Leslie Phillips

ActorProducer Apr 20 (died age 98) Tottenham, London, England, UK 1938–2013 (75 year career)

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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).…

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The Sorting Hat (voice)

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

The Sorting Hat (voice)

Film

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The Sorting Hat (voice)

Film

Empire of the Sun

Maxton

Film

Out of Africa

Sir Joseph

Film

The Longest Day

RAF Officer Mac

Film

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Wilson

Film

The Jackal

Woolburton

Filmography

Acting (149)

Movies (110)

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

as Himself

After Death

as Jerimiah Jones

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

as The Sorting Hat (voice)

8.1

Late Bloomers

2011

as Leo

5.2

Tattoos: A Scarred History

2009

as Self

Is Anybody There?

2009

as Reg

6.3

Britain's Ugliest Models

2009

as Himself (Narrator)

Stanley Baxter: Now and Then

2008

as Self

The Dead Peasants Society

2007

as Alistair Robertson

Venus

as Ian

Millions

as Himself

Colour Me Kubrick

as Freddie

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

2005

as Self

6.0

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

as Lord W'ruff

Collusion

as Herbert Ames

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as The Sorting Hat (voice)

7.7

Thunderpants

2002

as Judge

3.4

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

as The Sorting Hat (voice)

7.9

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

as Wilson

Sword of Honour

Saving Grace

as Vicar Gerald Perey

6.5

Cinderella

2000

as Felim

6.0

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

2000

as Prince Hugely Suave

9.0

What's a Carry On?

1998

as Self - Interviewee

7.8

The Jackal

1997

as Woolburton

6.4

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

1997

as Lincoln Bradley

5.8

Caught in the Act

1997

as Sydney Fisher

Die Katze von Kensington

as Sir John

Der Blinde

as Sir John

August

as Professor Alexander Blathwaite

4.0

The Canterville Ghost

1996

as George, Lord Canterville

6.2

Das Karussell des Todes

as Sir John

Two Golden Balls

as Viscount Osgood

Bermuda Grace

The Changeling

as Vermandero

Royal Celebration

1993

as Johnny

6.0

Thacker

1992

as George Thacker

Carry On Columbus

as King Ferdinand

King Ralph

as Gordon Halliwell

The Trials of Oz

as Judge Michael Argyle

6.0

Who Bombed Birmingham?

1990

as Lord Chief Justice Lane

7.0

Mountains of the Moon

1990

as Mr. Arundell

6.5

Oxford

1990

as Dean

Life After Life

1990

as Wing Commander Boyle

GLC: The Carnage Continues

1990

as Sir Horace Cutler

Scandal

as Lord Astor

Empire of the Sun

as Maxton

Out of Africa

as Sir Joseph

That's Carry On!

as Mr. Alistair Grigg / Constable Tom Potter (archive footage)

Spanish Fly

as Mike Scott

Not Now, Comrade

as Commander Rimmington

5.2

Not Now Darling

1973

as Gilbert Bodley

4.9

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

1973

as Minister

3.6

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971

as Dickie (segment "Gluttony")

4.8

Doctor in Trouble

1970

as Dr. Tony Burke

4.6

Some Will, Some Won't

1970

as Simon Russell

4.8

A Very Fine Line

1968

as Charlton

Maroc 7

1967

as Raymond Lowe

4.6

Doctor in Clover

1966

as Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke

You Must Be Joking

as Young Husband

The Gong Game

as Clive Breeze

Father Came Too!

1964

as Mr. Roddy Chipfield

The Longest Day

as RAF Officer Mac

The Fast Lady

as Freddie Fox

Crooks Anonymous

as Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox

In the Doghouse

as Jimmy Fox-Upton

A Weekend with Lulu

as Timothy Gray

Raising the Wind

as Mervyn Hughes

Very Important Person

1961

as Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper

No Kidding

as David Robinson

Doctor in Love

as Dr. Tony Burke

Watch Your Stern

as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe

5.6

Carry On Constable

1960

as Constable Tom Potter

Inn for Trouble

as John Belcher

The Navy Lark

as Lt. Pouter

The Angry Hills

as Ray Taylor

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

1959

as Squadron Leader Thomas

Please Turn Over

as Dr. Henry Manners

Carry On Nurse

as Jack Bell

This Other Eden

as Crispin Brown

Ferdinand I King of Naples

1959

as Giornalista inglese

6.5

Carry On Teacher

1959

as Mr. Alistair Grigg

6.3

The Man Who Liked Funerals

1959

as Simon Hurd

The Big Money

as Receptionist

I Was Monty's Double

as Major Tennant

The Smallest Show on Earth

as Robin Carter

High Flight

as Blake

Brothers in Law

as Shop Assistant

Les Girls

as Sir Gerald Wren

Just My Luck

as The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb

The Gamma People

as Howard Meade

Value for Money

as Robjohns

As Long as They're Happy

1955

as Box Office Manager

The Limping Man

as Detective Cameron

Time Bomb

The Fake

as Boy Student

The Sound Barrier

as Controller

Pool of London

as Harry

The Galloping Major

as Reporter (uncredited)

6.0

The Woman with No Name

1950

as 1st Sapper officer

Train of Events

as Stacey's Fireman

Anna Karenina

The Proud Valley

as Minor Role

The Thief of Bagdad

as Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

7.1

The Four Feathers

1939

as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade

7.1

The Mikado

1939

as Boy

6.6

Lassie from Lancashire

as Bit Part

The Citadel

as Girl (uncredited)

Climbing High

as Child actor (uncredited)

6.2

Hotel Caledonia

as The Narrator

Television (39)

Drama Trails

2010

The Week We Went To War

2009

5.0

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

2008

as Self - Voiceover

4.0

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Sir Philip Starke

7.8

The Last Detective

2003

as Alistair Robertson

7.7

Outside the Rules

2002

Sword of Honour

2001

as Gervase Crouchback

Monarch of the Glen

as Louis Grimshaw

Take a Girl Like You

as Lord Archie Edgerstone

1.0

It's Only TV But I Like It

1999

as Self

6.0

The Heaven and Earth Show

Midsomer Murders

as Godfrey Teal

Dalziel & Pascoe

as James Westropp

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

1996

as Mr. Greenfly (voice)

6.2

The House of Windsor

1994

as Lord Montague Bermondsey

3.0

Honey for Tea

1994

as Sir Dickie Hobhouse

5.0

Love on a Branch Line

as Lord Flamborough

Heartbeat

as Denzil Witty

Performance

as Judge Michael Argyle

Chancer

as Jimmy Blake

Plunder

Tales from the Crypt

as Mycroft Amberson

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987

as Justin Whittaker

6.3

Lovejoy

1986

as Major Eddie Turpin

Super Gran

as P.O.W.

The Bill

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

1984

as Styles

5.0

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982

as Sir Horace Cutler

7.4

Rumpole of the Bailey

as 'Boxey' Horne

Casanova '73

as Henry Newhouse

Galton and Simpson Comedy

1969

7.0

The World of Wodehouse

1967

as The Rev. Esmond Gander

Our Man At St Mark's

The Invisible Man

as Sparrow

Wire Service

as Keynes

The Errol Flynn Theatre

1956

as Venning

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Clive Breeze

5.8

The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Sir William

Mark Saber

as Hugh Lawrence

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

Producer

Maroc 7

Producer