Leslie Phillips

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I saaaaay.  RIP.

* EDIT - I remember waiting for a haircut and reading an interview with LP in a lad's mag.  He was asked to explain the difference between a cad and a bounder.  He replied that a cad was a cunt, whereas a bounder was a fucking cunt.  I creased over.

Ding dong!

Jalapeno

RIP Leslie

(Think "Ding Dong" was Terry Thomas)

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Jalapeno said:

RIP Leslie

(Think "Ding Dong" was Terry Thomas)

Yeah, I think you're right.  But it somehow fits!

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Offset said:

Jalapeno said:

RIP Leslie

(Think "Ding Dong" was Terry Thomas)

Yeah, I think you're right.  But it somehow fits!

Just seen a Carry On clip with LP - "Ding dong, you're not wrong!"

axisus

My heart dropped when I saw this news on the internet just now. It's been a long time coming I guess. For me he was one of those that got into the 'National treasure' category.

Leslie Phillips has been a big fave of mine since I was a kid. The Carry on films and also the Doctor films in particular. He was well known for his plummy accent but he was actually a Tottenham boy I believe!

I've seen his Carry on films in the past year or so, but I really feel the need to find all the Doctor films now! 

This is how I remember him, 60s and 70s, and yes, Ding dong was definitely one of his catch phrases!:

Kittyfrisk

98 is a fair go.
Absolutely perfect for his early comedy roles as a rakish womanising type, but was a genuinely good actor too.
Fantastic with Peter O’Toole in 'Venus'.
RIP

AK99

Offset said:

I saaaaay.  RIP.
  He was asked to explain the difference between a cad and a bounder.  He replied that a cad was a cunt, whereas a bounder was a fucking cunt.  I creased over.

I genuinely didn't know whether to lol or wiz that - so thought I'd quote it to be on the safe side

Great innings 98. RIP LP

Philly_Q

I've said this many times before, but in this case I really did think the person in question had died years ago.

Super chap.  RIP.

Kilgore

Philly_Q said:

I've said this many times before, but in this case I really did think the person in question had died years ago.

Same here. 

Lovely bloke. RIP. 

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Yes @Philly_Q and @Kilgore - I've heard it said many times that he was a genuinely lovely chap.  BBC newsreader earlier gave her own little unscripted tribute saying she'd interviewed him and that he was warm, genuinely funny, made one feel important and interesting and was in every sense a real gent.

Makes such a change from some so-called celebs who are so far up their own backsides they don't know what time of day it is.

Gawd bless 'im. 

Dominic

The archetype Lounge Lizard and therefore no wonder he was my Childhood hero.
I believe @Gassage referred to me in the Feedback section many years ago as a lovely chap but ' epitome of Lounge Lizard '
I know where the influence came from .

bertie

legend.   

QED

RIP

EricTheWeary

Quite an acclaimed Shakespearean actor I gather but I remember him from various roles as a cad/bounder/lothario. Just one of those people who made you smile when you saw him. RIP

Funkfingers

"Left hand down a bit."

scrumhalf

"Ding Dong" came from one of the Carry On films in a hospital, he was Mr Bell, one of the patients.

Utterly superb when playing on character. 

west

https://i.imgflip.com/1wgzs4.gif

Total Dude ...... x

usedtobe

One of those guys that could make you laugh without seemingly doing anything much. 

The gif above being a case in point.. I nearly choked.!
Im gutted.. RIP 

rlw

Funkfingers said:

"Left hand down a bit."

Indeed.  Essential Sunday lunchtime listening.

DaveJames

I think Terry Thomas's catchphrase was "hard cheese"