Ding Dong Leslie Phillips is dead.

[tim]

98 so not a bad innings, time to go home and watch a "Doctor in the something" film.

Carry On star Leslie Phillips dies at 98

 

[marty21]

98! Long life - I loved his cad character tbf - seems he had a lot of tragedy in his life too. RIP.

 

[danny la rouge]

Leslie Phillips! Fuck me! That’s not news I was expecting to be new.

 

[Pickman's model]

the last of the urchins of the thief of baghdad

 

[JimW]

Liked his style.

ETA Ding Dong would be a perfectly legitimate Chinese name and did genuinely consider using it for a while due to Leslie.

 

[Maggot]

Sad news, but a good age.

 

[editor]

RIP Leslie.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

The Carry On curse strikes again.

 

[Ax^]

the curse what natural causes

he also did a video game back on the playstation





Rip fella long life lived well

 

[tim]

The Carry On curse strikes again.

Yes, fear-struck Jim Dale has fled howling into the forest.

 

[The39thStep]

Always liked it when you used to watch an old film on a weekend afternoon and he'd be in it .

 

[danny la rouge]

The Carry On curse strikes again.

Was he ever in Dad’s Army?

 

[Pickman's model]

Was he ever in Dad’s Army?

No, or he'd have died years ago

 

[danny la rouge]

No, or he'd have died years ago

Same reason he didn’t join the Pretenders, I presume.

 

[editor]

I say!

 

[Elpenor]

Quite liked him latterly as Gervase Crouchback in the channel 4 adaptation of Sword of Honour, this seems to be on All4 at present

 

[kalidarkone]

I had crush on him and Tony Curtis when I was about 8.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

No, or he'd have died years ago

TBF, the Vicar died only recently

 

[A380]

RIP Leslie..

 

[scifisam]

Apparently he wished he could be remembered as much for his dramatic work as much as his comedy, and TBF he was a great dramatic actor. Like in Empire of the Sun - he was brilliant in that, though it did seem to bring out the best in everyone that was in it.

 

[blossie33]

Yes, I posted this obituary on the Celebrity Deaths thread yesterday...

Leslie Phillips obituary: The comedy Casanova who made it to Hogwarts

Carry On Star, whose lecherous comic performances overshadowed his ability as a classical actor, dies at 98.

www.bbc.co.uk

Interesting read about his childhood and early career.

 

[seeformiles]

I say!


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With the delectable Valerie Leon on the right .
Loved Leslie Phillips - he reminds me of my father-in-law