Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

148

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-04-20

Deathday

2022-11-07 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Tottenham, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Lesley Phillips
Leslie Samuel Phillips

Leslie Phillips

Biography

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.

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Known For

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Acting

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Hotel Caledonia as The Narrator

2013

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Himself

2012

After Death as Jerimiah Jones

2011		Late Bloomers as Leo
2011		Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as The Sorting Hat (voice)

2010

Drama Trails

2009		Britain's Ugliest Models as Himself (Narrator)
2009		The Week We Went To War
2009		Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
2009		Is Anybody There? as Reg

2008

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong as Self - Voiceover

2006

Venus as Ian

2005		Colour Me Kubrick as Freddie
2005		The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self

2004		Agatha Christie's Marple as Sir Philip Starke
2004		Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Lord W'ruff
2004		Millions as Himself

2003		Collusion as Herbert Ames
2003		The Last Detective as Alistair Robertson

2002		Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as The Sorting Hat (voice)
2002		Thunderpants as Judge
2002		Outside the Rules

2001		Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as The Sorting Hat (voice)
2001		Lara Croft: Tomb Raider as Wilson
2001		Sword of Honour
2001		Sword of Honour as Gervase Crouchback

2000		Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as Prince Hugely Suave
2000		Take a Girl Like You
2000		Monarch of the Glen as Louis Grimshaw
2000		Saving Grace as Vicar Gerald Perey
2000		Cinderella as Felim

1999

It's Only TV But I Like It as Self

1998		What's a Carry On?
1998		The Heaven and Earth Show

1997		The Jackal as Woolburton
1997		Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse as Lincoln Bradley
1997		Caught in the Act as Sydney Fisher
1997		Midsomer Murders as Godfrey Teal

1996		August as Professor Alexander Blathwaite
1996		Dennis the Menace and Gnasher as Mr. Greenfly (voice)
1996		Dalziel & Pascoe as James Westropp
1996		Der Blinde as Sir John
1996		Das Karussell des Todes as Sir John
1996		Die Katze von Kensington as Sir John
1996		The Canterville Ghost as George, Lord Canterville

1994		Two Golden Balls as Viscount Osgood
1994		Love on a Branch Line as Lord Flamborough
1994		The House of Windsor as Lord Montague Bermondsey
1994		Honey for Tea as Sir Dickie Hobhouse
1994		Bermuda Grace

1993		The Changeling as Vermandero
1993		Royal Celebration as Johnny

1992		Carry On Columbus as King Ferdinand
1992		Thacker as George Thacker
1992		Heartbeat as Denzil Witty

1991		The Trials of Oz as Judge Michael Argyle
1991		Performance as Judge Michael Argyle
1991		Performance as Vermandero
1991		King Ralph as Gordon Halliwell

1990		Life After Life as Wing Commander Boyle
1990		Who Bombed Birmingham? as Lord Chief Justice Lane
1990		Plunder
1990		Oxford as Dean
1990		Mountains of the Moon as Mr. Arundell
1990		GLC: The Carnage Continues as Sir Horace Cutler

1989		Summer's Lease as William Fosdyke
1989		Tales from the Crypt as Mycroft Amberson
1989		Scandal as Lord Astor

1987		Empire of the Sun as Maxton
1987		The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Justin Whittaker

1986

Lovejoy as Major Eddie Turpin

1985		Out of Africa as Sir Joseph
1985		Super Gran as P.O.W.

1984

The Bill

1982		The Comic Strip Presents... as Sir Horace Cutler
1982		The Comic Strip Presents... as Dean

1977

That's Carry On! as Various Characters

1976		Spanish Fly as Mike Scott
1976		Not Now, Comrade as Commander Rimmington

1975

Rumpole of the Bailey

1973		Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Minister
1973		Casanova '73 as Henry Newhouse
1973		Not Now Darling as Gilbert Bodley

1971

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Dickie (segment "Gluttony")

1970		Doctor in Trouble as Doctor Anthony Burke
1970		Some Will, Some Won't as Simon Russell

1967		Maroc 7 as Raymond Lowe
1967		Blandings Castle

1966

Doctor in Clover as Dr Gaston Grimsdyke

1965		The Gong Game as Clive Breeze
1965		You Must Be Joking as Young Husband

1964

Father Came Too! as Roddy Chipfield

1963

Our Man At St Mark's

1962		The Fast Lady as Freddie
1962		The Longest Day as RAF Officer Mac
1962		In the Doghouse as Jimmy Fox-Upton
1962		Crooks Anonymous as Dandy Forsdyke

1961		Raising the Wind as Mervyn Hughes
1961		Very Important Person as Jimmy Cooper
1961		A Weekend with Lulu as Timothy Gray

1960		No Kidding as David Robinson
1960		Watch Your Stern as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
1960		Doctor in Love as Dr Tony Burke
1960		Carry On Constable as P.C. Tom Potter
1960		Inn for Trouble as John Belcher

1959		Ferdinand I King of Naples as Giornalista inglese
1959		Please Turn Over as Dr. Henry Manners
1959		The Night We Dropped a Clanger as Squadron Leader Thomas
1959		Carry On Teacher as Alistair Grigg
1959		The Angry Hills as Ray Taylor
1959		Carry On Nurse as Jack Bell
1959		The Navy Lark as Lt. Pouter
1959		The Man Who Liked Funerals as Simon Hurd
1959		This Other Eden as Crispin Brown

1958		I Was Monty's Double as Major Tennant
1958		The Invisible Man as Sparrow
1958		The Big Money as Receptionist

1957		Just My Luck as Hon. Richard Lumb
1957		Les Girls as Sir Gerald Wren
1957		High Flight as Blake
1957		The Smallest Show on Earth as Robin Carter
1957		Brothers in Law as Shop Assistant

1956		The Gamma People as Howard Meade
1956		Wire Service as Keynes
1956		The Errol Flynn Theatre as Venning
1956		Armchair Theatre as Charlton
1956		Armchair Theatre as Clive Breeze

1955		The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir William
1955		The Adventures of Robin Hood as Wat Longfellow
1955		The Adventures of Robin Hood as Herbert
1955		The Adventures of Robin Hood as Count de Waldern
1955		Value for Money as Robjohns
1955		As Long as They're Happy as Box Office Manager

1953		The Limping Man as Detective Cameron
1953		The Fake as Boy Student
1953		Time Bomb

1952

The Sound Barrier as Controller

1951		The Galloping Major as Reporter (uncredited)
1951		Pool of London as Harry

1950

The Woman with No Name as 1st Sapper officer

1949

Train of Events as Stacey's Fireman

1948

Anna Karenina

1940		The Proud Valley as Minor Role
1940		The Thief of Bagdad as Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

1939		The Mikado as Boy
1939		The Four Feathers as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade

1938		The Citadel as Girl (uncredited)
1938		Lassie from Lancashire as Bit Part

Production

2013

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Producer

1967

Maroc 7 as Producer