Leslie Banks

Personal Info

Birthday

June 9, 1890

Day of Death

1952-04-21

(61 years old)

Place of Birth

West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK

Also Known As

Лесли Бэнкс

Leslie James Banks

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.

Known For

The Small Back Room

The Most Dangerous Game

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Cottage to Let

Jamaica Inn

The True Glory

Fire Over England

Madeleine

Filmography

1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1950
Your Witness
as Col. Roger Summerfield
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
The Big Blockade
as Taylor
1941
Ships with Wings
as Vice Adm. David Wetherby
Cottage to Let
as John Barrington
1940
Neutral Port
as George Carter
The Door with Seven Locks
as Dr. Manetta
Busman's Honeymoon
as Inspector Kirk
Dead Man's Shoes
as Roger de Vetheuil
21 Days Together
as Keith Durrant
1939
Sons of the Sea
as Capt. Hyde
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
as Anthony Slade
Jamaica Inn
as Joss Merlyn
1938
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
1937
Fire Over England
as The Earl of Leicester
Wings of the Morning
as Lord Clontarf
Farewell Again
as Col. Harry Blair
1936
Debt of Honour
as Maj. Jimmie Stanton
The Three Maxims
as Mac
1935
The Tunnel
as Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins
Sanders of the River
as Commissioner R.G. Sanders
1934
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Bob Lawrence
The Night of the Party
as Sir John Holland
Red Ensign
as David Barr
The Fire Raisers
as Jim Bronton
1933
I Am Suzanne!
as Adolpe 'Baron' Herring
1932
The Most Dangerous Game
as Count Zaroff