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Leslie Banks

ActorBorn 1890, died 1952On stage 1914 to 19498 productions on this page

Leslie Banks
film screenshot (RKO)

Leslie James Banks CBE (9 June 1890 – 21 April 1952) 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.

On stage

8 productions, 35 years
1914
Eliza Comes to StayBroadway Garrick Theatre. Original
13 performances
1914
The Dear FoolBroadway Garrick Theatre. Original
24 performances
1924
Peter PanBroadway Knickerbocker Theatre. Revival. Directed by Basil Dean
96 performances
1930
The Man in PossessionBroadway Booth Theatre. Original
98 performances
1931
Springtime for HenryBroadway Bijou Theatre. Original. Directed by Arthur Sircom
199 performances
1937
To Quito and BackBroadway Guild Theatre. Original. Directed by Philip Moeller
46 performances
1938
Wine of ChoiceBroadway Guild Theatre. Original. Directed by Herman Shumlin
43 performances
1949
Lost in the StarsBroadway Music Box. Original. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
281 performances

Worked with more than once

6 names
  • Marion Courtnay 2 productions
  • Harry Ashford 2 productions
  • Fred Grove 2 productions
  • Eva Moore 2 productions
  • Estelle Despa 2 productions
  • Constance Groves 2 productions

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