World of Wodehouse
1967
as The Rev. Esmond Gander

The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
as Venning
Drama Trails
2010

The Week We Went To War
2009

Summer's Lease
1989
as William Fosdyke

Love on a Branch Line
1994
as Lord Flamborough

Take a Girl Like You
2000
as Lord Archie Edgerstone
The House of Windsor
1994
as Lord Montague Bermondsey

Casanova '73
1973
as Henry Newhouse

Sword of Honour
2001
as Gervase Crouchback
Outside the Rules
2002
Honey for Tea
1994
as Sir Dickie Hobhouse

Galton and Simpson Comedy
1969
Movies (111)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as The Sorting Hat (voice)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as The Sorting Hat (voice)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as The Sorting Hat (voice)

The Jackal
1997
as Woolburton

The Longest Day
1962
as RAF Officer Mac

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001
as Wilson

Empire of the Sun
1987
as Maxton

Out of Africa
1985
as Sir Joseph

Scandal
1989
as Lord Astor

Millions
2005
as Himself

Carry On Nurse
1959
as Jack Bell

The Citadel
1938
as Girl (uncredited)

Les Girls
1957
as Sir Gerald Wren

The Thief of Bagdad
1940
as Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

Mountains of the Moon
1990
as Mr. Arundell

Thunderpants
2002
as Judge

Saving Grace
2000
as Vicar Gerald Perey

Venus
2006
as Ian

King Ralph
1991
as Gordon Halliwell

Pool of London
1951
as Harry

The Four Feathers
1939
as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997
as Lincoln Bradley

Cinderella
2000
as Felim

The Canterville Ghost
1996
as George, Lord Canterville

I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Major Tennant

Anna Karenina
1948

Crooks Anonymous
1962
as Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox

The Fake
1953
as Boy Student

Carry On Columbus
1992
as King Ferdinand

Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Lord Chief Justice Lane

Sword of Honour
2001

Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009
as Self

Thacker
1992
as George Thacker

Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
as Lord W'ruff

Caught in the Act
1997
as Sydney Fisher

Is Anybody There?
2009
as Reg

Carry On Constable
1960
as Constable Tom Potter

Late Bloomers
2011
as Leo

The Gamma People
1956
as Howard Meade

Doctor in Love
1960
as Dr. Tony Burke

The Sound Barrier
1952
as Controller

Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Freddie

Carry On Teacher
1959
as Mr. Alistair Grigg

That's Carry On!
1977
as Mr. Alistair Grigg / Constable Tom Potter (archive footage)

Doctor in Clover
1966
as Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
as Dickie (segment "Gluttony")

Bermuda Grace
1994

Der Blinde
1996
as Sir John

Raising the Wind
1961
as Mervyn Hughes

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013
as Himself

What's a Carry On?
1998
as Self - Interviewee

Ferdinand I King of Naples
1959
as Giornalista inglese

The Angry Hills
1959
as Ray Taylor

The Galloping Major
1951
as Reporter (uncredited)

Train of Events
1949
as Stacey's Fireman

Just My Luck
1957
as The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1973
as Minister

Very Important Person
1961
as Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper

Watch Your Stern
1960
as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe

Time Bomb
1953

Value for Money
1955
as Robjohns

August
1996
as Professor Alexander Blathwaite

The Fast Lady
1962
as Freddie Fox

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
as Prince Hugely Suave

The Limping Man
1953
as Detective Cameron

The Trials of Oz
1991
as Judge Michael Argyle

Royal Celebration
1993
as Johnny

The Navy Lark
1959
as Lt. Pouter

The Big Money
1958
as Receptionist

The Smallest Show on Earth
1957
as Robin Carter

Doctor in Trouble
1970
as Dr. Tony Burke

No Kidding
1960
as David Robinson

In the Doghouse
1962
as Jimmy Fox-Upton

Please Turn Over
1959
as Dr. Henry Manners

Climbing High
1938
as Child actor (uncredited)

Brothers in Law
1957
as Shop Assistant

High Flight
1957
as Blake

The Mikado
1939
as Boy

You Must Be Joking
1965
as Young Husband

The Woman with No Name
1950
as 1st Sapper officer

As Long as They're Happy
1955
as Box Office Manager

Maroc 7
1967
as Raymond Lowe

Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008
as Self

Spanish Fly
1976
as Mike Scott

Die Katze von Kensington
1996
as Sir John

Father Came Too!
1964
as Mr. Roddy Chipfield

Das Karussell des Todes
1996
as Sir John

This Other Eden
1959
as Crispin Brown

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
as Self

Two Golden Balls
1994
as Viscount Osgood

Not Now, Comrade
1976
as Commander Rimmington

GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
as Sir Horace Cutler

Inn for Trouble
1960
as John Belcher

The Changeling
1993
as Vermandero

The Night We Dropped a Clanger
1959
as Squadron Leader Thomas

Some Will, Some Won't
1970
as Simon Russell

The Man Who Liked Funerals
1959
as Simon Hurd

Not Now Darling
1973
as Gilbert Bodley

The Dead Peasants Society
2007
as Alistair Robertson

After Death
2012
as Jerimiah Jones

A Weekend with Lulu
1961
as Timothy Gray

Oxford
1990
as Dean

Life After Life
1990
as Wing Commander Boyle
Lassie from Lancashire
1938
as Bit Part
The Gong Game
1965
as Clive Breeze

The Proud Valley
1940
as Minor Role
Hotel Caledonia
as The Narrator
Collusion
2003
as Herbert Ames
A Very Fine Line
1968
as Charlton

Britain's Ugliest Models
2009
as Himself (Narrator)
Leslie Phillips Asks...
1960
as Self
About Leslie Phillips
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 seve… With 152 credits spanning from 1938 to 2013, Leslie Phillips has appeared in 111 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular Leslie Phillips Movies
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) — as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- The Jackal (1997) — as Woolburton
- The Longest Day (1962) — as RAF Officer Mac
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