Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    105

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    April 20, 1924 ( 98 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Tottenham, London, England, UK

  • Also Known As

    Lesley Phillips

    Leslie Samuel Phillips

Leslie Phillips

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