Leslie Banks
(1890-1952), Actor, director and producerSitter in 7 portraits
Stage actor and director form 1911, in films from the early 1930s. Although he appeared in many films, Banks is probably best remembered in the lead role, Bob Lawrence, in The Man Who Knew Too Much. He is the grandfather of the architect Piers Gough, designer of the new galleries at the National Portrait Gallery.
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, April 1928
NPG x28323
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 22 October 1936
NPG x26654
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 22 October 1936
NPG x26655
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 22 October 1936
NPG x26656
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 22 October 1936
NPG x26657
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 22 October 1936
NPG x26658
Diners at Denham Studios Restaurant
by Anthony Wysard
watercolour and pencil, published 1937
NPG D312
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Dan Kamikubo
18 August 2022, 05:11
His most famous role was the diabolical Count Zaroff in “The Most Dangerous Game” (1932).