Leslie Howard

Biography

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 Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Pygmalion (1938), Intermezzo (1939), "Pimpernel" Smith (1941), and The First of the Few (1942). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Berkeley Square and Pygmalion. Howard's World War II activities included acting and filmmaking. He helped to make anti-German propaganda and shore up support for the Allies—two years after his death the British Film Yearbook described Howard's work as "one of the most valuable facets of British propaganda". He was rumoured to have been involved with British or Allied Intelligence, sparking conspiracy theories regarding his death in 1943 when the Luftwaffe shot down BOAC Flight 777 over…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Gone with the Wind (1939) — Ashley Wilkes
2. The Petrified Forest (1936) — Alan Squier
3. Pygmalion (1938) — Henry Higgins
4. Of Human Bondage (1934) — Philip Carey
5. 49th Parallel (1941) — Philip Armstrong Scott
6. In Which We Serve (1942) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
7. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) — Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel
8. A Free Soul (1931) — Dwight Winthrop
9. Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939) — Holger Brandt
10. The First of the Few (1942) — R.J. Mitchell
11. Romeo and Juliet (1936) — Romeo
12. It's Love I'm After (1937) — Basil Underwood
13. "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) — Professor Horatio Smith
14. Smilin' Through (1932) — Sir John Carteret
15. The Animal Kingdom (1932) — Tom
16. British Agent (1934) — Stephen 'Steve' Locke
17. Stand-In (1937) — Atterbury Dodd
18. Berkeley Square (1933) — Peter Standish
19. Five and Ten (1931) — Berry Rhodes
20. Outward Bound (1930) — Tom Prior
21. Secrets (1933) — John Carlton
22. Glorious Technicolor (1998) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
23. The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997) — Self (archive footage)
24. The Gentle Sex (1943) — Narrator (voice)
25. Complicated Women (2003) — Self (archive footage)
26. Captured! (1933) — Captain Fred Allison
27. The White Eagle (1942) — Narrator (voice)
28. South of Reno (1988)
29. Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland (2004) — Himself (archive footage)
30. Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996) — Self (archive footage)
31. Devotion (1931) — David Trent
32. Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931) — Dan
33. The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) — Self (archive footage)
34. Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) — Self (archive footage)
35. Service for Ladies (1932) — Max Tracey
36. Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013) — Self (archive footage)
37. Master Will Shakespeare (1936) — Romeo (uncredited)
38. Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
39. Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019) — Self (archive footage)
40. The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert (2005) — Self (archive footage)

Directed

1. Pygmalion (1938) — Director
2. The First of the Few (1942) — Director
3. "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) — Director
4. The Gentle Sex (1943) — Director