Leslie Banks

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Banks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Jamaica Inn

as Joss Merlyn

Cast Credits

Your Witness

as Col. Roger Summerfield

Madeleine

as James Smith

The Small Back Room

as Col. A. K. Holland

Mrs. Fitzherbert

as Charles Fox

Henry V

as Chorus

Went the Day Well?

as Oliver Wilsford

Ships with Wings

as Vice Adm. David Wetherby

Cottage to Let

as John Barrington

Neutral Port

as George Carter

Busman's Honeymoon

as Inspector Kirk

Dead Man's Shoes

as Roger de Vetheuil

21 Days

as Keith Durrant

Sons of the Sea

as Capt. Hyde

Jamaica Inn

as Joss Merlyn

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Cyrano de Bergerac

Fire Over England

as The Earl of Leicester

Wings of the Morning

as Lord Clontarf

Farewell Again

as Col. Harry Blair

Debt of Honour

as Maj. Jimmie Stanton

The Tunnel

as Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins

Sanders of the River

as R.G. Sanders

The Night of the Party

as Sir John Holland

Red Ensign

as David Barr

The Fire Raisers

as Jim Bronton

I Am Suzanne!

as Adolpe 'Baron' Herring