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Leslie Banks
English actor (1890–1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the English actor and director. For the African American writer, see Leslie Esdaile Banks.
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.
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Leslie Banks | |
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![]() Banks in The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | |
Born | Leslie James Banks (1890-06-09)9 June 1890 West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
Died | 21 April 1952(1952-04-21) (aged 61) Kensington, London, England |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, producer |
Years active | 1911–1950 |
Spouse |
Gwendoline Haldane Unwin
(m. 1915) |
Children | 3 |
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