Leslie Howard
Biography
Leslie Howard was a London-born actor, director, producer and writer who became a screen idol and box-office draw in the 1930s. He started in regional tours in 1916 and 1917, reached the London stage in 1917, and won Broadway success in plays such as Outward Bound and The Green Hat. After playing Peter Standish in Berkeley Square on stage, he launched a Hollywood career and repeated the role in the 1933 film Berkeley Square, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. His films included A Free Soul (1931), Of Human Bondage (1934), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Romeo and Juliet (1936), Pygmalion (1938), Intermezzo (1939) and Gone with the Wind (1939). Pygmalion brought him another Academy Award nomination and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. In the Second World War he appeared in 49th Parallel (1941) and The First of the Few (1942), and he also starred in, directed and co-produced Pimpernel Smith (1941).
50years old at death
- Born London
- Died Bay of Biscay
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Leslie Howard Steiner (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 11 years1931 to 1942
Genres
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Behind the camera
Leslie Howard and his friend Adrian Brunel founded Minerva Films Ltd. in 1920, with a board that included C. Aubrey Smith, Nigel Playfair and A. A. Milne, and H. G. Wells among the investors.
Getting ready for a role
Howard reportedly insisted that Humphrey Bogart repeat his stage role as gangster Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest, a casting move that relaunched Bogart's screen career.
A role that slipped away
Howard opened Hamlet on Broadway in 1936, a few weeks after John Gielgud started a competing production of the same play. Howard's version ran for only thirty-nine performances before it closed.
Beyond film
Howard had his own CBS radio serial, The Amateur Gentleman, from October 1935 into the spring of 1936, and it evolved into Leslie Howard's Matinee, which adapted a new popular play each week.
Leslie Howard movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
George Cukor directed three of these films, Archie Mayo two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by George Cukor
Archie MayoDirector, 2 films, 1936 to 1937
All films by Archie Mayo
Also two films together3 more actors
- Ralph ForbesRomeo and Juliet (1936) and Smilin' Through (1932)
- John ChandosThe First of the Few (1942) and 49th Parallel (1941)
- O.B. ClarencePygmalion (1938) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Two awards and honors, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| 1938 | Volpi Cup for Best Actor | Pygmalion | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
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