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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.
Birth Name
Leslie James Banks
Born
Monday, 09 June 1890
Died
Monday, 21 April 1952
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| Eye Witness | Col. Roger Summerfield | 1950 |
| Madeleine | James Smith | 1950 |
| Hour of Glory | Col. A.K. Holland / Col. A. K. Holland | 1949 |
| Mrs. Fitzherbert | Charles Fox | 1947 |
| The True Glory | Commentator / Self - Commentator | 1945 |
| Henry V | Chorus | 1944 |
| Went the Day Well? | Oliver Wilsford | 1942 |
| The Big Blockade | Civil Service: Taylor / Taylor | 1942 |
| Ships with Wings | Vice-Admiral Weatherby / Vice Adm. David Wetherby | 1941 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| Eye Witness | Col. Roger Summerfield | 1950 |
| Madeleine | James Smith | 1950 |
| Hour of Glory | Col. A.K. Holland / Col. A. K. Holland | 1949 |
| Mrs. Fitzherbert | Charles Fox | 1947 |
| The True Glory | Commentator / Self - Commentator | 1945 |
| Henry V | Chorus | 1944 |
| Went the Day Well? | Oliver Wilsford | 1942 |
| The Big Blockade | Civil Service: Taylor / Taylor | 1942 |
| Ships with Wings | Vice-Admiral Weatherby / Vice Adm. David Wetherby | 1941 |
| Bombsight Stolen | John Barrington | 1941 |
| Neutral Port | George Carter | 1940 |
| Chamber of Horrors | Dr. Manetta | 1940 |
| Haunted Honeymoon | Inspector Kirk | 1940 |
| 21 Days Together | Keith Darrant / Keith Durrant | 1940 |
| Sons of the Sea | Captain Hyde / Capt. Hyde | 1939 |
| The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | Inspector Anthony Slade / Anthony Slade | 1939 |
| Jamaica Inn | Joss Merlyn | 1939 |
| Wings of the Morning | Lord Clontarf | 1937 |
| Fire Over England | Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester / The Earl of Leicester | 1937 |
| Troopship | Col. Harry Blair | 1937 |
| The Show Goes On | Mac | 1936 |
| Transatlantic Tunnel | Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins | 1935 |
| Sanders of the River | Commissioner R.G. Sanders | 1935 |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | Bob Lawrence | 1934 |
| The Iron Duke | Film Industry Visitor | 1934 |
| The Murder Party | Sir John Holland | 1934 |
| Strike! | David Barr | 1934 |
| The Fire Raisers | Jim Bronton | 1934 |
| I Am Suzanne! | Adolpe 'Baron' Herring / Adolphe 'Baron' Herring | 1933 |
| Strange Evidence | Francis Relf | 1933 |
| The Most Dangerous Game | Zaroff / Count Zaroff | 1932 |
