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Leslie Phillips

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Acting credits

136

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.9

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Movies: 104Series: 32Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 10655

IMDb ID: nm0680587

Known for: Acting

Born: April 20, 1924

Died: November 7, 2022

Age: 98

Place of birth: Tottenham, London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1938 - 2013

Years active: 76

Average TMDB rating: 6.44

Wikidata: Q710142

Also known as

Lesley Phillips • Leslie Samuel Phillips

Other jobs

Producer (2)

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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Series

Series

Series credits linked with Leslie Phillips.

The Week We Went To War poster
5.0

The Week We Went To War

4 eps

2009 Series
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong poster
4.0

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

as Self - Voiceover • 13 eps

2008 Series
Agatha Christie's Marple poster
7.8

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Sir Philip Starke • 1 eps

2004 Series
The Last Detective poster
7.7

The Last Detective

as Alistair Robertson • 1 eps

2003 Series
Sword of Honour poster
7.3

Sword of Honour

as Gervase Crouchback • 2 eps

2001 Series
Take a Girl Like You poster
1.0

Take a Girl Like You

as Lord Archie Edgerstone • 1 eps

2000 Series
Monarch of the Glen poster
7.3

Monarch of the Glen

as Louis Grimshaw • 1 eps

2000 Series
Midsomer Murders poster
7.5

Midsomer Murders

as Godfrey Teal • 1 eps

1997 Series
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher poster
6.2

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

as Mr. Greenfly (voice) • 1 eps

1996 Series
Dalziel & Pascoe poster
6.3

Dalziel & Pascoe

as James Westropp • 1 eps

1996 Series
Love on a Branch Line poster
4.3

Love on a Branch Line

as Lord Flamborough • 4 eps

1994 Series
Heartbeat poster
7.1

Heartbeat

as Denzil Witty • 1 eps

1992 Series
Performance poster
6.0

Performance

as Judge Michael Argyle • 1 eps

1991 Series
Chancer poster
6.2

Chancer

as Jimmy Blake • 20 eps

1990 Series
Summer's Lease poster
7.3

Summer's Lease

as William Fosdyke

1989 Series
Tales from the Crypt poster
8.0

Tales from the Crypt

as Mycroft Amberson • 1 eps

1989 Series
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster
6.3

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Justin Whittaker • 3 eps

1987 Series
Lovejoy poster
7.3

Lovejoy

as Major Eddie Turpin • 1 eps

1986 Series
Super Gran poster
6.3

Super Gran

as P.O.W. • 1 eps

1985 Series
The Bill poster
6.7

The Bill

1 eps

1984 Series
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster poster
5.0

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

as Styles • 1 eps

1984 Series
The Comic Strip Presents... poster
7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

as Sir Horace Cutler • 1 eps

1982 Series
Rumpole of the Bailey poster
6.9

Rumpole of the Bailey

as 'Boxey' Horne • 1 eps

1975 Series
Casanova '73 poster
6.0

Casanova '73

as Henry Newhouse • 7 eps

1973 Series
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