Actor
Leslie Howard
April 3, 1893 · Forest Hill, London, England, UK
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Bette Davis
3 titles together
The Petrified Forest, Of Human Bondage, It's Love I'm After
Norma Shearer
3 titles together
A Free Soul, Romeo and Juliet, Smilin' Through
Doris Lloyd
3 titles together
Intermezzo: A Love Story, British Agent, Secrets
Theodore von Eltz
3 titles together
Stand-In, Secrets, Five and Ten
Clark Gable
2 titles together
Gone with the Wind, A Free Soul
Olivia de Havilland
2 titles together
Gone with the Wind, It's Love I'm After
Full filmography · 33
South of Reno
cast
1988
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
The Gentle Sex
as Narrator (voice) and Director
1943
In Which We Serve
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
19426.8
The First of the Few
as R.J. Mitchell and Director
19426.7
The White Eagle
as Narrator (voice)
1942
49th Parallel
as Philip Armstrong Scott
19417
"Pimpernel" Smith
as Professor Horatio Smith and Director
19417.1
Gone with the Wind
as Ashley Wilkes
19397.9
Intermezzo: A Love Story
as Holger Brandt
19396.7
Pygmalion
as Henry Higgins and Director
19387
Stand-In
as Atterbury Dodd
1937