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Biography
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, but also the Chorus in Laurence Olivier's wartime version of Henry V.
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Awards & recognition
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Filmography14 titles
Went the Day Well?
1942as Oliver Wilsford
1942as Oliver Wilsford
Sons of the Sea
1939as Capt. Hyde
1939as Capt. Hyde
Madeleine
1950as James Smith
1950as James Smith
The Most Dangerous Game
1932as Count Zaroff
1932as Count Zaroff
The Small Back Room
1949as Col. A. K. Holland
1949as Col. A. K. Holland
Henry V
1944as Chorus
1944as Chorus
Bombsight Stolen
1941as John Barrington
1941as John Barrington
The True Glory
1945as Commentator
1945as Commentator
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934as Bob Lawrence
1934as Bob Lawrence
Fire Over England
1937as The Earl of Leicester
1937as The Earl of Leicester
Wings of the Morning
1937as Lord Clontarf
1937as Lord Clontarf
21 Days
1940as Keith Durrant
1940as Keith Durrant
Jamaica Inn
1939as Joss Merlyn
1939as Joss Merlyn
Sanders of the River
1935as R.G. Sanders
1935as R.G. Sanders