Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

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 the Atlantic (off the coast of Cedeira, A Coruña), on which he was a passenger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title : Leslie Howard
  • Popularity : 3.905
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1893-04-03
  • Place of Birth : Forest Hill, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As : Leslie Howard Steiner
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Leslie Howard Movies

  • 1939
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    Gone with the Wind

    Gone with the Wind

    7.941 1939 HD

    The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and...

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  • 2005
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    The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

    The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

    5 2005 HD

    Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."

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  • 1941
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    49th Parallel

    49th Parallel

    6.9 1941 HD

    In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by...

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  • 1934
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    6.9 1934 HD

    18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an...

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  • 1939
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    Intermezzo: A Love Story

    Intermezzo: A Love Story

    6.649 1939 HD

    A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music...

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  • 1939
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    Pygmalion

    Pygmalion

    6.993 1939 HD

    When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months'...

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  • 1941
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    'Pimpernel' Smith

    'Pimpernel' Smith

    7.1 1941 HD

    Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his...

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  • 1936
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    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    6.19 1936 HD

    Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

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  • 1934
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    Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

    6.472 1934 HD

    A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

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  • 1942
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    The First of the Few

    The First of the Few

    6.7 1942 HD

    This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J....

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  • 1936
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    The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

    7 1936 HD

    Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and...

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  • 1931
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    A Free Soul

    A Free Soul

    6.1 1931 HD

    An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically...

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  • 1931
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    Five and Ten

    Five and Ten

    6.3 1931 HD

    John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though...

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  • 1932
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    Smilin' Through

    Smilin' Through

    6 1932 HD

    On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally...

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  • 1931
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    Devotion

    Devotion

    6.8 1931 HD

    A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves.

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  • 1932
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    The Animal Kingdom

    The Animal Kingdom

    5.7 1932 HD

    Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage,...

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  • 1930
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    Outward Bound

    Outward Bound

    5.9 1930 HD

    A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of...

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  • 1933
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    Berkeley Square

    Berkeley Square

    5.6 1933 HD

    A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.

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  • 1937
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    It's Love I'm After

    It's Love I'm After

    7 1937 HD

    An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.

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  • 1931
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    Never the Twain Shall Meet

    Never the Twain Shall Meet

    4 1931 HD

    Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As...

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  • 1934
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    British Agent

    British Agent

    5.563 1934 HD

    In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.

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  • 1937
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    Stand-In

    Stand-In

    6.2 1937 HD

    An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help...

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  • 1933
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    Captured!

    Captured!

    5.6 1933 HD

    While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured...

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

    Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...

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  • 1942
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    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    1 1942 HD

    The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have...

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  • 1932
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    Service for Ladies

    Service for Ladies

    6.8 1932 HD

    Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince...

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  • 1933
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    Secrets

    Secrets

    5.1 1933 HD

    In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with clerk John Carlton as he heads West to make his...

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

    Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

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  • 1961
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    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    3.3 1961 HD

    Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in...

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  • 2013
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    Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

    Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

    5.5 2013 HD

    Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers from some of the biggest movies in history ....

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  • 1987
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    Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

    Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

    1 1987 HD

    Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.

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  • 1934
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    The Lady Is Willing

    The Lady Is Willing

    6 1934 HD

    In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who misused their investments. The detective plans to...

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  • 1920
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    Bookworms

    Bookworms

    5 1920 HD

    A suitor dons a disguise to woo a chaperoned girl.

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  • 1936
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    Breakdowns of 1936

    Breakdowns of 1936

    1 1936 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.

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  • 2004
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    Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

    Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

    7.2 2004 HD

    This documentary is featured in the 4-disc Collector's Edition DVD set, released in 2004, for Gone with the Wind (1939).

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  • 1941
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    From the Four Corners

    From the Four Corners

    1 1941 HD

    Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie Howard who buys them a beer and makes them...

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  • 1943
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    The Gentle Sex

    The Gentle Sex

    7 1943 HD

    During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling,...

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  • 1942
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    The White Eagle

    The White Eagle

    5 1942 HD

    An Oscar-nominated British documentary about the Polish people who escaped Poland and were living in England during World War II, both civilians and...

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  • 2003
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    Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

    6.7 2003 HD

    Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

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  • 1942
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    In Which We Serve

    In Which We Serve

    6.828 1942 HD

    The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only...

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  • 1996
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    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    6.7 1996 HD

    Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable...

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  • 1997
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    Bogart: The Untold Story

    Bogart: The Untold Story

    1 1997 HD

    Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends...

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  • 1988
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    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    8 1988 HD

    This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.

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  • 1998
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    Glorious Technicolor

    Glorious Technicolor

    6.7 1998 HD

    The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.

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  • 2007
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    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    4.9 2007 HD

    Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

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  • 1997
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    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    5 1997 HD

    A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one...

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  • 1936
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    Master Will Shakespeare

    Master Will Shakespeare

    5.5 1936 HD

    A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the theater.

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  • 1939
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    Pygmalion

    Pygmalion

    6.993 1939 HD

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  • 1941
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    'Pimpernel' Smith

    'Pimpernel' Smith

    7.1 1941 HD

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  • 1942
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    The First of the Few

    The First of the Few

    6.7 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    The First of the Few

    The First of the Few

    6.7 1942 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Gentle Sex

    The Gentle Sex

    7 1943 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Bump

    The Bump

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Gentle Sex

    The Gentle Sex

    7 1943 HD

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  • 1941
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    'Pimpernel' Smith

    'Pimpernel' Smith

    7.1 1941 HD

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  • 1941
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    From the Four Corners

    From the Four Corners

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Lamp Still Burns

    The Lamp Still Burns

    5.4 1943 HD

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  • 1939
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    Intermezzo: A Love Story

    Intermezzo: A Love Story

    6.649 1939 HD

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