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

Known For

Sir Joseph

Out of Africa

The Sorting Hat (voice)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The Sorting Hat (voice)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Vicar Gerald Perey

Saving Grace

Wilson

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Mr. Arundell

Mountains of the Moon

Gordon Halliwell

King Ralph

Woolburton

The Jackal

Constable Tom Potter

Carry On Constable

Mr. Alistair Grigg

Carry On Teacher

Lord Astor

Scandal

The Sorting Hat (voice)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Ian

Venus

Robin Carter

The Smallest Show on Earth

Howard Meade

The Gamma People

Sir Gerald Wren

Les Girls

Freddie Fox

The Fast Lady

The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb

Just My Luck

Johnny

Royal Celebration

Mervyn Hughes

Raising the Wind

Giornalista inglese

Ferdinando I° Re di Napoli

Dr. Tony Burke

Doctor in Love

Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke

Doctor in Clover

Mr. Alistair Grigg / Constable Tom Potter (archive footage)

That's Carry On!

Dr. Henry Manners

Please Turn Over

The Narrator

Hotel Caledonia

King Ferdinand

Carry On Columbus

Mike Scott

Spanish Fly

David Robinson

No Kidding

Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe

Watch Your Stern

Sir John

Das Karussell des Todes

Sir John

Der Blinde

Leo

Late Bloomers

Detective Cameron

The Limping Man

Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper

Very Important Person

Bermuda Grace

1st Sapper officer

The Woman with No Name

Simon Russell

Some Will, Some Won't

Receptionist

The Big Money

Timothy Gray

A Weekend with Lulu

Professor Alexander Blathwaite

August

Jimmy Fox-Upton

In the Doghouse

Robjohns

Value for Money

Raymond Lowe

Maroc 7

Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox

Crooks Anonymous

Shop Assistant

Brothers in Law

Mr. Roddy Chipfield

Father Came Too!

Gilbert Bodley

Not Now Darling

Commander Rimmington

Not Now, Comrade

Squadron Leader Thomas

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

Judge Michael Argyle

The Trials of Oz

Dickie (segment "Gluttony")

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

Self - Interviewee

What's a Carry On?

Judge

Thunderpants

Maxton

Empire of the Sun

Dr. Tony Burke

Doctor in Trouble

Jerimiah Jones

After Death

Jack Bell

Carry On Nurse

John Belcher

Inn for Trouble

Lt. Pouter

The Navy Lark

RAF Officer Mac

The Longest Day

Young Husband

You Must Be Joking

Dean

Oxford

Controller

The Sound Barrier

Self

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

Sword of Honour

Felim

Cinderella

Sir John

Die Katze von Kensington

Boy

The Mikado

Boy Doffing Cap at Parade

The Four Feathers

Boy Student

The Fake

Sydney Fisher

Caught in the Act

Girl (uncredited)

The Citadel

Lord W'ruff

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Herbert Ames

Collusion

Lord Chief Justice Lane

Who Bombed Birmingham?

Clive Breeze

The Gong Game

Ray Taylor

The Angry Hills

Minor Role

The Proud Valley

Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

The Thief of Bagdad

Viscount Osgood

Two Golden Balls

Blake

High Flight

Lincoln Bradley

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

Reg

Is Anybody There?

Harry

Pool of London

Bit Part

Lassie from Lancashire

Simon Hurd

The Man Who Liked Funerals

Himself (Narrator)

Britain's Ugliest Models

Himself

Millions

Crispin Brown

This Other Eden

George, Lord Canterville

The Canterville Ghost

Freddie

Colour Me Kubrick

Wing Commander Boyle

Life After Life

George Thacker

Thacker

Minister

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

Stacey's Fireman

Train of Events

Himself

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

Sir Horace Cutler

GLC: The Carnage Continues

Major Tennant

I Was Monty's Double

Box Office Manager

As Long as They're Happy

Prince Hugely Suave

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

Vermandero

The Changeling

Time Bomb

Reporter (uncredited)

The Galloping Major

Anna Karenina

Self

Tattoos: A Scarred History

Alistair Robertson

The Dead Peasants Society

Self

Stanley Baxter: Now and Then

Charlton

A Very Fine Line

Child actor (uncredited)

Climbing High

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

110

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-04-20

Place of Birth

Tottenham, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Lesley Phillips