A much-loved comic actor who has specialized in playing plummy, quintessentially English stereotypes, Leslie Phillips' heart was in acting from a very young age. He received elocution lessons as a child in order to lose his natural cockney accent (at that time a regional British accent was a major impediment to an aspiring actor) and he attended ...
[reflecting on his career on receiving his award of CBE, 07 May 2008] In a way you can't help being typecast to a certain amount, it means you're successful.
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[on Kenneth Connor and his contribution to the Carry On films] Connor was the best of the whole lot, including me.
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[on Hattie Jacques] She was a wonderful actress, absolutely wonderful. Beautiful!
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Fact
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Took over the role of the King of Spain in Carry on Columbus after the death of Frankie Howard who'd been due to play the part.
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David Jason considers him a legend of British comedy.
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Suffered a stroke in 2014.
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London W9, England [December 2007]
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Considers Carry on Nurse to be his funniest film.
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At age 18, he was called up for army service in the Royal Artillery and soon made a Lance Bombardier and sent for officer training becoming a 2nd Lieutenant and transferred to the Durham Light Infantry. A great deal of training with live ammunition caused him to suffer from a form of shell shock and after various light duties he was demobbed in the Autumn of 1944.
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Made his professional stage debut in 1937 at the London Palladium in 1937 as a wolf in Peter Pan starring Anna Neagle.
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When age 14, he appeared in Otello and Turandot at Covent Garden.
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In 1936 his mother saw an advert in a paper for children required for a christmas show for Miss Italia Conti with whom he spent a few years at her stage school.
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Has older brother, Fred and sister, Dorothy.
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Son of Frederick and Cecelia.
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Father, with Penelope Bartley, of daughters Caroline Phillips and Claudia Phillips, and sons Roger Phillips and Andrew Phillips.
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He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to drama.
Friends with actors Denholm Elliott and Jon Pertwee for many years, both of whom, like Phillips, had homes in Ibiza.
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His association with the catchphrase "Ding dong," said whenever he saw an attractive women, first started when he played Jack Bell in Carry on Nurse (1959).
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Worked on the BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark with other famous British comic actors Jon Pertwee and Ronnie Barker.
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Supports Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
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He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rumpole of the Bailey
1988
TV Series
'Boxey' Horne
Empire of the Sun
1987
Maxton
Super Gran
1987
TV Series
P.O.W.
You'll Never See Me Again
1986
TV Movie
Detective Superintendant Weston
Monte Carlo
1986
TV Series
Baldwin
Out of Africa
1985
Sir Joseph
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1985
TV Series
Styles
Live from Pebble Mill
1983
TV Series
Alan
The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
1979
TV Movie
Mr. Tumnus (US version, voice)
Not Now, Comrade
1976
Commander Rimmington
Spanish Fly
1976
Mike Scott
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1974
Sir William Mainwaring-Brown - Minister
Casanova '73
1973
TV Series
Henry Newhouse
Not Now Darling
1973
Gilbert Bodley
Father Dear Father
1972
TV Series
Basil
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
Dickie (segment "Gluttony")
Doctor in Trouble
1970
Dr. Tony Burke
The Culture Vultures
1970
TV Series
Dr. Michael Cunningham
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
Simon Russell
Galton and Simpson Comedy
1969
TV Series
Howard Butler
Armchair Theatre
1968
TV Series
Charlton
Blandings Castle
1967
TV Series
The Rev. Esmond Gander
Maroc 7
1967
Raymond Lowe
Foreign Affairs
1966
TV Series
Dennis Proudfoot
Carnaby, M.D.
1966
Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke
ITV Play of the Week
1957-1966
TV Series
Jimmy Broadbent / Guy 'Mephy' Robertson
You Must Be Joking!
1965
Young Husband
Comedy Playhouse
1963-1965
TV Series
Kingsley Binns / Mr. Ferris
Father Came Too!
