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Leslie Banks

Acting Born Jun 9, 1890 West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Leslie Banks, CBE (9 June 1890 – 21 April 1952) was an English theatre and cinema actor, director and producer, now best remembered playing gruff, menacing characters in black and white movies of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Known for

Film

The Most Dangerous Game

as Count Zaroff

Mom

as Commentator

Full filmography

  • 21 Days (1940) as Keith Durrant
  • Jamaica Inn (1939) as Joss Merlyn
  • The Most Dangerous Game (1932) as Count Zaroff
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) as Bob Lawrence
  • The Small Back Room (1949) as Col. A. K. Holland
  • Henry V (1944) as Chorus
  • The True Glory (1945) as Commentator
  • Cottage to Let (1941) as John Barrington
  • Went the Day Well? (1942) as Oliver Wilsford
  • Madeleine (1950) as James Smith
  • Fire Over England (1937) as The Earl of Leicester
  • Ships with Wings (1941) as Vice Adm. David Wetherby
  • Your Witness (1950) as Col. Roger Summerfield
  • Sanders of the River (1935) as R.G. Sanders
  • Farewell Again (1937) as Col. Harry Blair
  • The Tunnel (1935) as Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins
  • The Door with Seven Locks (1940) as Dr. Manetta
  • Busman's Honeymoon (1940) as Inspector Kirk
  • Debt of Honour (1936) as Maj. Jimmie Stanton
  • The Three Maxims (1936) as Mac
  • I Am Suzanne! (1933) as Adolpe 'Baron' Herring
  • Dead Man's Shoes (1940) as Roger de Vetheuil
  • Wings of the Morning (1937) as Lord Clontarf
  • Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) as Self (archive footage)