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Nov 8, 2022 · Leslie Phillips, as sexually threatening as a pot of tepid tea, made the common man feel better. The Carry On star’s charming on-screen persona as a hopeless and harmless lothario...
Leslie Samuel Phillips CBE (20 April 1924 – 7 November 2022) was an English actor. He achieved prominence in the 1950s, playing smooth, upper-class comic roles utilising his "Ding dong" and "Hello" catchphrases.
Apr 20, 2024 · On stage in the '60s and '70s, Leslie made the play The Man Most Likely To his own. Initially written by Joyce Rayburn, Phillips re-wrote much of the script and tried it out in Brighton and Newcastle before mounting it at London's Vaudeville Theatre in 1968, moving to the Duke Of York's in 1971.
Nov 8, 2022 · Exclusive. Leslie Phillips' little known short speech in the Commons witnessed by a handful of MPs. The actor, who has died aged 98, was a regular visitor to parliament, attending several annual dinners of the all-party Parliamentary Historic Vehicles Group, Sky News learns. Jon Craig. Chief political correspondent @joncraig.
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Nov 8, 2022 · Leslie Phillips, who has died aged 98, will forever be remembered for playing a lecherous old rake. But his comic gifts masked the range of his acting ability.
Nov 10, 2022 · Although he was to reach the age of 98, he already felt very senior when I met him at his home in his mid-seventies. He was very keen to stress that his abilities stretched beyond delivering a famous catchphrase and luring girls into an open-top sports car. Those famous roles came out in his middle years.
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Nov 13, 2022 · At 60, the age most people start contemplating retirement, Leslie Phillips took the biggest gamble of his life, leaving behind the lounge lizard and “silly ass comedy” roles that had made his...
