Leslie Phillips

Leslie Phillips

1924-04-20 Tottenham, London, England, UK 109 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)....

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Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

2013

as Himself

8.3
Acting

A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's fra...

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

2013

Producer

8.3
Producing

A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's fra...

After Death

After Death

2012

as Jerimiah Jones

4.1
Acting

Following the sudden death of their last surviving parent - their Dad, two brothers and two sisters return to the family home after many years to face...

Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

2011

as Leo

5.2
Acting

Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hu...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

as The Sorting Hat (voice)

8.1
Acting

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wiza...

Britain's Ugliest Models

Britain's Ugliest Models

2009

as Himself (Narrator)

Acting

This exclusive look into the leaders in alternative modeling allows you to explore the weird and wonderful characters that suggest you don't have to b...

Tattoos: A Scarred History

Tattoos: A Scarred History

2009

as Self

Acting

An exploration of how the once taboo art form has become socially acceptable.

Is Anybody There?

Is Anybody There?

2009

as Reg

6.2
Acting

A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.

The Dead Peasants Society

The Dead Peasants Society

2007

as Alistair Robertson

Acting

A semi-secret fraternal organization modeled loosely on the Masons apparently appears to be running a life insurance scam.

Venus

Venus

2006

as Ian

6.6
Acting

Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and p...

Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick

2005

as Freddie

5.7
Acting

The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very littl...

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

2005

as Self

6.0
Acting

A look back at the comedy series The Comic Strip Presents

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

2004

as Lord W'ruff

5.2
Acting

A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I...

Millions

Millions

2004

as Himself

6.4
Acting

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the Uni...

Collusion

2003

as Herbert Ames

5.0
Acting

Jack Littlemore's in art security, but he's already in enough trouble – then an old friend comes out of his past and threatens to finish him off compl...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as The Sorting Hat (voice)

7.7
Acting

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger aw...

Thunderpants

Thunderpants

2002

as Judge

3.5
Acting

An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becom...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

as The Sorting Hat (voice)

7.9
Acting

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with ...

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

2001

as Wilson

5.9
Acting

Orphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient art...

Sword of Honour

Sword of Honour

2001

6.1
Acting

Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is n...

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

2000

as Prince Hugely Suave

9.0
Acting

A televised pantomime of Aladdin with characters played by well-known celebrities.

Saving Grace

Saving Grace

2000

as Vicar Gerald Perey

6.5
Acting

Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husba...

Cinderella

Cinderella

2000

as Felim

6.0
Acting

Zezolla and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her father is won over by a selfish woman named Claudette, C...

What's a Carry On?

What's a Carry On?

1998

as Self - Interviewee /Various Characters

7.8
Acting

Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the ca...

The Jackal

The Jackal

1997

as Woolburton

6.4
Acting

Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal prov...

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

1997

as Lincoln Bradley

5.6
Acting

Writer Mark Easterbrook has a vested interest in solving the murder of a priest. That's because Mark himself is under suspicion. But to save his reput...

Caught in the Act

Caught in the Act

1997

as Sydney Fisher

Acting

Lucinda goes on a trip away with her two friends Katherine and Amanda and convinces them to join her on form a variety act in order to impress her chi...

August

August

1996

as Professor Alexander Blathwaite

4.0
Acting

Set in 1890s North Wales over a long, hot August weekend, the Victorian calm of a household is suddenly upset with the arrival of a London couple who ...

Der Blinde

Der Blinde

1996

as Sir John

4.0
Acting

An encounter with a blind man ends unexpectedly for Susan Howard. The supposedly helpless man stuns and kidnaps her. The case is handed over by the Ho...

Das Karussell des Todes

Das Karussell des Todes

1996

as Sir John

5.0
Acting

Lady Osborne's gardener becomes the victim of a burglar when he catches him in the Lady's house. Soon more mysterious murders occur and Inspectors Hig...

Die Katze von Kensington

Die Katze von Kensington

1996

as Sir John

4.0
Acting

Whenever a criminal is killed in London, a black Jaguar is nearby, with a white cat always sitting in the passenger seat. Inspector Higgins and Inspec...

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

1996

as George, Lord Canterville

6.0
Acting

When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's ...

Two Golden Balls

Two Golden Balls

1994

as Viscount Osgood

4.0
Acting

A repressed anti-porn campaigner meets a glamorous American porn actress who changes her outlook on life.

Bermuda Grace

Bermuda Grace

1994

Acting
The Changeling

The Changeling

1993

as Vermandero

Acting

Just days before her wedding, Beatrice-Joanna has a chance encounter with Alsemero, and realizes that she has met her one true love. To marry the man ...

