Leslie Phillips

Born: 1924-04-20

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Phillips, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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as The Sorting Hat (voice)
Released: 2001-11-16

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his...

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as The Sorting Hat (voice)
Released: 2002-11-13

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start...

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as The Sorting Hat (voice)
Released: 2011-07-12

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all....

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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

as Wilson
Released: 2001-06-11

English aristocrat Lara Croft is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and in the midst of a battle...

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The Jackal

as Woolburton
Released: 1997-11-14

Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother...

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as RAF Officer Mac
Released: 1962-09-25

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and...

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The Thief of Bagdad

as Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
Released: 1940-12-25

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces...

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Empire of the Sun

as Maxton
Released: 1987-12-09

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force...

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Out of Africa

as Sir Joseph
Released: 1985-12-20

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century...

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Millions

as Himself
Released: 2004-04-29

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of...

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King Ralph

as Gordon Halliwell
Released: 1991-02-15

As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must...

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The Mikado

as Boy
Released: 1939-05-01

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing...

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Thunderpants

as Judge
Released: 2002-05-24

An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death...

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Scandal

as Lord Astor
Released: 1989-03-03

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live...

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Mountains of the Moon

as Mr. Arundell
Released: 1990-02-16

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find...

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Venus

as Ian
Released: 2006-09-02

Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest...

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Saving Grace

as Vicar Gerald Perey
Released: 2000-01-24

Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial...

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Les Girls

as Sir Gerald Wren
Released: 1957-10-03

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls",...

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The Canterville Ghost

as George, Lord Canterville
Released: 1996-01-27

When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient...

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The Four Feathers

as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade
Released: 1939-04-20

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

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Carry On Nurse

as Jack Bell
Released: 1959-01-30

Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital...

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I Was Monty's Double

as Major Tennant
Released: 1958-10-21

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General...

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Brothers in Law

as Shop Assistant
Released: 1957-03-04

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the...

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Carry On Constable

as P.C. Tom Potter
Released: 1960-02-22

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills...

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Pool of London

as Harry
Released: 1951-02-20

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

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Is Anybody There?

as Reg
Released: 2009-04-17

A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.

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The Citadel

as Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1938-10-29

Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his...

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Colour Me Kubrick

as Freddie
Released: 2005-10-06

The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's...

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The Angry Hills

as Ray Taylor
Released: 1959-07-29

In 1941 Greece, on the eve of German occupation, cynical American foreign correspondent Michael...

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Raising the Wind

as Mervyn Hughes
Released: 1961-09-06

'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James...

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The Sound Barrier

as Controller
Released: 1952-10-10

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

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Sword of Honour

as uncredited
Released: 2001-01-02

Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces...

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Crooks Anonymous

as Dandy Forsdyke
Released: 1962-03-31

A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods...

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Cinderella

as Felim
Released: 2000-01-01

Zezolla and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her...

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That's Carry On!

as Various Characters
Released: 1977-01-01

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth...

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Der Blinde

as Sir John
Released: 1996-03-05

An encounter with a blind man ends unexpectedly for Susan Howard. The supposedly helpless man...

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Carry On Teacher

as Alistair Grigg
Released: 1959-08-20

Prepare for Six of the Best as the Carry On team cause chaos in the school yard. When a...

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Late Bloomers

as Leo
Released: 2011-07-13

Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the...

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Doctor in Clover

as Dr Gaston Grimsdyke
Released: 1966-03-08

Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in...

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Ferdinand I King of Naples

as Giornalista inglese
Released: 1959-12-22

The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government...

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Maroc 7

as Raymond Lowe
Released: 1967-03-22

The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan...

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Value for Money

as Robjohns
Released: 1955-08-09

A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides...

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Carry On Columbus

as King Ferdinand
Released: 1992-10-02

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the...

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High Flight

as Blake
Released: 1957-09-17

The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet...

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The Gamma People

as Howard Meade
Released: 1956-12-01

An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the...

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Spanish Fly

as Mike Scott
Released: 1976-02-01

British sex comedy. Sir Percy de Courcy accidentally turns some poor tasting wine into an...

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The Limping Man

as Detective Cameron
Released: 1953-12-11

An American veteran returns to England after WWII to learn that his London lover has become...

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Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

as Lincoln Bradley
Released: 1997-07-01

Writer Mark Easterbrook has a vested interest in solving the murder of a priest. That's because...

