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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Forest Hill, London, England, UK
    Birthday
    4/3/1893
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind
7.9
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
5
49th Parallel
49th Parallel
6.9
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel
6.9
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Intermezzo: A Love Story
6.6
Pygmalion
Pygmalion
7
'Pimpernel' Smith
'Pimpernel' Smith
7.1
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
6.2
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage
6.5
The First of the Few
The First of the Few
6.7
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest
7
A Free Soul
A Free Soul
6.1
Five and Ten
Five and Ten
6.3
Smilin' Through
Smilin' Through
6
Devotion
Devotion
6.8
The Animal Kingdom
The Animal Kingdom
5.7
Outward Bound
Outward Bound
5.9
Berkeley Square
Berkeley Square
5.6
It's Love I'm After
It's Love I'm After
7
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Never the Twain Shall Meet
4
British Agent
British Agent
5.6
Stand-In
Stand-In
6.2
Captured!
Captured!
5.6
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
0
Service for Ladies
Service for Ladies
6.8
Secrets
Secrets
5.1
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
10
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
3.3
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
5.5
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
0
The Lady Is Willing
The Lady Is Willing
6
Bookworms
Bookworms
5
Breakdowns of 1936
Breakdowns of 1936
0
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
7.2
From the Four Corners
0
The Gentle Sex
The Gentle Sex
7
The White Eagle
The White Eagle
5
Complicated Women
Complicated Women
6.7
In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve
6.8
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
6.7
Bogart: The Untold Story
Bogart: The Untold Story
0
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
8
Glorious Technicolor
Glorious Technicolor
6.7
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.9
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
5
Master Will Shakespeare
Master Will Shakespeare
5.5
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