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A much-loved comic actor who has specialized in playing plummy, quintessentially English stereotypes, Leslie Phillips' heart was in acting from a very young age. He received elocution lessons as a child in order to lose his natural cockney accent (at that time a regional British accent was a major impediment to an aspiring actor) and he attended the Italia Conti School... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (159 titles)
2012 Death (post-production)
Jeremiah Jones
 
2011 Late Bloomers
Leo
 
2009 Things Talk (TV movie)
Various (voice)
 
2008 Is Anybody There?
Reg
 
2008 Harley Street (TV series)
Dudley Grainger
Episode #1.2 (2008) … Dudley Grainger
 
2007 The Last Detective (TV series)
Alistair Robertson
 
2006/I Venus
Ian
 
2006 Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs (TV movie)
Sir Philip Starke
 
2006 Heartbeat (TV series)
Denzil Witty
Risky Business (2006) … Denzil Witty (as Leslie Phillips OBE)
 
2006 Walking with Shadows (TV movie)
Mr. Barness
 
2005 Color Me Kubrick
Freddie
 
2004 Revolver (TV series)
The Safecracker (Series 2)
 
2004 Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Lord W'ruff
 
2004 Millions
Leslie Phillips
 
2003 Collusion
Herbert Ames
 
2003 Where the Heart Is (TV series)
Ernie Wilcox
Love Hurts (2003) … Ernie Wilcox
 
2003 Ghosts of Albion: Legacy (TV movie)
Sir Ludlow Swift (voice)
 
2003 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Godfrey Teal
Painted in Blood (2003) … Godfrey Teal
 
2002 Holby City (TV series)
Charles Campbell-Gore
Sins of the Father (2002) … Charles Campbell-Gore
 
2002 Monarch of the Glen (TV series)
Louis Grimshaw
Episode #4.3 (2002) … Louis Grimshaw
 
2002 Thunderpants
Judge
 
2002 Outside the Rules (TV movie)
Hal Porter
 
2002 Arthurs Amazing Things (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 Sword of Honour (TV movie)
Gervase Crouchback
 
2000 Aladdin (TV movie)
Prince Hugely Suave
 
2000 Take a Girl Like You (TV movie)
Lord Archie Edgerstone
 
2000 Saving Grace
Rev. Gerald Percy
 
2000/I Cinderella (TV movie)
Felim
 
1999 Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
James Westropp
Recalled to Life (1999) … James Westropp
 
1999 Days Like These (TV series)
Saint Peter
Grandma's Dead (1999) … Saint Peter
 
1998 Liverpool 1 (TV series)
J Rex Negus
Episode #1.4 (1998) … J Rex Negus
 
1998 The Orgasm Raygun (short)
Inventor's Voice Over (voice)
 
1998 Gex 64: Enter the Gecko (Video Game)
Gex (UK version) (voice)
 
1997 The Jackal
Woolburton
 
1997 The Pale Horse (TV movie)
Lincoln Bradley
 
1997 Caught in the Act (video)
Sydney Fisher
 
1996 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
Mr. Greenfly
Wanted! (1996) … Mr. Greenfly (voice)
 
1996 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Mycroft Amberson
Fatal Caper (1996) … Mycroft Amberson
 
1996 The Bill (TV series)
The Prof
Cheating (1996) … The Prof
 
1996 Der Blinde (TV movie)
Sir John
 
1996 Das Karussell des Todes (TV movie)
Sir John
 
1996 August
Professor Alexander Blathwaite
 
1996 Die Katze von Kensington (TV movie)
Sir John
 
1996 The Canterville Ghost (TV movie)
George, Lord Canterville
 
1995 Woof! (TV series)
Mr Hawksmoor
Dog Latin (1995) … Mr Hawksmoor
 
1995 Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV series)
Justin Whittaker
Vanity Dies Hard: Part 3 (1995) … Justin Whittaker
Vanity Dies Hard: Part 2 (1995) … Justin Whittaker
Vanity Dies Hard: Part 1 (1995) … Justin Whittaker
 