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Churchill: The Hollywood Years

as Lord W'ruff
Released: 2004-12-03

A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is...

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Some Will, Some Won't

as Simon Russell
Released: 1970-04-01

Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical...

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Train of Events

as Stacey's Fireman
Released: 1949-01-18

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved,...

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The Proud Valley

as Minor Role
Released: 1940-04-06

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make...

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Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

as Prince Hugely Suave
Released: 2000-12-25

A televised pantomime of Aladdin with characters played by well-known celebrities.

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You Must Be Joking

as Young Husband
Released: 1965-08-03

A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a...

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Time Bomb

as uncredited
Released: 1953-02-05

When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call...

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Very Important Person

as Jimmy Cooper
Released: 1961-04-24

Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest...

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No Kidding

as David Robinson
Released: 1960-11-01

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a...

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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

as Dickie (segment "Gluttony")
Released: 1971-11-01

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham...

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The Smallest Show on Earth

as Robin Carter
Released: 1957-04-09

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a...

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In the Doghouse

as Jimmy Fox-Upton
Released: 1962-05-17

After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.

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The Fast Lady

as Freddie
Released: 1962-12-14

A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon...

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Doctor in Love

as Dr Tony Burke
Released: 1960-07-12

Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice,...

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Father Came Too!

as Roddy Chipfield
Released: 1964-02-11

When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling...

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The Big Money

as Receptionist
Released: 1958-06-09

Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have...

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Please Turn Over

as Dr. Henry Manners
Released: 1959-12-17

The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged...

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Take a Girl Like You

as Lord Archie Edgerstone
Released: 2000-11-26

Set in the 1950s, it follows the progress of twenty year old Jenny Bunn, as she moves from her...

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August

as Professor Alexander Blathwaite
Released: 1996-08-08

Set in 1890s North Wales over a long, hot August weekend, the Victorian calm of a household is...

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Just My Luck

as Hon. Richard Lumb
Released: 1957-11-14

Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window...

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Not Now, Comrade

as Commander Rimmington
Released: 1976-01-01

Not Now, Comrade tells the story of Rudi, a Russian ballet star who defects to the West, and the...

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The Changeling

as Vermandero
Released: 1993-12-11

Just days before her wedding, Beatrice-Joanna has a chance encounter with Alsemero, and realizes...

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Inn for Trouble

as John Belcher
Released: 1960-01-31

Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the...

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Thacker

as George Thacker
Released: 1992-04-20

A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret...

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Royal Celebration

as Johnny
Released: 1993-09-26

A bittersweet drama about a street party held in a suburban London square to mark the 1981 Royal...

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Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Lord Chief Justice Lane
Released: 1990-04-22

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris...

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Bermuda Grace

as uncredited
Released: 1994-01-07

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The Navy Lark

as Lt. Pouter
Released: 1959-01-01

An Inshore Minesweeping Unit has been forgotten by the Navy after World War II on the peaceful...

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Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

as Minister
Released: 1973-10-17

Based on the hit play. A British Government Minister puts forward a bill to battle filth in the...

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Caught in the Act

as Sydney Fisher
Released: 1997-06-13

Lucinda goes on a trip away with her two friends Katherine and Amanda and convinces them to join...

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Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

as Himself
Released: 2013-09-28

A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor,...

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The Fake

as Boy Student
Released: 1953-09-25

Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them...

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A Weekend with Lulu

as Timothy Gray
Released: 1961-04-10

Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances...

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Die Katze von Kensington

as Sir John
Released: 1996-02-06

Whenever a criminal is killed in London, a black Jaguar is nearby, with a white cat always...

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Watch Your Stern

as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
Released: 1960-10-14

When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the...

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As Long as They're Happy

as uncredited
Released: 1955-03-15

The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his...

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The Trials of Oz

as Judge Michael Argyle
Released: 1991-11-09

Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine...

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The Night We Dropped a Clanger

as Squadron Leader Thomas
Released: 1959-10-10

The movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret...

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Oxford

as Dean
Released: 1990-02-22

When American comic actor Steve 'Zoo Zoo Zoo Off Come My Pants' Wild arrives in Oxford to make a...

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After Death

as Jerimiah Jones
Released: 2012-10-05

Following the sudden death of their last surviving parent - their Dad, two brothers and two...

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The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

as Self
Released: 2005-07-04

A look back at the comedy series The Comic Strip Presents

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Not Now Darling

as Gilbert Bodley
Released: 1973-03-01

A married British furrier gives a mobster's mistress a cheap mink coat.

