Leslie Banks
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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.047 |
| Birthday | 1890-06-09 |
| Place of Birth | West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Лесли Бэнкс, Leslie James Banks, |
1932
The Most Dangerous Game
6.932/272
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive...
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The Most Dangerous Game
1937
Fire Over England
6/34
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the ti...
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Fire Over England
1942
Went the Day Well?
7.189/66
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in prepara...
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Went the Day Well?
1934
The Man Who Knew Too Much
6.4/392
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidn...
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1939
Jamaica Inn
6/215
In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeep...
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Jamaica Inn
1935
The Tunnel
5.3/22
An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
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The Tunnel
1949
The Small Back Room
6.6/65
At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal office...
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The Small Back Room
1940
21 Days Together
6.1/26
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wa...
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21 Days Together
1940
The Door with Seven Locks
6/17
A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure. A mad...
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The Door with Seven Locks
1950
Madeleine
6.7/32
The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standi...
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Madeleine
1939
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
6.6/9
During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of...
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The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1941
Cottage to Let
6.5/18
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfe...
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Cottage to Let
1950
Your Witness
5.7/7
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is...
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Your Witness
1938
Cyrano de Bergerac
0/0
Inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play, this 1938 BBC Television studio production retells the comic and heroic drama of the 17th-century Gascon sword...
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Cyrano de Bergerac
1935
Sanders of the River
5.7/9
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loy...
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Sanders of the River
1934
Red Ensign
5.7/6
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new sh...
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Red Ensign
1940
Busman's Honeymoon
5.4/9
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the ol...
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Busman's Honeymoon
1939
Sons of the Sea
6.8/4
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target....
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Sons of the Sea
1937
Wings of the Morning
6.1/8
A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.
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Wings of the Morning
1942
The Big Blockade
6.5/4
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
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The Big Blockade
1941
Ships with Wings
4/2
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Gre...
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Ships with Wings
1936
The Three Maxims
0/0
The Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie Banks). After spending most of their careers in the sm...
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The Three Maxims
1933
I Am Suzanne!
6.2/4
A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. The puppeteer himself seems more interested in his pu...
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I Am Suzanne!
1940
Neutral Port
6/3
A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.
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Neutral Port
1934
The Fire Raisers
4.8/6
Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a gang of arsonists. His conscience is troubling him ....
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The Fire Raisers
1934
The Night of the Party
5.3/3
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect,...
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The Night of the Party
1937
Farewell Again
5/1
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty...
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Farewell Again
1944
Henry V
6.6/111
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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Henry V
1940
Dead Man's Shoes
6/1
An amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from his past shows up with evidence that in "the old d...
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Dead Man's Shoes
1936
Debt of Honour
0/0
A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame,...
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Debt of Honour
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
0/0
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1945
The True Glory
6.2/15
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the as...
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The True Glory
1947
Mrs. Fitzherbert
6/2
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between t...
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Mrs. Fitzherbert
1921
Experience
0/0
Youth meets Ambition and leaves Love, his mother, and his small-town roots for the big city. There, in his search for Experience, he meets Pleasure an...
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