1964
Roddy Chipfield
Our Man at St. Mark's
1963
TV Series
Rev. Andrew Parker
The Fast Lady
1962
Freddie Fox
The Longest Day
1962
RAF Officer Mac
In the Doghouse
1962
Jimmy Fox-Upton
Crooks Anonymous
1962
Dandy Forsdyke
Roommates
1961
Mervyn Hughes
A Coming-Out Party
1961
Flying Off. Jimmy Cooper DFC
A Weekend with Lulu
1961
Timothy Gray
Beware of Children
1960
David Robinson
Watch Your Stern
1960
Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955-1960
TV Series
Herbert / Wat Longfellow / Count de Waldern / ...
Doctor in Love
1960
Dr. Tony Burke
Carry on Constable
1960
PC Tom Potter
Inn for Trouble
1960
John Belcher
This Other Eden
1959
Crispin Brown
Ferdinando I° re di Napoli
1959
Pat
Please Turn Over
1959
Dr. Henry Manners
Make Mine a Double
1959
Squadron Leader Thomas
Carry on Teacher
1959
Alistair Grigg
The Invisible Man
1959
TV Series
Sparrow AKA Andrew Walter
Carry on Nurse
1959
Jack Bell
The Angry Hills
1959
Ray Taylor
The Vise
1954-1959
TV Series
Benson / George / Hugh Lawrence
The Man Who Liked Funerals
1959
Simon Hurd
Two's Company
1959
TV Movie
The Gentle Art actor
The Navy Lark
1959
Lt. Pouter
Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
1958
Major Tennant
Saturday Playhouse
1958
TV Series
Tom D'Arcy, M.P. / Tom Gregory
The World Our Stage
1958
TV Series
Actor (The Dancing Lesson)
Just My Luck
1957
Hon. Richard Lumb
Les Girls
1957
Sir Gerald Wren
High Flight
1957
Squadron Leader Blake
Hour of Mystery
1957
TV Series
Maurice Mullins
Big Time Operators
1957
Robin Carter
Brothers in Law
1957
Shop Assistant
Wire Service
1957
TV Series
Keynes
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957
Harry Bevan
O.S.S.
1957
TV Series
Foxie
Beauty and the Beast
1956
TV Movie
Crispin
The Big Money
1956
Receptionist
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
TV Series
Venning
Adventure Theater
1956
TV Series
Jimmy
Tracey and Me
1956
TV Mini-Series
Wally
ITV Television Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Det. Sgt. Bullock
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1951-1956
TV Series
Willie Ragg / Redpenny
The Gamma People
1956
Howard Meade
Value for Money
1955
Robjohns
As Long as They're Happy
1955
Box office manager
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
Embassy Secretary (uncredited)
The Limping Man
1953
Cameron
The Fake
1953
Boy Student
For Better, for Worse
1953
TV Movie
Tony
Terror on a Train
1953
Police Sgt (uncredited)
My Wife Jacqueline
1952
TV Series
Tom Bridger
Breaking the Sound Barrier
1952
Controller (uncredited)
The Poppenkast
1952
TV Movie
Jan Klaassen
The Galloping Major
1951
Reporter (uncredited)
Pool of London
1951
Harry, a sailor
Her Panelled Door
1950
1st Sapper officer
Train of Events
1949
Stacey's Fireman (segment "The Engine Driver")
The Red Shoes
1948
Audience member (uncredited)
Morning Departure
1948
TV Movie
Stoker Snipe
Anna Karenina
1948
Bit Part (uncredited)
Rhythm Serenade
1943
Soldier (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
The Proud Valley
1940
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Four Feathers
1939
Boy Doffing Cap at Parade (uncredited)
The Mikado
1939
Boy (uncredited)
Climbing High
1938
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Citadel
1938
Bit Part (uncredited)
Lassie from Lancashire
1938
Bit Part (uncredited)
After Death
2012
Jeremiah Jones
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
The Sorting Hat (voice)
Late Bloomers
2011
Leo
Things Talk
2009
TV Movie
Grandfather Clock (voice)
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008
TV Movie
Is Anybody There?
