Portrait of Leslie Banks

Leslie Banks

Acting

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.

Born: June 9, 1890

Place of Birth: West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK

Filmography

1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1950
Your Witness

as Col. Roger Summerfield

1950
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

1942
1941
Ships with Wings

as Vice Adm. David Wetherby

1941
Cottage to Let

as John Barrington

1940
1940
Busman's Honeymoon

as Inspector Kirk

1940
Dead Man's Shoes

as Roger de Vetheuil

1940
21 Days Together

as Keith Durrant

1939
Sons of the Sea

as Capt. Hyde

1939
1939
Jamaica Inn

as Joss Merlyn

1937
Fire Over England

as The Earl of Leicester

1937
Wings of the Morning

as Lord Clontarf

1937
Farewell Again

as Col. Harry Blair

1936
Debt of Honour

as Maj. Jimmie Stanton

1935
The Tunnel

as Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins

1935
Sanders of the River

as Commissioner R.G. Sanders

1934
1934
The Night of the Party

as Sir John Holland

1934
Red Ensign

as David Barr

1934
The Fire Raisers

as Jim Bronton

1933
I Am Suzanne!

as Adolpe 'Baron' Herring

1932