1994 Two Golden Balls (TV movie)
Viscount Osgood
 
1994 Honey for Tea (TV series)
Sir Richard Hobhouse
 
1994 Bermuda Grace (TV movie)
Sir Philip Harding
 
1991-1993 Performance (TV series)
Judge Michael Argyle / Vermandero
The Changeling (1993) … Vermandero
 
1993 Screen One (TV series)
Royal Celebration (1993)
 
1993 Lovejoy (TV series)
Major Eddie Turpin
The Galloping Major (1993) … Major Eddie Turpin
 
1992 Boon (TV series)
Alan Steen
Blackballed (1992) … Alan Steen
 
1992 Thacker (TV movie)
George Thacker
 
1990-1991 Chancer (TV series)
James Xavier Blake / Jimmy Blake
Fall (1991) … Jimmy Blake
Blood (1991) … Jimmy Blake
Remembrance (1991) … Jimmy Blake
Secrets (1991) … Jimmy Blake
Ashes (1991) … Jimmy Blake
 
1991 King Ralph
Gordon Halliwell
 
1990 Life After Life (TV movie)
Wing Commander Boyle
 
1990 The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing (TV movie)
Lord Chief Justice Lane
 
1990 The Comic Strip Presents... (TV series)
Dean / Sir Horace Cutler
Oxford (1990) … Dean
GLC: The Carnage Continues... (1990) … Sir Horace Cutler (as Lesley Phillips)
 
1990 Mountains of the Moon
Mr. Arundell
 
1989 Summer's Lease (TV mini-series)
William Fosdyke
 
1989 Scandal
Lord Astor (Bill)
 
1988 Rumpole of the Bailey (TV series)
'Boxey' Horne
Rumpole and Portia (1988) … 'Boxey' Horne
 
1987 Empire of the Sun
Maxton
 
1987 Super Gran (TV series)
P.O.W.
Supergran and the Birthday Dambuster (1987) … P.O.W.
 
1986 Monte Carlo (TV movie)
Baldwin
 
1986 You'll Never See Me Again (TV movie)
Detective Superintendant Weston
 
1985 Out of Africa
Sir Joseph
 
1985 Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (TV series)
Styles
Return to Sender (1985) … Styles
 
1979 The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (TV movie)
Mr. Tumnus (voice: English version)
 
1976 Spanish Fly
Mike Scott
 
1976 Not Now, Comrade
Commander Rimmington
 
1973 Casanova '73 (TV series)
Henry Newhouse
Episode #1.7 (1973) … Henry Newhouse
Episode #1.6 (1973) … Henry Newhouse
Episode #1.5 (1973) … Henry Newhouse
Episode #1.4 (1973) … Henry Newhouse
Episode #1.3 (1973) … Henry Newhouse
 
1972 Father Dear Father (TV series)
Basil
Unacustomed as I Am (1972) … Basil
 
1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Dickie (segment "Gluttony")
 
1969 Galton and Simpson Comedy (TV series)
Howard Butler
The Suit (1969) … Howard Butler
 
1968 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Charlton
A Very Fine Line (1968) … Charlton
 
1967 Blandings Castle (TV series)
The Rev. Esmond Gander
Lord Emsworth and Company for Gertrude (1967) … The Rev. Esmond Gander
 
1967 Maroc 7
Raymond Lowe
 
1966 Carnaby, M.D.
Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke
 
1957-1966 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Guy 'Mephy' Robertson / Jimmy Broadbent
A Voice in Vision (1957) … Guy 'Mephy' Robertson
 
1965 You Must Be Joking!
Young Husband
 
1963-1965 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Kingsley Binns / Mr. Ferris
The Time and Motion Man (1965) … Kingsley Binns
Impasse (1963) … Mr. Ferris
 
