Leslie Phillips
Acting Born Apr 20, 1924 Tottenham, London, England, UK 24 credits
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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- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Godfrey Teal
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- Heartbeat (1992) as Denzil Witty
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Sir Philip Starke
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Mycroft Amberson
- The Bill (1984)
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) as 'Boxey' Horne
- Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) as James Westropp
- The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) as Sir Horace Cutler
- The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) as Dean
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) as Sir William
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) as Wat Longfellow
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) as Count de Waldern
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) as Herbert
- Monarch of the Glen (2000) as Louis Grimshaw
- Lovejoy (1986) as Major Eddie Turpin
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987) as Justin Whittaker
- Screen One (1989) as Johnny
- Screen One (1989) as Viscount Osgood
- Performance (1991) as Judge Michael Argyle
- Performance (1991) as Vermandero
- Mark Saber (1954) as Hugh Lawrence