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Leslie Phillips Biography (1924-)
Given name is sometimes spelled "Lesley"; born April 20, 1924, in London, England; son of Frederick Samuel and Cecelia Margaret (maiden name, Newlove) Phillips; married Penelope Bartley (divorced); married Angela Scoular (an actress), 1982; children: Caroline, Claudia, Andrew, Roger.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, producer, director
- Birth Details
- April 20, 1924
- London, England
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
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The Citadel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938
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Lassie from Lancashire, BN/ABF, 1938
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The Four Feathers, United Artists, 1939
- Stacey's fireman, Train of Events, 1949, then Ealing/Film Arts, 1952
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The Woman with No Name, 1950, released as Her Panelled Door, ABF/Souvaine Selective, 1951
- Harry, Pool of London, Ealing/Universal, 1951
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The Galloping Major, Independent Film Distributing, 1951
- Controller, Breaking the Sound Barrier (also known as Breakingthrough the Sound Barrier and The Sound Barrier), BLPA, 1952
- Boy student, The Fake, United Artists, 1953
- Detective Cameron, The Limping Man, Lippert, 1953
- Embassy official, You Know What Sailors Are, 1954
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As Long As They're Happy, 1955
- Howard Meade, The Gamma People, Columbia, 1956
- Receptionist, The Big Money, 1956, then Rank/Lopert, 1962
- Harry Bevan, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1957
- Shopkeeper, Brothers in Law, British Lion, 1957
- Squadron Leader Blake, High Flight, Columbia, 1957
- The Honourable Richard Lumb, Just My Luck, Rank, 1957
- Sir Gerald Wren, Les Girls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957
- Robin Carter, The Smallest Show on Earth (also known as Big Time Operators), Times, 1957
- Robjohns, Value for Money, Rank, 1957
- Major Tennant, Hell, Heaven, or Hoboken (also known as I Was Monty's Double), ABF/National Trade Association, 1958
- Ray Taylor, The Angry Hills, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959
- Jack Bell, Carry On Nurse, Anglo-Amalgamated, 1959
- Simon Hurd, The Man Who Liked Funerals, Rank, 1959
- Lieutenant Pouter, R.N., The Navy Lark, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
- Crispin Brown, This Other Eden, Regal, 1959
- Alistair Grigg, Carry On Teacher,1959, then Anglo Amalgamated, 1962
- Squadron Leader Thomas, Make Mine a Double (also known as The Night We Dropped a Clanger), 1959, then Ellis, 1962
- Constable Tom Potter, Carry On Constable, Anglo Amalgamated, 1960
- John Belcher, Inn for Trouble, Eros, 1960
- Dr. Henry Manners, Please Turn Over, Columbia, 1960
- Pat, King Ferdinand of Naples (also known as Ferdinand I: Kingof Naples and Ferdinando I: Re di Napoli), 1960
- David Robinson, Beware of Children (also known as No Kidding), American International Pictures, 1961
- Lieutenant Commander Fanshawe, Watch Your Stern (also known as What a Carry On: Watch Your Stern), Magna, 1961
- Timothy Gray, A Weekend with Lulu, Columbia, 1961
- Jimmy Fox-Upton, In the Doghouse, 1961, then Rank/Zenith, 1964
- Dr. Tony Burke, Doctor in Love, Rank, 1962
- Jimmy Cooper, A Coming-Out Party (also known as A Very Important Person and V.I.P.), Union Film Distributors, 1962
- Royal Air Force officer, The Longest Day, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962
- Mervyn, Roommates (also known as Raising the Wind), Herts-Lion International, 1962
- Dandy Forsdyke, Crooks Anonymous, Janus, 1963
- Freddy Fox, The Fast Lady, Rank, 1963
- Roddy Chipfield, Father Came Too (also known as We Want to LiveAlone), Rank, 1964
- Young husband, You Must Be Joking! Columbia, 1965
- Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke, Carnaby, M.D. (also known as Doctor in Clover), Rank, 1967
- Raymond Lowe, Maroc 7, Paramount, 1967
- Simon Russell, Some Will, Some Won't, Williams & Pritchard, 1970
- Dr. Burke, Doctor in Trouble, Rank, 1970
- Dickie, "Gluttony," The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, Tigon, 1971
- Sir William Mannering-Brown, Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! Rank, 1973
- Gilbert Bodley, Not Now Darling, then Dimension, 1975
- Mike Scott, Spanish Fly (also known as La mosca hispanica),EMI, 1975
- Commander Rimmington, Not Now Comrade, EMI, 1976
- Sir Joseph Byrne, Out of Africa, Universal, 1985
- Maxton, Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros., 1987
- Lord Astor, Scandal, 1989
- Mr. Arundell, Mountains of the Moon, 1990
- Gordon, King Ralph, 1991
- King Ferdinand, Carry On Columbus, 1992
- Sydney Fisher, Caught in the Act, 1995
- Professor Alexander Blathwaite, August, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1996
- Woolburton, The Jackal, Universal, 1997
- Vicar, Saving Grace, Fine Line Features, 2000
- Wilson, Tomb Raider (also known as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), Paramount, 2000
- Voice of the Sorting Hat, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), WarnerBros., 2001
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Film Work
- Producer, Maroc 7, Paramount, 1967
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Stage Appearances
- (London debut) Wolf, Peter Pan, Palladium Theatre, 1935