1964 Father Came Too!
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
Dandy Forsdyke
 
1961 Roommates
Mervyn Hughes
 
1961 Watch Your Stern
Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
 
1961 Make Mine a Double
Squadron Leader Thomas
 
1961 Beware of Children
David Robinson
 
1961 A Coming-Out Party
Jimmy Cooper
 
1961 A Weekend with Lulu
Timothy Gray
 
1955-1960 The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
Count de Waldern / Herbert / Sir William of Malmesbury / …
The Reluctant Rebel (1960) … Herbert
A Village Wooing (1956) … Wat Longfellow
Checkmate (1955) … Count de Waldern
Friar Tuck (1955) … Sir William of Malmesbury
 
1960 Please Turn Over
Dr. Henry Manners
 
1960 Inn for Trouble
John Belcher
 
1959 Carry on Teacher
Alistair Grigg
 
1959 The Invisible Man (TV series)
Sparrow
Blind Justice (1959) … Sparrow
 
1959 The Angry Hills
Ray Taylor
 
1959 Carry on Nurse
Jack Bell
 
1954-1959 The Vise (TV series)
Benson / George / Hugh Lawrence
The Girl from Rome (1959) … Benson
The Better Chance (1955) … George
Lucky Man (1954) … Hugh Lawrence
 
1959 The Navy Lark
Lt. Pouter
 
1959 This Other Eden
Crispin Brown
 
1959 The Man Who Liked Funerals
Simon Hurd
 
1958 Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
Major Tennant
 
1958 The Big Money
Receptionist
 
1957 Just My Luck
Hon. Richard Lumb
 
1957 Les Girls
Sir Gerald Wren
 
1957 High Flight
Squadron Leader Blake
 
1957 Hour of Mystery (TV series)
Maurice Mullins
A Murder Has Been Arranged (1957) … Maurice Mullins
 
1957 Big Time Operators
Robin Carter
 
1957 Brothers in Law
Shop Assistant
 
1957 Wire Service (TV series)
Keynes
Atom at Spithead (1957) … Keynes
 
1957 O.S.S. (TV series)
Foxie
Operation Chopping Block (1957) … Foxie
 
1956 The Gamma People
Howard Meade
 
1956 The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV series)
Venning
The Red Geranium (1956) … Venning
 
1956 Adventure Theater (TV series)
Jimmy
The Stranger on the Sea (1956) … Jimmy
 
1956 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Det. Sgt. Bullock
A Lady Mislaid (1956) … Det. Sgt. Bullock
 
1955 Value for Money
Robjohns
 
1955 As Long as They're Happy
Box office manager
 
1954 You Know What Sailors Are
Embassy Secretary (uncredited)
 
1953 The Limping Man
Detective Cameron
 
1953 The Fake
Boy Student
 
1953 Time Bomb
Police Sgt (uncredited)
 
1952 Breaking the Sound Barrier
Controller (uncredited)
 
1952 The Poppenkast (TV movie)
Jan Klaassen
 
1951 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Redpenny
 
1951 The Galloping Major
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1951 Pool of London
Harry, a sailor
 
1950 Her Panelled Door
1st Sapper officer
 
1949 Train of Events
Stacey's Fireman (segment "The Engine Driver")
 
1948 Morning Departure (TV movie)
Stoker Snipe
 
1948 Anna Karenina
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1943 Rhythm Serenade
Soldier (uncredited)
 
1940 The Thief of Bagdad
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
 
1939 The Four Feathers
Boy Doffing Cap at Parade (uncredited)
 
1939 The Mikado
Boy (uncredited)
 
1938 Climbing High
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1938 Lassie from Lancashire
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1967 Maroc 7 (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (54 titles)
2011 50 Years of Bad Sex (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Living the Life (TV series)
Himself
Leslie Phillips and Robin Gibb (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Sex and the Sitcom (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Barbara Windsor: A Comedy Roast (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Norman Wisdom: His Story
Himself
 
