Leslie Banks | |
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Born | Leslie James Banks 9 June 1890 West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
Died | 21 April 1952 Kensington, London, England | (aged 61)
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, producer |
Years active | 1911–1950 |
Spouse |
Gwendoline Haldane Unwin
(m. 1915) |
Children | 3 |
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.