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Doctor in Trouble

as Doctor Anthony Burke
Released: 1970-06-16

Dr. Burke is in love with Ophelia but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a...

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This Other Eden

as Crispin Brown
Released: 1959-01-01

A small town plans to erect a monument in memory of an IRA rebel killed during the 1920s. The...

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Life After Life

as Wing Commander Boyle
Released: 1990-12-30

A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.

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Two Golden Balls

as Viscount Osgood
Released: 1994-09-18

A repressed anti-porn campaigner meets a glamorous American porn actress who changes her outlook...

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What's a Carry On?

as uncredited
Released: 1998-12-29

Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive...

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Das Karussell des Todes

as Sir John
Released: 1996-02-27

Lady Osborne's gardener becomes the victim of a burglar when he catches him in the Lady's house....

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Britain's Ugliest Models

as Himself (Narrator)
Released: 2009-10-29

This exclusive look into the leaders in alternative modeling allows you to explore the weird and...

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The Man Who Liked Funerals

as Simon Hurd
Released: 1959-01-01

A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to...

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Midsomer Murders

as Godfrey Teal
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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The Comic Strip Presents...

as Sir Horace Cutler
First aired: 1982-11-02

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...

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The Comic Strip Presents...

as Dean
First aired: 1982-11-02

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...

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Tales from the Crypt

as Mycroft Amberson
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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Agatha Christie's Marple

as Sir Philip Starke
First aired: 2004-12-12

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St...

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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Justin Whittaker
First aired: 1987-08-02

The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television...

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Rumpole of the Bailey

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-12-17

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Sir William
First aired: 1955-09-26

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Wat Longfellow
First aired: 1955-09-26

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Count de Waldern
First aired: 1955-09-26

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Herbert
First aired: 1955-09-26

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...

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Dalziel & Pascoe

as James Westropp
First aired: 1996-03-16

British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...

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Monarch of the Glen

as Louis Grimshaw
First aired: 2000-02-27

Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where...

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The Last Detective

as Alistair Robertson
First aired: 2003-02-07

"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he...

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Heartbeat

as Denzil Witty
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

as Mr. Greenfly (voice)
First aired: 1996-04-02

Dennis and Gnasher is an animated British TV series based on characters from The Beano comic, It...

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Our Man At St Mark's

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-25

Trials and tribulations of the priest of Felgate village.

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Lovejoy

as Major Eddie Turpin
First aired: 1986-01-10

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...

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Super Gran

as P.O.W.
First aired: 1985-01-20

Adapted from Forrest Wilson's books, the children's programme revolves around a grandmother with...

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Performance

as Vermandero
First aired: 1991-02-22

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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Performance

as Judge Michael Argyle
First aired: 1991-02-22

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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The Invisible Man

as Sparrow
First aired: 1958-09-14

British scientist Peter Brady, while working on an invisibility formula, suffers a tragic...

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Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

as Himself - Voiceover
First aired: 2008-02-01

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong was an entertainment show on Channel 4, presented by Alan Carr....

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Wire Service

as Keynes
First aired: 1956-10-04

Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.

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Summer's Lease

as William Fosdyke
First aired: 1989-11-01

Molly Pargeter is a forty-something wife and mother of three girls, who leads a stable but dull...

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Take a Girl Like You

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-11-26

When gorgeous Jenny Bunn meets the predatory womanizer Patrick Standish, a battle of lust versus...

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Love on a Branch Line

as Lord Flamborough
First aired: 1994-06-12

Love on a Branch Line is a British television adaptation of the 1959 novel Love on a Branch Line...

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Sword of Honour

as Gervase Crouchback
First aired: 2001-01-02

Sword of Honour is a two-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s semi-autobiographical World War II...

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The Week We Went To War

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-09-07

Katherine Jenkins and Michael Aspel celebrate the heroes of the Home Front.

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The Errol Flynn Theatre

as Venning
First aired: 1956-09-15

The Errol Flynn Theatre is a short-lived anthology series presented by Errol Flynn, who would...

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Casanova '73

as Henry Newhouse
First aired: 1973-09-13

Casanova '73 was a short-lived British sitcom broadcast on BBC1 in 1973. It was written by Ray...

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Armchair Theatre

as Clive Breeze
First aired: 1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...

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Armchair Theatre

as Charlton
First aired: 1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...

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