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British actor (1893–1943)

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  • Once Known
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Film & TV

Acting · Forest Hill, London, England, UK

Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English actor, director and producer. He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s. Active in both Britain and Hollywood, Howard played Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939). He had roles in many other films, often…

Known for

  • Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored — Self (archive footage)2013
  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema — Self (archive footage)2007
  • The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert — Self (archive footage)2005
  • Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland — Himself (archive footage)2004
  • Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)2003
  • Glorious Technicolor — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1998
  • Bogart: The Untold Story — Self (archive footage)1997
  • The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender — Self (archive footage)1997
  • Ingrid Bergman Remembered — Self (archive footage)1996
  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind — Self (archive footage)1988

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
AU
Active from
1948-04-29

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4,805
Total plays
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Leslie Howard was an accomplished British actor, director, and producer, born on April 3, 1893, in London, England. He rose to prominence during the early 20th century and became one of the most recognized and respected actors of his time. Howard's career encompassed both stage and screen. He gained critical acclaim for his stage performances, particularly in the works of George Bernard Shaw. However, he achieved widespread fame through his roles in numerous successful films. <a href="https://w

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Key facts

Born
Leslie Howard Steiner , ( 1893-04-03 ) 3 April 1893, Forest Hill , London , England
Died
1 June 1943 (1943-06-01) (aged 50), At sea off the coast of Galicia, Spain , near Cedeira
Cause of death
Aircraft shot down
Occupations
Actor director producer writer
Years active
1913–1943
Known for
Sir Percy Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Professor Higgins in Pygmalion (1938) Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Spouse
Ruth Evelyn Martin ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1916 ) ​
Children
2, including Ronald
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service
British Army
Service years
1914–1916
Rank
Subaltern
Unit
Inns of Court Regiment Northamptonshire Yeomanry
Wars
First World War

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Encyclopedic overview

Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943), better known as Leslie Howard, was an English actor, director, producer, and writer. He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s.

Active in both Britain and Hollywood, Howard played Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939). He had roles in many other films, including Berkeley Square (1933), Of Human Bondage, The Scarlet Pimpernel (both 1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Pygmalion (1938), Intermezzo (1939), "Pimpernel" Smith (1941), and The First of the Few (1942). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Berkeley Square and Pygmalion, and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for the latter film.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leslie Howard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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