Leslie Banks

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-06-09 (62 years old)

Deathday

1952-04-21

Place of Birth

West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK

Leslie Banks

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, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1932

1937

Fire Over England

as The Earl of Leicester

1942

Went the Day Well?

as Oliver Wilsford

1934

1939

Jamaica Inn

as Joss Merlyn

1935

The Tunnel

as Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins

1949

The Small Back Room

as Col. A. K. Holland

1940

21 Days Together

as Keith Durrant

1940

1950

Madeleine

as James Smith

1939

1941

Cottage to Let

as John Barrington

1950

Your Witness

as Col. Roger Summerfield

1938

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Cyrano de Bergerac

1935

Sanders of the River

as Commissioner R.G. Sanders

1934

Red Ensign

as David Barr

1940

Busman's Honeymoon

as Inspector Kirk

1939

Sons of the Sea

as Capt. Hyde

1937

Wings of the Morning

as Lord Clontarf

1942

1941

Ships with Wings

as Vice Adm. David Wetherby

1933

I Am Suzanne!

as Adolpe 'Baron' Herring

1940

Neutral Port

as George Carter

1934

The Fire Raisers

as Jim Bronton

1934

The Night of the Party

as Sir John Holland

1937

Farewell Again

as Col. Harry Blair

1944

Henry V

as Chorus

1940

Dead Man's Shoes

as Roger de Vetheuil

1936

Debt of Honour

as Maj. Jimmie Stanton

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1945

The True Glory

as Commentator

1947

Mrs. Fitzherbert

as Charles Fox

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