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Leslie Banks

Actor | * 06/09/1890 († 61, 04/21/1952) | West Derby, Liverpool, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Leslie James Banks CBE (9 June 1890 – 21 April 1952) was an English stage and screen actor, director and producer, now best remembered for playing gruff, menacing characters in black-and-white films of the 1930s and 1940s, but also the Chorus in Laurence Olivier's wartime version of Henry V. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Crime

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When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very graci ...

The Most Dangerous Game

PG-13

1932 | 3.5/5 | 1h 3min
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Horror
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While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet. ...

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Certification unknown

1934 | 3.2/5 | 1h 16min
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try t ...

Busman's Honeymoon

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1940 | 2.6/5 | 1h 23min
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
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In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an inkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrang ...

Jamaica Inn

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1939 | 3.0/5 | 1h 48min
Crime, History, Adventure, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Leslie Banks

Commander of The Order of The British Empire
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Movies with Leslie Banks as Actor(32)

as Self (archive footage)1975 Black Shadows on the Silver Screen
as James Smith1950 Madeleine
as Col. Roger Summerfield1950 Your Witness
as Col. A. K. Holland1949 The Small Back Room
as Charles Fox1947 Mrs. Fitzherbert
as Commentator1945 The True Glory
as Chorus1944 Henry V
as Oliver Wilsford1942 Went the Day Well?
as Taylor1942 The Big Blockade
as John Barrington1941 Cottage to Let
as Vice Adm. David Wetherby1941 Ships with Wings
as Dr. Manetta1940 The Door with Seven Locks
as Roger de Vetheuil1940 Dead Man's Shoes
as George Carter1940 Neutral Port
as Inspector Kirk1940 Busman's Honeymoon
as Keith Durrant1940 21 Days
as Capt. Hyde1939 Sons of the Sea
as Joss Merlyn1939 Jamaica Inn
as Anthony Slade1939 The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
as Col. Harry Blair1937 Farewell Again
as Lord Clontarf1937 Wings of the Morning
as The Earl of Leicester1937 Fire Over England
as Maj. Jimmie Stanton1936 Debt of Honour
as Mac1936 The Three Maxims
as Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins1935 The Tunnel
as Sir John Holland1935 The Night of the Party
as Commissioner R.G. Sanders1935 Sanders of the River
as Bob Lawrence1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Jim Bronton1934 The Fire Raisers
as David Barr1934 Red Ensign
as Adolpe 'Baron' Herring1933 I Am Suzanne!
as Count Zaroff1932 The Most Dangerous Game

Full Name: Leslie Banks
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 06/09 1890 (June) in West Derby, Liverpool, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Monday, 04/21 1952 (April) in London (aged: 61)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Glenalmond College
Other names for Leslie Banks (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Лесли Бэнкс"
Leslie Banks frequently works together with these people:
Michael Powell (8x, Crew)
Laurence Olivier (6x, Actor)
Robert Newton (6x, Actor)
Henry Oscar (6x, Actor)
John Laurie (5x, Actor)
Alfred Junge (5x, Crew)
Jerome Jackson (5x, Crew)
A.W. Watkins (4x, Crew)
Frederick Piper (4x, Actor)
Louis Levy (4x, Crew)
Wally Patch (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:488146, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/30/2024