Royal Celebration

Royal Celebration

1993

as Johnny

6.0
Acting

A bittersweet drama about a street party held in a suburban London square to mark the 1981 Royal Wedding. After two years of the Thatcher administrati...

Carry On Columbus

Carry On Columbus

1992

as King Ferdinand

3.8
Acting

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition...

Thacker

Thacker

1992

as George Thacker

Acting

A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has h...

The Trials of Oz

The Trials of Oz

1991

as Judge Michael Argyle

6.0
Acting

Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.

King Ralph

King Ralph

1991

as Gordon Halliwell

5.4
Acting

As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.

Life After Life

Life After Life

1990

as Wing Commander Boyle

Acting

A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.

Who Bombed Birmingham?

Who Bombed Birmingham?

1990

as Lord Chief Justice Lane

7.0
Acting

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted t...

Oxford

Oxford

1990

as Dean

Acting

When American comic actor Steve 'Zoo Zoo Zoo Off Come My Pants' Wild arrives in Oxford to make a comedy film, his girlfriend Caroline goes behind his ...

Mountains of the Moon

Mountains of the Moon

1990

as Mr. Arundell

6.5
Acting

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victor...

GLC: The Carnage Continues

1990

as Sir Horace Cutler

Acting

The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden.

Scandal

Scandal

1989

as Lord Astor

5.9
Acting

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through ...

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987

as Maxton

7.5
Acting

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured w...

Out of Africa

Out of Africa

1985

as Sir Joseph

7.2
Acting

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film...

That's Carry On!

That's Carry On!

1977

as Various Characters

5.7
Acting

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film s...

Spanish Fly

Spanish Fly

1976

as Mike Scott

4.7
Acting

British sex comedy. Sir Percy de Courcy accidentally turns some poor tasting wine into an aphrodisiac when his old school chum, Mike Scott arrives wit...

Not Now, Comrade

Not Now, Comrade

1976

as Commander Rimmington

5.2
Acting

Not Now, Comrade tells the story of Rudi, a Russian ballet star who defects to the West, and the chaos that befalls those who try to help him... not l...

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

1973

as Minister

4.2
Acting

Based on the hit play. A British Government Minister puts forward a bill to battle filth in the UK but that doesn't stop him having an affair with bot...

Not Now Darling

Not Now Darling

1973

as Gilbert Bodley

5.9
Acting

A married British furrier gives a mobster's mistress a cheap mink coat.

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971

as Dickie (segment "Gluttony")

4.9
Acting

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Se...

Doctor in Trouble

Doctor in Trouble

1970

as Doctor Anthony Burke

4.2
Acting

Dr. Burke is in love with Ophelia but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a cruise to the Mediterranean. Also on board the cruise sh...

Some Will, Some Won't

Some Will, Some Won't

1970

as Simon Russell

4.8
Acting

Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.

Maroc 7

Maroc 7

1967

as Raymond Lowe

5.0
Acting

The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.

Maroc 7

Maroc 7

1967

Producer

5.0
Producing

The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.

Doctor in Clover

Doctor in Clover

1966

as Dr Gaston Grimsdyke

5.5
Acting

Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the hospi...

The Gong Game

1965

as Clive Breeze

Acting

Once, long ago, Clive Breeze was a hero whose bravery won him a medal. Now, he's a middle-aged failure who's in big, big trouble.

You Must Be Joking

You Must Be Joking

1965

as Young Husband

5.1
Acting

A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.

Father Came Too!

Father Came Too!

1964

as Roddy Chipfield

5.5
Acting

When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling father by buying a rundown cottage and doing it up them...

The Fast Lady

The Fast Lady

1962

as Freddie

5.7
Acting

A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father.

The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962

as RAF Officer Mac

7.6
Acting

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the d...

In the Doghouse

In the Doghouse

1962

as Jimmy Fox-Upton

5.9
Acting

After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.

Crooks Anonymous

Crooks Anonymous

1962

as Dandy Forsdyke

6.1
Acting

A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a depart...

Raising the Wind

Raising the Wind

1961

as Mervyn Hughes

6.2
Acting

'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth ...

Very Important Person

Very Important Person

1961

as Jimmy Cooper

5.2
Acting

Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist ...

A Weekend with Lulu

A Weekend with Lulu

1961

as Timothy Gray

5.4
Acting

Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on c...

No Kidding

No Kidding

1960

as David Robinson

5.6
Acting

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the k...

Watch Your Stern

Watch Your Stern

1960

as Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe

5.6
Acting

When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to sho...