2008
Reg
Harley Street
2008
TV Series
Dudley Grainger
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
The Sorting Hat (voice, uncredited)
The Last Detective
2007
TV Series
Alistair Robertson
Walking with Shadows
2006
TV Movie
Mr. Barness
The Catherine Tate Show
2006
TV Series
Teddy Morris
Venus
2006/I
Ian
Agatha Christie's Marple
2006
TV Series
Sir Philip Starke
Heartbeat
2006
TV Series
Denzil Witty
Color Me Kubrick
2005
Freddie
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
Lord W'ruff
Millions
2004
Leslie Phillips
Revolver
2001-2004
TV Series
The Safecracker
Collusion
2003
Herbert Ames
Where the Heart Is
2003
TV Series
Ernie Wilcox
Ghosts of Albion: Legacy
2003
TV Movie
Sir Ludlow Swift (voice)
Midsomer Murders
2003
TV Series
Godfrey Teal
Arthurs Amazing Things
2002
Short
Narrator (voice)
Holby City
2002
TV Series
Charles Campbell-Gore
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
The Sorting Hat (voice)
Monarch of the Glen
2002
TV Series
Louis Grimshaw
Thunderpants
2002
Judge
Outside the Rules
2002
TV Movie
Hal Porter
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001
The Sorting Hat (voice)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001
Wilson
Sword of Honour
2001
TV Movie
Gervase Crouchback
Aladdin
2000
TV Movie
Prince Hugely Suave
Take a Girl Like You
2000
TV Series
Lord Archie Edgerstone
Saving Grace
2000
Vicar
Cinderella
2000/I
TV Movie
Felim
Dalziel and Pascoe
1999
TV Series
James Westropp
Days Like These
1999
TV Series
Saint Peter
Liverpool 1
1998
TV Series
J Rex Negus
The Orgasm Raygun
1998
Short
Inventor's Voice Over (voice)
Gex: Enter the Gecko
1998
Video Game
Gex (UK version) (voice)
The Jackal
1997
Woolburton
The Pale Horse
1997
TV Movie
Lincoln Bradley
Caught in the Act
1997
Video
Sydney Fisher
Dennis the Menace
1996
TV Series
Mr. Greenfly
Tales from the Crypt
1996
TV Series
Mycroft Amberson
The Bill
1996
TV Series
The Prof
Der Blinde
1996
TV Movie
Sir John
Das Karussell des Todes
1996
TV Movie
Sir John
August
1996
Professor Alexander Blathwaite
Die Katze von Kensington
1996
TV Movie
Sir John
The Canterville Ghost
1996
TV Movie
George, Lord Canterville
Woof!
1995
TV Series
Mr Hawksmoor
Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1995
TV Series
Justin Whittaker
Screen One
1993-1994
TV Series
Viscount Osgood / Johnny
Love on a Branch Line
1994
TV Mini-Series
Lord Flamborough
The House of Windsor
1994
TV Series
Lord Montague Bermondsey
Honey for Tea
1994
TV Series
Sir Richard Hobhouse
Bermuda Grace
1994
TV Movie
Sir Philip Harding
Performance
1991-1993
TV Series
Vermandero
Judge Michael Argyle
Lovejoy
1993
TV Series
Major Eddie Turpin
Boon
1992
TV Series
Alan Steen
Carry on Columbus
1992
King Ferdinand
Thacker
1992
TV Movie
George Thacker
Chancer
1990-1991
TV Series
Jimmy Blake
James Xavier Blake
King Ralph
1991
Gordon Halliwell
Life After Life
1990
TV Movie
Wing Commander Boyle
The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing
1990
TV Movie
Lord Chief Justice Lane
The Comic Strip Presents...
1990
TV Series
Dean / Sir Horace Cutler
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Mr. Arundell
Summer's Lease
1989
TV Mini-Series
William Fosdyke
Scandal
1989
Lord Astor (Bill)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Living the Life
2011-2013
TV Series producer - 27 episodes
Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips
2013
TV Movie documentary producer
Maroc 7
1967
producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
VE Day: Remembering Victory
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Aged 21 on VE Day
Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself - #HelloTwittersnappers
50 Years of Bad Sex
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Living the Life
2011
TV Series
Himself
David Suchet on Sid Field: Last of the Music Hall Heroes