Leslie Banks
Actor (1890-1952) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 61
Leslie James Banks CBE 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.
Leslie Banks is read about 130 times a day, in 14 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
1952Died21 April 19521950
MadeleineFilm, James Smith1947
Mrs. FitzherbertFilm, Charles Fox1945
The True GloryFilm, Commentator1944
Henry VFilm, Chorus1941
Cottage to LetFilm, John Barrington1940
21 DaysFilm, Keith Durrant1939
Jamaica InnFilm, Joss Merlyn1938Cyrano de BergeracFilm, Cyrano de Bergerac1936
Debt of HonourFilm, Maj. Jimmie Stanton1935
Sanders of the RiverFilm, R.G. Sanders1934
Red EnsignFilm, David Barr1932
The Most Dangerous GameFilm, Count Zaroff1921
ExperienceFilm1890Born9 June 1890
MadeleineFilm, James Smith1947Mrs. FitzherbertFilm, Charles Fox1945The True GloryFilm, Commentator1944Henry VFilm, Chorus1941Cottage to LetFilm, John Barrington194021 DaysFilm, Keith Durrant1939Jamaica InnFilm, Joss Merlyn1938Cyrano de BergeracFilm, Cyrano de Bergerac1936Debt of HonourFilm, Maj. Jimmie Stanton1935Sanders of the RiverFilm, R.G. Sanders1934Red EnsignFilm, David Barr1932The Most Dangerous GameFilm, Count Zaroff1921ExperienceFilm1890Born9 June 1890Known for
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Went the Day Well? 1942
The Most Dangerous Game 1932
The Small Back Room 1949
Henry V 1944
The Man Who Knew Too Much 1934
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Alexander Korda Produced Fire Over England and 21 Days
Michael Powell Directed The Night of the Party and Red Ensign
Michael Balcon Produced The Man Who Knew Too Much (1935)
Erich Pommer Produced Jamaica Inn and Fire Over England
Robert Newton Also in Jamaica Inn and Fire Over England
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Jamaica Inn (1939)
Laurence Olivier Produced Henry V (1944)
Robert Montgomery Directed Your Witness (1950)
Maurice Elvey Directed The Tunnel and Sons of the Sea
Frank Cellier Also in Cottage to Let and The Fire Raisers- Henry Oscar Also in Fire Over England and Red Ensign
John Laurie Also in Madeleine, Red Ensign and Henry V
Rowland V. Lee Directed I Am Suzanne (1933)
Basil Sydney Also in Went the Day Well? and The Tunnel- Muriel George Also in 21 Days and Cottage to Let
Angus MacPhail Wrote Busman's Honeymoon and The Big Blockade
Graham Greene Wrote 21 Days and Went the Day Well?
Vivien Leigh Also in Fire Over England and 21 Days
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced I Am Suzanne (1933)
Arthur Benjamin Wrote The Man Who Knew Too Much (1935)
Zoltan Korda Directed Sanders of the River (1935)
Helen Haye Also in Wings of the Morning (1937)
Felix Aylmer Also in Your Witness and Henry V- Jane Baxter Also in Ships with Wings (1941)
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About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1952 · aged 61
