Leslie Howard
British actor (1893–1943)
0.78body-of-work score · ranked #1026 of 2640 directors · 1 film in our library
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- Born
- April 3, 1893 · London
- Died
- June 1, 1943 · Bay of Biscay
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Directing career
- 4 directorial credits, 1938–1943 · first: Pygmalion (1938) · last: The Gentle Sex (1943)
- Work
- theatre director, film director, stage actor, film actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1938 · United Kingdom · comedy, romance, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1938 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #85
0.783 citations
Complete filmography
All 4 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1938Pygmalion
- 1941"Pimpernel" Smith
- 1942The First of the Few
- 1943The Gentle Sex
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