Leslie Phillips
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 20, 1924, Tottenham, London, England, UK
- Died
- November 7, 2022
- Movies
- 112
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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Best-Known Movies
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001
The Jackal
1997
Empire of the Sun
1987
Out of Africa
1985
The Longest Day
1962
Saving Grace
2000
Millions
2005
Filmography
| 2013 | Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips | Himself |
| 2012 | After Death | Jerimiah Jones |
| 2011 | Late Bloomers | Leo |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | The Sorting Hat (voice) |
| 2009 | Britain's Ugliest Models | Himself (Narrator) |
| 2009 | Tattoos: A Scarred History | Self |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There? | Reg |
| 2008 | Stanley Baxter: Now and Then | Self |
| 2007 | The Dead Peasants Society | Alistair Robertson |
| 2006 | Venus | Ian |
| 2005 | Colour Me Kubrick | Freddie |
| 2005 | The Comic Strip - A Retrospective | Self |
| 2005 | Millions | Himself |
| 2004 | Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Lord W'ruff |
| 2003 | Collusion | Herbert Ames |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | The Sorting Hat (voice) |
| 2002 | Thunderpants | Judge |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | The Sorting Hat (voice) |
| 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Wilson |
| 2001 | Sword of Honour | |
| 2000 | Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime | Prince Hugely Suave |
| 2000 | Saving Grace | Vicar Gerald Perey |
| 2000 | Cinderella | Felim |
| 1998 | What's a Carry On? | Self - Interviewee |
| 1997 | The Jackal | Woolburton |
| 1997 | Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse | Lincoln Bradley |
| 1997 | Caught in the Act | Sydney Fisher |
| 1996 | August | Professor Alexander Blathwaite |
| 1996 | Der Blinde | Sir John |
| 1996 | Das Karussell des Todes | Sir John |
| 1996 | Die Katze von Kensington | Sir John |
| 1996 | The Canterville Ghost | George, Lord Canterville |
| 1994 | Two Golden Balls | Viscount Osgood |
| 1994 | Bermuda Grace | |
| 1993 | The Changeling | Vermandero |
| 1993 | Royal Celebration | Johnny |
| 1992 | Carry On Columbus | King Ferdinand |
| 1992 | Thacker | George Thacker |
| 1991 | The Trials of Oz | Judge Michael Argyle |
| 1991 | King Ralph | Gordon |
| 1990 | Life After Life | Wing Commander Boyle |
| 1990 | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Lord Chief Justice Lane |
| 1990 | Oxford | Dean |
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Mr. Arundell |
| 1990 | GLC: The Carnage Continues | Sir Horace Cutler |
| 1989 | Scandal | Lord Astor |
| 1987 | Empire of the Sun | Maxton |
| 1985 | Out of Africa | Sir Joseph |
| 1977 | That's Carry On! | Mr. Alistair Grigg / Constable Tom Potter (archive footage) |
| 1976 | Spanish Fly | Mike Scott |
| 1976 | Not Now, Comrade | Commander Rimmington |
| 1973 | Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! | Minister |
| 1973 | Not Now Darling | Gilbert Bodley |
| 1971 | The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins | Dickie (segment "Gluttony") |
| 1970 | Doctor in Trouble | Dr. Tony Burke |
| 1970 | Some Will, Some Won't | Simon Russell |
| 1968 | A Very Fine Line | Charlton |
| 1967 | Maroc 7 | Raymond Lowe |
| 1966 | Doctor in Clover | Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke |
| 1965 | The Gong Game | Clive Breeze |
| 1965 | You Must Be Joking | Young Husband |
| 1964 | Father Came Too! | Mr. Roddy Chipfield |
| 1962 | The Fast Lady | Freddie Fox |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | RAF Officer Mac |
| 1962 | In the Doghouse | Jimmy Fox-Upton |
| 1962 | Crooks Anonymous | Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox |
| 1961 | Raising the Wind | Mervyn Hughes |
| 1961 | Very Important Person | Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper |
| 1961 | A Weekend with Lulu | Timothy Gray |
| 1960 | No Kidding | David Robinson |
| 1960 | Watch Your Stern | Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe |
| 1960 | Doctor in Love | Dr. Tony Burke |
| 1960 | Carry On Constable | Constable Tom Potter |
| 1960 | Inn for Trouble | John Belcher |
| 1960 | Leslie Phillips Asks... | Self |
| 1959 | Ferdinand I King of Naples | Giornalista inglese |
| 1959 | Please Turn Over | Dr. Henry Manners |
| 1959 | The Night We Dropped a Clanger | Squadron Leader Thomas |
| 1959 | This Other Eden | Crispin Brown |
| 1959 | Carry On Teacher | Mr. Alistair Grigg |
| 1959 | The Angry Hills | Ray Taylor |
| 1959 | Carry On Nurse | Jack Bell |
| 1959 | The Navy Lark | Lt. Pouter |
| 1959 | The Man Who Liked Funerals | Simon Hurd |
| 1958 | I Was Monty's Double | Major Tennant |
| 1958 | The Big Money | Receptionist |
| 1957 | Just My Luck | The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb |
| 1957 | Les Girls | Sir Gerald Wren |
| 1957 | High Flight | Blake |
| 1957 | The Smallest Show on Earth | Robin Carter |
| 1957 | Brothers in Law | Shop Assistant |
| 1956 | The Gamma People | Howard Meade |
| 1955 | Value for Money | Robjohns |
| 1955 | As Long As They're Happy | Box Office Manager |
| 1953 | The Limping Man | Detective Cameron |
| 1953 | The Fake | Boy Student |
| 1953 | Time Bomb | |
| 1952 | The Sound Barrier | Controller |
| 1951 | The Galloping Major | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Pool of London | Harry |
| 1950 | The Woman with No Name | 1st Sapper officer |
| 1949 | Train of Events | Stacey's Fireman |
| 1948 | Anna Karenina | |
| 1940 | The Proud Valley | Minor Role |
| 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad | Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Mikado | Boy |
| 1939 | The Four Feathers | Boy Doffing Cap at Parade |
| 1938 | Climbing High | Child actor (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Citadel | Girl (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Lassie from Lancashire | Bit Part |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2013 | Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips | Producer |
| 1967 | Maroc 7 | Producer |
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