Leslie Howard

    Leslie Howard

    Acting

    April 3, 1893
    Died June 1, 1943 (50 years old)
    Forest Hill, London, England, UK

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    Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English actor, director and producer. He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s. Active in both Britain and Hollywood, Howard played Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939). He had roles in many other films, often playing the quintessential Englishman, including Berkeley Square (1933), Of Human Bondage (1934), The ...

    Known For

    Filmography

    Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests

    Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests

    2020

    as Self (archive footage)

    Churchill and the Movie Mogul

    Churchill and the Movie Mogul

    2019

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.3
    Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

    Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

    2013

    as Self (archive footage)

    5.5
    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    2007

    as Self (archive footage)

    4.3
    The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

    The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

    2005

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.5
    Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

    Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

    2004

    as Himself (archive footage)

    7.2
    Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

    2003

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.9
    Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance

    Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance

    2000

    as Self (archive footage)

    9
    Glorious Technicolor

    Glorious Technicolor

    1998

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    6.9
    Bogart: The Untold Story

    Bogart: The Untold Story

    1997

    as Self (archive footage)

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    1997

    as Self (archive footage)

    5.3
    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    1996

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.7
    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    1988

    as Self (archive footage)

    8.2
    South of Reno

    South of Reno

    1988

    4.9
    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    1984

    as (archive footage)

    9
    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    1983

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    7
    The Happy Ending

    The Happy Ending

    1969

    as Self - Actor in 'Smilin' Through' (archive footage) (uncredited)

    6.1
    MGM Parade

    MGM Parade

    1955

    7.5
    The Gentle Sex

    The Gentle Sex

    1943

    as Narrator (voice)

    7
    The First of the Few

    The First of the Few

    1942

    as R.J. Mitchell

    6.7
    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    1942

    as Self (archive footage)

    The White Eagle

    The White Eagle

    1942

    as Narrator (voice)

    5.9
    In Which We Serve

    In Which We Serve

    1942

    as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

    6.7
    49th Parallel

    49th Parallel

    1941

    as Philip Armstrong Scott

    7
    "Pimpernel" Smith

    "Pimpernel" Smith

    1941

    as Professor Horatio Smith

    7.1

    From the Four Corners

    1941

    as Himself (as A Passer-By)

    10
    Gone with the Wind

    Gone with the Wind

    1939

    as Ashley Wilkes

    7.9
    Intermezzo: A Love Story

    Intermezzo: A Love Story

    1939

    as Holger Brandt

    6.7
    Pygmalion

    Pygmalion

    1938

    as Henry Higgins

    7
    It's Love I'm After

    It's Love I'm After

    1937

    as Basil Underwood

    7.1
    Stand-In

    Stand-In

    1937

    as Atterbury Dodd

    6.5
    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    1936

    as Romeo

    6.3
    The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

    1936

    as Alan Squier

    7.1
    Breakdowns of 1936

    Breakdowns of 1936

    1936

    as Self

    Master Will Shakespeare

    Master Will Shakespeare

    1936

    as Romeo (uncredited)

    5.8
    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    1934

    as Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel

    7
    Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

    1934

    as Philip Carey

    6.5
    British Agent

    British Agent

    1934

    as Stephen 'Steve' Locke

    5.8
    The Lady Is Willing

    The Lady Is Willing

    1934

    as Albert Latour

    8
    Berkeley Square

    Berkeley Square

    1933

    as Peter Standish

    5.9
    Captured!

    Captured!

    1933

    as Captain Fred Allison

    5.5
    Secrets

    Secrets

    1933

    as John Carlton

    5.2
    Smilin' Through

    Smilin' Through

    1932

    as Sir John Carteret

    6
    The Animal Kingdom

    The Animal Kingdom

    1932

    as Tom

    5.6
    Service for Ladies

    Service for Ladies

    1932

    as Max Tracey

    7.6
    A Free Soul

    A Free Soul

    1931

    as Dwight Winthrop

    6.2
    Five and Ten

    Five and Ten

    1931

    as Berry Rhodes

    6.1
    Devotion

    Devotion

    1931

    as David Trent

    7.2
    Never the Twain Shall Meet

    Never the Twain Shall Meet

    1931

    as Dan

    4.8
    Outward Bound

    Outward Bound

    1930

    as Tom Prior

    6
    Bookworms

    Bookworms

    1920

    as Richard

    6.5