2006-2010 Loose Women (TV series)
Himself
Episode #14.212 (2010) … Himself
Episode #12.118 (2008) … Himself
Episode #10.11 (2006) … Himself
 
2009 Britain's Ugliest Models (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.3 (2009) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
Episode #1.2 (2009) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
Episode #1.1 (2009) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2009 The Week We Went to War (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #1.5 (2009) … Himself
Episode #1.4 (2009) … Himself
Episode #1.3 (2009) … Himself
Episode #1.2 (2009) … Himself
Episode #1.1 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Tattoos: A Scarred History (documentary)
 
2008 Drama Trails (TV series documentary)
Himself
'Doc Martin' to 'Foyle's War' (2008) … Himself
 
2008 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Celebrity Ding Dong (TV series)
Himself - Voiceover
Episode #1.6 (2008) … Himself - Voiceover (voice)
Episode #1.5 (2008) … Himself - Voiceover (voice)
Episode #1.4 (2008) … Himself - Voiceover (voice)
Episode #1.3 (2008) … Himself - Voiceover (voice)
Episode #1.2 (2008) … Himself - Voiceover (voice)
 
2008 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Cinema Show (TV series)
Himself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Sauce, Satire and Silliness: The Story of British Comedy (2007) … Himself (as Leslie Phillips OBE)
 
2007 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 February 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Sunday AM (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.20 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The Comedy Map of Britain (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 January 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 January 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
Himself
Leslie Phillips (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2005 This Week (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 October 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 50 Questions of Political Incorrectness (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Comic Strip: A Retrospective (video)
Himself
 
2005 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.21 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Keith Barret Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.2 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 The British Comedy Awards 2004 (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 The Ultimate Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 The British Comedy Awards 2003 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 The Kumars at No. 42 (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.7 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The Big Read (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.5 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Best of British (TV series)
Himself
Leslie Phillips (2002) … Himself
 
2001 The RDA (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.4 (2001) … Himself
 
2000 Head on Comedy (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.2 (2000) … Himself
 
1999-2000 It's Only TV... But I Like It (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.1 (2000) … Himself
Episode #1.7 (1999) … Himself
 
1998 What's a Carry On? (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee/Various Characters
 
1998 Telly Addicts (TV series)
Himself
Episode #13.13 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Reputations (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1989 An Invitation to Remember (TV series)
Himself
Leslie Phillips (1989) … Himself
 
1987 Wogan (TV series)
 
1984 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
Patrick Macnee (1984) … Himself
 
1983 Punchlines! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.8 (1983) … Himself
 
1983 Movie Memories (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #3.5 (1983) … Himself - Guest
 
1980 Star Games (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 November 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Saturday Night at the Mill (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.4 (1979) … Himself
 
1971 The Golden Shot (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.40 (1971) … Himself
 
1968-1970 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 January 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 4 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Tennis Elbow Foot Game (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.10 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.14 (1967) … Himself
 
1963 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
Hattie Jacques (1963) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2012 The 70s (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Carry on Quizzing (Video Game)
Various Characters (uncredited)
 
2002 Legends (TV series documentary)
 
2002 The Unforgettable Joan Sims (TV special documentary)
 
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1979 That's Carry On
Various Characters
 
1977 To See Such Fun (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Played Sir John Falstaff in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1997 production of "The Merry Wives Of Windsor" at Stratford-Upon-Avon and London's Barbican Theatre. He costume on the BBC1 Saturday Night National Lottery Show and pressed the button to start the draw. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 7 Interviews  | 3 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Leslie Phillips OBE | Lesley Phillips

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

She was a wonderful actress, absolutely wonderful. Beautiful! [On Hattie Jacques] See more »

Trivia:

His association with the catchphrase "Ding dong," said whenever he saw an attractive women, first started when he played Jack Bell in Carry on Nurse. See more »

Trademark:

Catchphrases "Helloooo" and "Ding dong!" See more »

Star Sign:

Aries