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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Phillips, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

• 2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips — Himself, Producer
• 2012After Death — Jerimiah Jones
• 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 — The Sorting Hat (voice)
• 2011Late Bloomers — Leo
• Drama Trails
• 2009Is Anybody There? — Reg
• The Week We Went To War
• 2007The Dead Peasants Society — Alistair Robertson
• 2006Venus — Ian
• 2005Colour Me Kubrick — Freddie
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Sir Philip Starke
• 2004Churchill: The Hollywood Years — Lord W'ruff
• 2003Collusion — Herbert Ames
• The Last Detective — Alistair Robertson
• 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — The Sorting Hat (voice)
• Outside the Rules
• 2002Thunderpants — Judge
• 2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone — The Sorting Hat (voice)
• 2001Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — Wilson
• 2001Sword of Honour
• Sword of Honour — Gervase Crouchback
• 2000Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime — Prince Hugely Suave
• 2000Cinderella — Felim
• Monarch of the Glen — Louis Grimshaw
• 2000Saving Grace — Vicar Gerald Perey
• Take a Girl Like You — Lord Archie Edgerstone
• The Heaven and Earth Show
• 1997Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse — Lincoln Bradley
• 1997Caught in the Act — Sydney Fisher
• Midsomer Murders — Godfrey Teal
• 1997The Jackal — Woolburton
• 1996August — Professor Alexander Blathwaite
• Dalziel and Pascoe — James Westropp
• 1996Das Karussell des Todes — Sir John
• Dennis the Menace and Gnasher — Mr. Greenfly (voice)
• 1996Der Blinde — Sir John
• 1996Die Katze von Kensington — Sir John
• 1996The Canterville Ghost — George, Lord Canterville
• 1994Bermuda Grace
• Honey for Tea — Sir Dickie Hobhouse
• Love on a Branch Line — Lord Flamborough
• The House of Windsor — Lord Montague Bermondsey
• 1994Two Golden Balls — Viscount Osgood
• 1993Royal Celebration — Johnny
• 1993The Changeling — Vermandero
• 1992Carry On Columbus — King Ferdinand
• Heartbeat — Denzil Witty
• 1992Thacker — George Thacker
• 1991King Ralph — Gordon
• Performance — Judge Michael Argyle, Vermandero
• 1991The Trials of Oz — Judge Michael Argyle
• Chancer — Jimmy Blake
• 1990GLC: The Carnage Continues — Sir Horace Cutler
• 1990Life After Life — Wing Commander Boyle
• 1990Mountains of the Moon — Mr. Arundell
• 1990Oxford — Dean
• Plunder
• 1990Who Bombed Birmingham? — Lord Chief Justice Lane
• 1989Scandal — Lord Astor
• Screen One — Johnny, Viscount Osgood
• Summer's Lease — William Fosdyke
• Tales from the Crypt — Mycroft Amberson
• 1987Empire of the Sun — Maxton
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Justin Whittaker
• Lovejoy — Major Eddie Turpin
• 1985Out of Africa — Sir Joseph
• Super Gran — P.O.W.
• Mr. Palfrey of Westminster — Styles
• The Bill
• The Comic Strip Presents... — Sir Horace Cutler, Dean
• 1977That's Carry On! — Mr. Alistair Grigg / Constable Tom Potter (archive footage)
• 1976Not Now, Comrade — Commander Rimmington
• 1976Spanish Fly — Mike Scott
• Rumpole of the Bailey — 'Boxey' Horne
• Casanova '73 — Henry Newhouse
• 1973Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! — Minister
• 1973Not Now Darling — Gilbert Bodley
• 1971The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins — Dickie (segment "Gluttony")
• 1970Doctor in Trouble — Dr. Tony Burke
• 1970Some Will, Some Won't — Simon Russell
• Galton and Simpson Comedy
• 1968A Very Fine Line — Charlton
• 1967Maroc 7 — Raymond Lowe, Producer
• The World of Wodehouse — The Rev. Esmond Gander
• 1966Doctor in Clover — Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke
• 1965The Gong Game — Clive Breeze
• 1965You Must Be Joking — Young Husband
• 1964Father Came Too! — Mr. Roddy Chipfield
• Our Man At St Mark's
• 1962Crooks Anonymous — Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox
• 1962In the Doghouse — Jimmy Fox-Upton
• 1962The Fast Lady — Freddie Fox
• 1962The Longest Day — RAF Officer Mac
• 1961A Weekend with Lulu — Timothy Gray
• 1961Raising the Wind — Mervyn Hughes
• 1961Very Important Person — Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
• 1960Carry On Constable — Constable Tom Potter
• 1960Doctor in Love — Dr. Tony Burke
• 1960Inn for Trouble — John Belcher
• 1960No Kidding — David Robinson
• 1960Watch Your Stern — Lt. Cmdr. Bill Fanshawe
• 1959Carry On Nurse — Jack Bell
• 1959Carry On Teacher — Mr. Alistair Grigg
• 1959Ferdinand I King of Naples — Giornalista inglese
• 1959Please Turn Over — Dr. Henry Manners
• 1959The Angry Hills — Ray Taylor
• 1959The Man Who Liked Funerals — Simon Hurd
• 1959The Navy Lark — Lt. Pouter
• 1959The Night We Dropped a Clanger — Squadron Leader Thomas
• 1959This Other Eden — Crispin Brown
• 1958I Was Monty's Double — Major Tennant
• 1958The Big Money — Receptionist
• The Invisible Man — Sparrow
• 1957Brothers in Law — Shop Assistant
• 1957High Flight — Blake
• 1957Just My Luck — The Hon. Mr. Richard Lumb
• 1957Les Girls — Sir Gerald Wren
• 1957The Smallest Show on Earth — Robin Carter
• Armchair Theatre — Charlton, Clive Breeze
• The Errol Flynn Theatre — Venning
• 1956The Gamma People — Howard Meade
• Wire Service — Keynes
• 1955As Long as They're Happy — Box Office Manager
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Sir William, Wat Longfellow, Herbert, Count de Waldern
• 1955Value for Money — Robjohns
• Mark Saber — Hugh Lawrence
• 1953The Fake — Boy Student
• 1953The Limping Man — Detective Cameron
• 1953Time Bomb
• 1952The Sound Barrier — Controller
• 1951Pool of London — Harry
• 1951The Galloping Major — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1950The Woman with No Name — 1st Sapper officer
• 1949Train of Events — Stacey's Fireman
• 1948Anna Karenina
• 1940The Proud Valley — Minor Role
• 1940The Thief of Bagdad — Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
• 1939The Four Feathers — Boy Doffing Cap at Parade
• 1939The Mikado — Boy
• 1938Climbing High — Child actor (uncredited)
• 1938Lassie from Lancashire — Bit Part
• 1938The Citadel — Girl (uncredited)
• Hotel Caledonia — The Narrator

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2009Britain's Ugliest Models — Himself (Narrator)
• 2009Tattoos: A Scarred History — Self
• Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong — Self - Voiceover
• 2008Stanley Baxter: Now and Then — Self
• 2005Millions — Himself
• 2005The Comic Strip - A Retrospective — Self
• It's Only TV But I Like It — Self
• 1998What's a Carry On? — Self - Interviewee
• 1960Leslie Phillips Asks... — Self