Leslie Banks
Date of birth: 1890-06-09
Place of birth: West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Лесли Бэнкс, Leslie James 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.
Movie Credits
The Most Dangerous Game
1932-09-16
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious is
Fire Over England
1937-03-05
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the E
Went the Day Well?
1942-12-07
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their tas
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934-12-01
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attemp
Jamaica Inn
1939-05-11
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the rem
The Tunnel
1935-10-27
An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
The Small Back Room
1949-02-21
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disa
21 Days Together
1940-01-07
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested fo
The Door with Seven Locks
1940-10-12
A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to un
Madeleine
1950-02-16
Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man,
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939-11-01
During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new s
Cottage to Let
1941-09-06
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hosp
Your Witness
1950-03-06
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the Brit
Cyrano de Bergerac
1938-10-30
Inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play, this 1938 BBC Television studio production retells the comic
Sanders of the River
1935-05-10
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles
Red Ensign
1934-06-17
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in fi
Busman's Honeymoon
1940-07-22
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for
Sons of the Sea
1939-12-23
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects
Wings of the Morning
1937-02-19
A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.
The Big Blockade
1942-01-19
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early y
Ships with Wings
1941-11-10
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for
The Three Maxims
1936-01-01
The Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie Bank
I Am Suzanne!
1933-12-25
A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. The
Neutral Port
1940-12-06
A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Cap
The Fire Raisers
1934-01-22
Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a ga
The Night of the Party
1934-07-16
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party
Farewell Again
1937-01-05
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've
Henry V
1944-11-24
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co
Dead Man's Shoes
1940-05-05
An amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from
Debt of Honour
1936-11-02
A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975-04-19
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily
The True Glory
1945-08-27
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage
Mrs. Fitzherbert
1947-12-03
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fit
Experience
1921-08-07
Youth meets Ambition and leaves Love, his mother, and his small-town roots for the big city. There,