Leslie Banks

Known for

Acting

Born

June 9, 1890

Birthplace

West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK

Died

April 21, 1952 (aged 61)

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.

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Best known work

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934

The Most Dangerous Game

1932

Jamaica Inn

1939

Henry V

1944

The Small Back Room

1949

Went the Day Well?

1942

Fire Over England

1937

Madeleine

1950

21 Days

1940

The Tunnel

1935

Filmography

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
1936
The Three Maxims
as Mac