Code | DS/UK/3521 |
Name | Banks; Leslie (1890-1952); CBE; English theatre and cinema actor, director, producer |
Variations of Name | Leslie James Banks |
Dates | 9 June 1890-21 April 1952 |
Gender | Male (cisgender) |
Place of Birth/Origin | West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (born) |
Biography | Leslie Banks CBE 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. |