Leslie Banks

Leslie Banks

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

09/06/1890

Day of Death

21/04/1952
(62) years old

Place of Birth

West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK

Biography

Leslie Banks, CBE (9 June 1890 – 21 April 1952) was an English theatre and cinema actor, director and producer, now best remembered playing gruff, menacing characters in black and white movies of the 1930s and 1940s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Banks, licensed under CC-BY-SA... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1950

Your Witness

as Col. Roger Summerfield

1950

Madeleine

as James Smith

1949

The Small Back Room

as Col. A. K. Holland

1947

Mrs. Fitzherbert

as Charles Fox

1945

The True Glory

as Commentator

1944

Henry V

as Chorus

1942

Went the Day Well?

as Oliver Wilsford

1942

The Big Blockade

as Taylor

1941

Ships with Wings

as Vice Adm. David Wetherby

1941

Cottage to Let

as John Barrington

1940

Neutral Port

as George Carter

1940

The Door with Seven Locks

as Dr. Manetta

1940

Busman's Honeymoon

as Inspector Kirk

1940

Dead Man's Shoes

as Roger de Vetheuil

1940

21 Days

as Keith Durrant

1939

Sons of the Sea

as Capt. Hyde

1939

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

as Anthony Slade

1939

Jamaica Inn

as Joss Merlyn

1938

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Cyrano de Bergerac

1937

Fire Over England

as The Earl of Leicester

1937

Wings of the Morning

as Lord Clontarf

1937

Farewell Again

as Col. Harry Blair

1936

Debt of Honour

as Maj. Jimmie Stanton

1935

The Tunnel

as Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins

1935

Sanders of the River

as R.G. Sanders

1934

The Man Who Knew Too Much

as Bob Lawrence

1934

The Night of the Party

as Sir John Holland

1934

Red Ensign

as David Barr

1934

The Fire Raisers

as Jim Bronton

1933

I Am Suzanne!

as Adolpe 'Baron' Herring

1932

The Most Dangerous Game

as Count Zaroff