Leslie Perrins Explained

Leslie Perrins
Birth Date:	1901 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Moseley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Death Place:	Esher, Surrey, England
Alma Mater:	RADA
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leslie Perrins. 19 October 2016.
2. Web site: Leslie Perrins – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB. The Broadway. League.
3. Book: McFarlane, Brian. The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. 16 May 2016. Oxford University Press. 9781526111968. Google Books.
4. Web site: Leslie Perrins - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie.
5. Web site: Leslie Perrins. https://web.archive.org/web/20170302114815/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f8792c8. dead. 2 March 2017.
6. Web site: Welsh Corgi News - The Leslie Perrins Memorial Trophy.