Leslie Phillips (“Harry Potter”, “Carry On”) has died at 98

Actor Leslie Philips, best known for his role in the films “Carry On”, died on Monday 7 November at the age of 98 after suffering from a long-term illness. The actor’s agent, Jonathan Lloyd, confirmed that he died peacefully and peacefully in his sleep. Her wife, Zara Carr, publicly greeted her husband with these words for the Sun: “I lost a wonderful husband and the audience lost a great showman. He was simply a national treasure. People loved him. When we got married, he shamelessly introduced me to the press as a king, insisting that I was the new Zara Phillips. and that she was related to the queen. “

Philips was born in 1924 in North London, in Tottenham, and has endeared himself to many people for his exaggerated and parodic imitations of English high society. In addition, the actor has been present in the lives of millions of “Harry Potter” fans without the public being very aware of it. Philips has lent his voice to the legendary Sorting Hat of the saga, charged with deciding the fate of the most famous wizard in the world.

Philips has worked professionally in the film industry for over 70 years, from 1938 in the romantic musical comedy “Lassie de Lancashire” to 2013 in a documentary about his career. He has been part of over 200 films and television and radio series and has starred in four of the thirty-one films in the legendary “Carry On” saga, a franchise running from 1958 to 1978 that was a British comedy that he himself admitted marked forever. For 17 years he was a part of the BBC’s hit radio show “The Navy Park”, a sitcom focusing on everyday life aboard a Royal Navy frigate. Despite being a man who has devoted his life primarily to comedy, he also had some dramatic roles, highlighting his 2006 role in “Venus” for which he was nominated for the Bafta Awards.

In the 1980s he was part of ‘Out of Africa’ and ‘The Empire of the Sun’ and has already entered the 21st century, his work on ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’, the formerly called ‘Venus’ and the first two films of the’ Harry Potter ‘saga,’ Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ‘and’ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’. In 2004, he briefly played himself in “Millions”.

The war delayed his stardom

When Philips was starting to make a name for himself in the industry and landed life-changing roles, World War II disrupted his rise to stardom. During this conflict he served in the Durham Light Infantry (1942-1945) until he has been declared invalid to continue serving. After that, he returned to acting and it was in the 1950s that his career finally took off, and this actor became a respected actor in the British industry thanks to roles like ‘My Wife Jacqueline’, which helped him get into ‘Carry On’.