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British actor (1924–2022)

Person · Open Library

Born
1911
Works
8

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Film & TV

Acting · Tottenham, London, England, UK

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,…

Known for

  • Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips — Himself2013
  • After Death — Jerimiah Jones2012
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 — The Sorting Hat (voice)2011
  • Late Bloomers — Leo2011
  • Drama Trails2010
  • Is Anybody There? — Reg2009
  • Britain's Ugliest Models — Himself (Narrator)2009
  • Tattoos: A Scarred History — Self2009
  • The Week We Went To War2009
  • Stanley Baxter: Now and Then — Self2008

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1924
Active to
2022

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7,042
Total plays
51,577

Tags

80spopchristian rocksinger-songwriterfemale vocalists

Leslie Phillips is the name of more than one artist. (1) Leslie Phillips (b. January 28, 1962) is an American Christian singer and songwriter, who later recorded under the name Sam Phillips. One of her Christian market albums, The Turning, has been reissued under the Sam Phillips name. (2) Leslie Phillips is a French jazz/soul singer/songwriter currently living in London, UK. www.lesliephillipsmusic.com (3) Leslie Samuel Phillips OBE (b. April 20, 1924) is an English comedy actor, born in T

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan
1924–2022
Nationality
GB
Role / Field
Skuespiller, Actors, Escritores, Aktorzy, Actores, Acting
Language
eng
Gender
Male

Recorded by 14 libraries

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Key facts

Born
Leslie Samuel Phillips , ( 1924-04-20 ) 20 April 1924, Tottenham , Middlesex , England
Died
7 November 2022 (2022-11-07) (aged 98), London, England
Resting place
Chingford Mount Cemetery , London, England
Alma mater
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1937–2015
Known for
Carry On , Gex: Enter the Gecko , Harry Potter
Spouses
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Encyclopedic overview

Leslie Samuel Phillips (20 April 1924 – 7 November 2022) was an English actor. 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. On the stage, Phillips was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance in 1977. 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 three of the Harry Potter films.

Early life

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

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