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Leslie Perrins
Leslie Perrins
Born	7 October 1901; Moseley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died	13 December 1962 (aged 61); Esher, Surrey, England
Alma mater	RADA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1922-1961

Leslie Perrins (7 October 1901 – 13 December 1962) was an English actor who often played villains.^[1]^[2] After training at RADA, he was on stage from 1922,^[3] and in his long career, appeared in well over 60 films.^[4]^[5]

Personal life and death

Perrins and wife Violet were dog lovers: he was a judge at Crufts in 1957, and president of the Welsh Corgi League from 1956 until his death.^[6] Their annual award, "The Leslie Perrins Memorial Trophy," is named after him.

He wrote a book called Keeping a Corgi, which was published in 1958.^[6]

Filmography

The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) as Ronald Adair (film debut)
The House of Unrest (1931) as Cleaver
The Rosary (1931) as Ronald Overton
The Calendar (1931) as Henry Lascarne
Betrayal (1932) as Clive Wilson
White Face (1932) as Louis Landor
The Lost Chord (1933) as Count Carol Zara
Leave It to Smith (1933) as Duke of Bristol
Early to Bed (1933) as Mayer
The Pointing Finger (1933) as Honorable James Mallory
The Roof (1933) as Inspector Darrow
The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934) as John Freeman
Lily of Killarney (1934) as Sir James Corrigan
The Man Who Changed His Name (1934) as Frank Ryan
The Lash (1934) as Alec Larkin
Song at Eventide (1934) as Ricardo
Lord Edgware Dies (1934) as Bryan Martin
Gay Love (1934) as Gerald Sparkes
Womanhood (1934) as Richard Brent
Open All Night (1934) as Ranger
D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935) as Sir Charles Hawksley / Mr. Craven
The Rocks of Valpre (1935) as Captain Rodolphe
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) as John Douglas
The Village Squire (1935) as Richard Venables
The White Lilac (1935) as Iredale
The Silent Passenger (1935) as Maurice Windermere
Lucky Days (1935) as Jack Hurst
Line Engaged (1935) as Gordon Rutland
Expert's Opinion (1935) as Richard Steele
Sunshine Ahead (1936) as The Critic
The Shadow of Mike Emerald (1936) as Mike Emerald
They Didn't Know (1936) as Duval
Tudor Rose (1936) as Thomas Seymour
Rhythm in the Air (1936) as Mr. David, Dance Director
Southern Roses (1936) as Don Ramon
The Limping Man (1936) as Paul Hoyt
No Escape (1936) as Anthony Wild
Sensation (1936) as Strange
The Price of Folly (1937) as Owen
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937) as Maj. Grayson
Secret Lives (1937) as J 14
The High Command (1937) as Maj. Carson
Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1938) as Jeffrey Legge, alias Maj. Jeffrey Floyd
Romance à la carte (1938) as Louis
No Parking (1938) as Captain Sneyd
His Lordship Goes to Press (1938) - Sir Richard Swingleton
Calling All Crooks (1938) as Duvane
Luck of the Navy (1938) as Briggs
The Gables Mystery (1938) as Inspector Lloyd
Old Iron (1938) as Richard Penshaw
The Gang's All Here (1939) as Harper
Wanted by Scotland Yard (1939) as Standish
I Killed the Count (1939) as Count Mattoni
Blind Folly (1939) as Deverell
All at Sea (1940) as Williams
The Prime Minister (1941) as Earl of Salisbury (uncredited)
Suspected Person (1942) as Tony Garrett
Women Aren't Angels (1943) as Schaffer
Heaven Is Round the Corner (1944) as Robert Sedley
I'll Turn to You (1946) as Mr. Chigwell
The Turners of Prospect Road (1947) as Mr. Webster
The Idol of Paris (1948) as Count Paiva
It's Hard to Be Good (1948) as Major Gordon (uncredited)
Man on the Run (1949) as Charlie
A Run for Your Money (1949) as Burney
Midnight Episode (1950) as Charles Mason
The Lost Hours (1952) as Doctor Morrison
Souls in Conflict (1954)
Guilty? (1956) as Poynter
Fortune Is a Woman (1957) as Chairman of Tribunal (uncredited)
The Haunted Strangler (1958) as Newgate Prison Governor (final film)

References

^ "Leslie Perrins". 19 October 2016.
^ League, The Broadway. "Leslie Perrins – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB".
^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
^ "Leslie Perrins - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie".
^ "Leslie Perrins". Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Welsh Corgi News - The Leslie Perrins Memorial Trophy".

External links

Leslie Perrins at IMDb
Leslie Perrins at the Internet Broadway Database

[1] "Leslie Perrins". 19 October 2016.

[2] League, The Broadway. "Leslie Perrins – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB".

[3] McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.

[4] "Leslie Perrins - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie".

[5] "Leslie Perrins". Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.

[welshcorginews-6] "Welsh Corgi News - The Leslie Perrins Memorial Trophy".

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