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Leslie Phillips
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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
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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
Known For
Heartbeat
Tales from the Crypt
Midsomer Murders
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dalziel & Pascoe
Lovejoy
Performance
It's Only TV But I Like It
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Monarch of the Glen
The Heaven and Earth Show
The Week We Went To War
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Four Feathers
The Jackal
Take a Girl Like You
Out of Africa
The Changeling
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Cinderella
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Royal Celebration
Two Golden Balls
The Longest Day
Scandal
Oxford
The Trials of Oz
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Outside the Rules
Honey for Tea
Love on a Branch Line
Thacker
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