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The Doctor's Dilemma, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1942
- Jimmy McBride, Daddy Long-Legs, Comedy Theatre, London, 1948
- Jerry Winterton, On Monday Next, Embassy Theatre, London, then Comedy Theatre, both 1949
- Lord Fancourt Babberley, Charley's Aunt, Saville Theatre, London, 1950
- Tony, For Better, For Worse ..., Comedy Theatre, 1952
- Lupin Pooter, The Diary of a Nobody, Arts Theatre, London, 1954
- Scruffy Pembridge, The Lost Generation, Garrick Theatre, London, 1955
- Carliss, The Whole Truth, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1955
- Peter Croone, Three-Way Switch, Aldwych Theatre, 1958
- Peter Cadbury, The Big Killing, Prince's Theatre, London, 1962
- Alfred Trapp, The Deadly Game, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, England,1963
- Robert, Boeing-Boeing, Apollo Theatre, London, 1963
- Alfred Trapp, The Deadly Game, Savoy Theatre, London, 1967
- Victor Cadwallader, The Man Most Likely To ..., Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1968, then Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1973
- Title role, Roger's Last Stand, Duke of York's Theatre, 1975
- Phillip, Sextet, Criterion Theatre, London, 1977
- Gilbert Bodley, Not Now Darling, Savoy Theatre, 1979
- Gaev, The Cherry Orchard, Royal Haymarket Theatre, London, 1983
- James Croxley, A Passion Play, 1984
- Mr. Bennett, Pride and Prejudice, 1988
- Sir John Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, then Barbican Theatre, London, 1997
- Also appeared as a child in Dear Octopus,
Nutmeg Tree, andThe Zeal of Thy House, all London productions; appeared as Toni Rigi in To Dorothy, A Son; appeared in repertory, York, England, Dundee, Scotland, Watford, England, Buxton, England, and Croydon.
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Major Tours
- Clancy Pettinger, On the Level, British cities, 1966
- Victor Cadwallader, The Man Most Likely To ..., South African andAustralian cities, then Australian cities, 1974
- Geoffrey Lymes, Canaries Sometimes Sing, British cities, 1979
- Also toured in Not Now Darling, international cities.
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Stage Work
- Director, Roger the Sixth, Westminster Theatre, London, 1960
- Producer and director, The Deadly Game, Savoy Theatre, 1967
- Producer, The Man Most Likely To ..., Vaudeville Theatre, 1968
- Director, The Avengers, Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 1971
- Also director with Repertory Players and other repertory companies, 1950-.
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Reverend Andrew Parker, Our Man at St. Marks, 1963
- Dennis Proudfoot, Foreign Affairs, 1966
- Dr. Michael Cunningham, The Culture Vultures, 1970
- Henry Newhouse, Casanova '73, 1973
- James Xavier Blake, Chancer, 1990
- Lord Montague Bermondsey, The House of Windsor, 1994
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Honey for Tea, 1994
- Also appeared in Navy Lark, BBC; appeared as Guy Burgess in a production for Thames Television, 1985.
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Miniseries
- Baldwin, Monte Carlo, CBS, 1986
- Lord Flamborough, Love on a Branch Line, 1993
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Movies
- Sir Philip Harding, Bermuda Grace, NBC, 1993
- Vermandero, The Changeling, Bravo, 1994
- George, Lord Canterville (some sources cite Lord Henry), The Canterville Ghost, ABC, 1996
- Lincoln Bradley, The Pale Horse (also known as Agatha Christie's "The Pale Horse"), Arts and Entertainment, 1996
- James Westropp, Dalziel and Pascoe: Recalled to Life, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
- Also appeared as a detective, You'll Never See Me Again; appeared in Mr. Palfrey of Westminster.
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Specials
- "Boxey" Horne, Rumpole and Portia, PBS, 1990
- William Fosdyke, Summer's Lease, PBS, 1991
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A Fatal Caper, HBO, 1996
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Episodic
- Sparrow, "Blind Justice," The Invisible Man, 1958
- Benson, "A Girl from Rome," The Vise, 1959
- Sir Horace Cutler, "GLC: The Carnage Continues ...," The Comic Strip Presents, 1990
- Dean, "Oxford," The Comic Strip Presents, 1990
- Alan Steen, "Blackballed," Boon, 1992
- Major Eddie Turpin, "The Galloping Major," Lovejoy, 1993
- Himself, Telly Addicts, 1998
- Saint Peter, "Grandma's Dead," Days Like These, 1999
- Himself, It's Only TV, but I Like It, 1999 and 2000
- Himself, Head on Comedy with Jo Brand, 2000
- Also appeared as Foxie, "Operation Chopping Block," O.S.S.; appeared in episodes of The Edward Woodward Show,
The Gong Game,
Impasse,
Redundant--Or the Wife's Revenge,
Reluctant Debutante,
The Suit,
Time and Motion Man, and A Very Fine Line.
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Other Television Appearances
- Judge, The Trials of Oz, 1991
- Justin Whittaker, Vanity Dies Hard (also known as Ruth RendellMysteries: Vanity Dies Hard), 1994
- Viscount Osgood, Two Golden Balls, 1994
- Dir John, Die Katze von Kensington, 1996
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Das Karussell des Todes, 1996
- Felim, Cinderella, 1999
- Made television debut as Snipe, Morning Departure.
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Radio Appearances
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Series
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The Navy Lark, BBC, 1958-77
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