He turned to serious supporting roles in 'Out of Africa' and 'Empire of the Sun' before voicing the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter franchise. By Rhett Bartlett Leslie Phillips, the British actor and ...

In a statement, his agent, Jonathan Lloyd, confirmed to E! News that the actor died at home and "was at peace and with his loving wife Zara, adding that the star was "the best example of a true legend ...

Leslie Samuel Phillips CBE (20 April 1924 – 7 November 2022) was an English actor, director, producer and author. He achieved prominence in the 1950s, playing smooth, upper-class comic roles utilising ...

Those famous roles came out in his middle years. Before that he had been a very busy child actor. Then in his fifties Phillips took the courageous decision to do no more broad comedy. There was a ...

Leslie Phillips, the British actor who starred in the Carry On movie franchise and later voiced the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 98. Leslie Phillips, the British actor ...

LONDON (AP) — Leslie Phillips, the British actor best known for his roles in the bawdy “Carry On” comedies and as the voice of the Sorting Hat in the “Harry Potter” movies, has died. He was 98. His ...