Leslie Phillips

Leslie Phillips

April 20, 1924 · 102 years old

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…

Known For

34 titles
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

2001 · 1h 40m · Movie

Adventurer Lara Croft explores lost empires and discovers immeasurable treasures in her daily life, but a secret from the past of her father, a missing archaeologist, will lead her to one of her greatest challenges.

5.8
2
Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987 · 2h 33m · Movie

A teenage English boy struggles to survive with his fellow captives under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.

7.7
3
Out of Africa

Out of Africa

1985 · 2h 41m · Movie

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

7.1
4
The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962 · 2h 58m · Movie

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.

7.7
5
Saving Grace

Saving Grace

2000 · 1h 33m · Movie

A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.

6.9
6
King Ralph

King Ralph

1991 · 1h 37m · Movie

A regular guy from America becomes king of England after a royal wipe-out puts him next in line.

5.4
7
Venus

Venus

2006 · 1h 35m · Movie

Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.

7.1
8
Thunderpants

Thunderpants

2002 · 1h 27m · Movie

An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.

3.8
9
Scandal

Scandal

1989 · 1h 46m · Movie

Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.

6.4
10
Is Anybody There?

Is Anybody There?

2009 · 1h 34m · Movie

A lonely boy who lives in his parents' home for the elderly explores his obsession with the afterlife through his friendship with an aging magician.

6.6
11
Carry on Nurse

Carry on Nurse

1959 · 1h 26m · Movie

An idiosyncratic group of patients wreak havoc in the men's surgical ward of Haven Hospital. They decide to take their revenge on the frosty Matron, and there is even a spot of DIY surgery!

6.2
12
Les Girls

Les Girls

1957 · 1h 54m · Movie

The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.

6.6
13
Carry on Constable

Carry on Constable

1960 · 1h 26m · Movie

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. They manage to totally wreck the operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away.

6.2
14
The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

1996 · 1h 32m · Movie

When an American family moves into a haunted mansion in England, the family's teenage daughter could be the key in fulfilling a prophecy and finally set the house's ghost free.

6.2
15
Carry on Columbus

Carry on Columbus

1992 · 1h 31m · Movie

History is only slightly rewritten: instead of experienced sailors, there are only convicts whose last and only meeting with H2O was their prison diet of bread and water. And Columbus doesn't have his own map.

3.4
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Carry on Teacher

Carry on Teacher

1959 · 1h 26m · Movie

Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.

6.2
17
Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

2004 · 1h 24m · Movie

In this irreverent parody, the British court and war government consist mainly of idiots and/or traitors. Hitler moves into Buckingham palace and plans to marry into the Windsors. A US Army officer claims the cigar-smoking iconic ...

4.9
18
Big Time Operators

Big Time Operators

1957 · 1h 20m · Movie

A young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit", and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.

6.9
19
The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier

1952 · 1h 49m · Movie

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

6.7
20
Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

2011 · 1h 35m · Movie

The struggles of Mary and her husband adjusting to retirement.

5.7
21
Sword of Honour

Sword of Honour

2001 · 3h 28m · Movie

Guy Crouchback, heir to a declining English Roman Catholic family, returns to England from Italy at the start of World War II, and joins the Royal Corps of Halberdiers along with various eccentrics, though his attempts to get back...

6.3
22
The Gamma People

The Gamma People

1956 · 1h 16m · Movie

An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.

5.3
23
The Mikado

The Mikado

1939 · 1h 30m · Movie

The son of the Mikado of Japan, a wandering minstrel, falls for a girl who is engaged to her guardian.

6.4
24
Please Turn Over

Please Turn Over

1959 · 1h 27m · Movie

The orderly suburban life of a 1950s English town is turned on its head when the teenage daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population. They begin to see t...

6.3
25
Brothers in Law

Brothers in Law

1957 · 1h 34m · Movie

Roger Thursby is just starting out as a barrister, full of ideals, but he is a bit too keen for his fellow lawyers.

6.4
26
Spanish Fly

Spanish Fly

1976 · 1h 26m · Movie

On the island of Minorca, Sir Percy de Courcy finds himself once again penniless. Since the disreputable Sir Percy isn't exactly willing to work for a living, this means he must concoct some sort of scam to maintain his lifestyle.

4.6
27
You Must Be Joking!

You Must Be Joking!

1965 · 1h 40m · Movie

A motley group of soldiers are set loose in swinging London in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.

5.9
28
Roommates

Roommates

1961 · 1h 31m · Movie

In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble.

5.9
29
Father Came Too!

Father Came Too!

1964 · 1h 31m · Movie

A young married couple experience difficulties doing up a cottage, and are hindered by the wife's father.

6.2
30
A Weekend with Lulu

A Weekend with Lulu

1961 · 1h 29m · Movie

Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone.

5.9
31
Maroc 7

Maroc 7

1967 · 1h 31m · Movie

The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.

5.2
32
Beware of Children

Beware of Children

1960 · 1h 26m · Movie

A young, married couple inherit an estate and decide to turn it into a summer camp for children.

5.7
33
Not Now, Comrade

Not Now, Comrade

1976 · 1h 29m · Movie

Russian ballet dancer decides to defect to Britain. After he leads the authorities a merry dance, he changes his mind.

5.0