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Leslie Phillips
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It is catalogued under topics including 1924 births, 2022 deaths and 20th-century English male actors.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1911
- Works
- 8
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Tottenham, London, England, UK
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,…
Known for
- Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips — Himself2013
- After Death — Jerimiah Jones2012
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 — The Sorting Hat (voice)2011
- Late Bloomers — Leo2011
- Drama Trails2010
- Is Anybody There? — Reg2009
- Britain's Ugliest Models — Himself (Narrator)2009
- Tattoos: A Scarred History — Self2009
- The Week We Went To War2009
- Stanley Baxter: Now and Then — Self2008
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1924
- Active to
- 2022
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,042
- Total plays
- 51,577
Tags
Leslie Phillips is the name of more than one artist. (1) Leslie Phillips (b. January 28, 1962) is an American Christian singer and songwriter, who later recorded under the name Sam Phillips. One of her Christian market albums, The Turning, has been reissued under the Sam Phillips name. (2) Leslie Phillips is a French jazz/soul singer/songwriter currently living in London, UK. www.lesliephillipsmusic.com (3) Leslie Samuel Phillips OBE (b. April 20, 1924) is an English comedy actor, born in T
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,634x
- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
· 2005 · cited 21,314x
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,020x
- Scalable molecular dynamics with NAMD
· 2005 · cited 15,757x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,355x
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Key facts
- Born
- Leslie Samuel Phillips , ( 1924-04-20 ) 20 April 1924, Tottenham , Middlesex , England
- Died
- 7 November 2022 (2022-11-07) (aged 98), London, England
- Resting place
- Chingford Mount Cemetery , London, England
- Alma mater
- Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1937–2015
- Known for
- Carry On , Gex: Enter the Gecko , Harry Potter
- Spouses
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- LesliePhillipsBAFTA07 crop.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- Commons category
- Leslie Phillips
- date of birth
- 1924-04-20
- birth name
- Leslie Samuel Phillips
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- social media followers
- 22949
- date of death
- 2022-11-07
- end of work period
- 2012-00-00
- name in native language
- Leslie Phillips
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Encyclopedic overview
Leslie Samuel Phillips (20 April 1924 – 7 November 2022) was an English actor. 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. On the stage, Phillips was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance in 1977. 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 three of the Harry Potter films.
Early life
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