Heavens. It would have been the centenary of the remarkable "professional cad and bounder" Leslie Phillips, suavest-of-the-suave lotharios in the "Carry On" and "Doctor" film series, and on telly in Casanova '73, who carved out a later career portraying gentlemen and authority figures, always with his inimitable clipped accent and slightly "wink-wink-nudge-nudge" demeanor - and of course, the customary, breathy catchphrases "Ding, Dong...", and "Hell...oh!"
A true "national treasure".
Read my tribute on the occasion of his death in 2022.
Read the British Comedy Guide tribute on his centenary.
He played the Cad better than all of them except perhaps Terry Thomas.
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A "national treasure" indeed.
Terry-Thomas was definitely his inspiration, but he went on to widen the repertoire to greater acclaim than his mentor did. We'll never see his (their) like again... Unfortunately. Jx
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ReplyDeleteLet me guess - The Navy Lark? I never listened to it, to be honest. Jx
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