Doctor in Love

Doctor in Love

1960

as Dr Tony Burke

5.2
Acting

Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-c...

Carry On Constable

Carry On Constable

1960

as P.C. Tom Potter

6.3
Acting

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, ...

Inn for Trouble

Inn for Trouble

1960

as John Belcher

6.5
Acting

Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the hugely popular 1950s TV comedy. Alf Larkin has finally made...

Ferdinand I King of Naples

Ferdinand I King of Naples

1959

as Giornalista inglese

6.4
Acting

The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and disguise himself as a poor man and turn to the in...

Please Turn Over

Please Turn Over

1959

as Dr. Henry Manners

6.1
Acting

The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller...

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

1959

as Squadron Leader Thomas

5.2
Acting

The movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret mission behind enemy lines in occupied France, but wishing...

Carry On Teacher

Carry On Teacher

1959

as Alistair Grigg

6.3
Acting

When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed wi...

The Angry Hills

The Angry Hills

1959

as Ray Taylor

4.5
Acting

In 1941 Greece, on the eve of German occupation, cynical American foreign correspondent Michael Morrison arrives in Athens, intending to depart for Lo...

Carry On Nurse

Carry On Nurse

1959

as Jack Bell

6.4
Acting

In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill...

The Navy Lark

The Navy Lark

1959

as Lt. Pouter

6.5
Acting

An Inshore Minesweeping Unit has been forgotten by the Navy after World War II on the peaceful island of Boonsley and they have adapted to their circu...

The Man Who Liked Funerals

The Man Who Liked Funerals

1959

as Simon Hurd

Acting

A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to blackmailing the relatives of the recently deceased, threatenin...

This Other Eden

This Other Eden

1959

as Crispin Brown

Acting

A small town plans to erect a monument in memory of an IRA rebel killed during the 1920s. The son of the English Colonel who killed the rebel objects ...

I Was Monty's Double

I Was Monty's Double

1958

as Major Tennant

6.9
Acting

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions befor...

The Big Money

The Big Money

1958

as Receptionist

6.4
Acting

Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only...

Just My Luck

Just My Luck

1957

as Hon. Richard Lumb

6.0
Acting

Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants t...

Les Girls

Les Girls

1957

as Sir Gerald Wren

6.4
Acting

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Ange...

High Flight

High Flight

1957

as Blake

5.8
Acting

The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.

The Smallest Show on Earth

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957

as Robin Carter

6.6
Acting

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died a...

Brothers in Law

Brothers in Law

1957

as Shop Assistant

7.1
Acting

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with...

The Gamma People

The Gamma People

1956

as Howard Meade

5.1
Acting

An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children ...

Value for Money

Value for Money

1955

as Robjohns

6.6
Acting

A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decide...

As Long as They're Happy

As Long as They're Happy

1955

as Box Office Manager

7.7
Acting

The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Co...

The Limping Man

The Limping Man

1953

as Detective Cameron

5.2
Acting

An American veteran returns to England after WWII to learn that his London lover has become involved with a dangerous spy ring and their search for a ...

The Fake

The Fake

1953

as Boy Student

5.5
Acting

Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's "Ma...

Time Bomb

Time Bomb

1953

5.2
Acting

When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, ...

The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier

1952

as Controller

6.5
Acting

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

The Galloping Major

The Galloping Major

1951

as Reporter (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try...

Pool of London

Pool of London

1951

as Harry

6.5
Acting

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

The Woman with No Name

1950

as 1st Sapper officer

6.0
Acting

This is a British drama film from 1950 about a young woman in London in WW2 with amnesia.

Train of Events

Train of Events

1949

as Stacey's Fireman

6.2
Acting

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1948

6.0
Acting

Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's compani...

The Proud Valley

The Proud Valley

1940

as Minor Role

6.2
Acting

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

1940

as Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, a...

The Mikado

The Mikado

1939

as Boy

6.6
Acting

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of ...

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

1939

as Boy Doffing Cap at Parade

7.0
Acting

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

The Citadel

The Citadel

1938

as Girl (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the...

Lassie from Lancashire

1938

as Bit Part

6.0
Acting

Struggling young actress Jenny (Marjorie Browne) joins her dad (Mark Daly) when he moves into Aunt Hetty's (Elsie Wagstaff) boarding house. Aunt Hetty...

Hotel Caledonia

N/A

as The Narrator

Acting

Follows the journey of inconsequential loser, Norman Tickle, his best friend, and a bunch of backpackers to work the summer season at an isolated Scot...