Person · Actor and director · Active 1914–1943
Leslie Howard
1893–1943, London
British actor and director, born in London. Won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Appeared in 22 films on this site, including Gone with the Wind (1939), Of Human Bondage (1934) and A Free Soul (1931). Among the 48 actors and directors Leslie Howard shares films with on this site, the most frequent are Bette Davis (3 films), Norma Shearer (3) and George Cukor (3).
After his success as time traveller Peter Standish in Berkeley Square (1929), Howard launched his Hollywood film career in the film version of Outward Bound, but did not like the experience and vowed never to return to Hollywood.
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He starred in the film version of Berkeley Square (1933), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Partners by shared films
Who Leslie Howard made films with
Directors
One film together
Cast
One film together
Co-stars
- 3Bette Davis actressOf Human Bondage, The Petrified Forest, It's Love I'm After
- 3Norma Shearer actressA Free Soul, Smilin' Through, Romeo and Juliet
- 2Humphrey Bogart actorThe Petrified Forest, Stand-In
- 2Clark Gable actorA Free Soul, Gone with the Wind
- 2Olivia de Havilland actressIt's Love I'm After, Gone with the Wind
- 2Merle Oberon actressService for Ladies, The Scarlet Pimpernel
2 more partners with two or more films
One film together
- A Free Soul 1931Lionel Barrymore
- Five and Ten 1931Marion Davies
- Smilin' Through 1932Fredric March
- The Animal Kingdom 1932Myrna Loy
- Captured! 1933Paul Lukas
- Secrets 1933Mary Pickford, Florence Lawrence
- British Agent 1934Cesar Romero, Donald Crisp
- Romeo and Juliet 1936John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone
- It's Love I'm After 1937Bonita Granville
- Stand-In 1937Joan Blondell
- Gone with the Wind 1939Vivien Leigh, Hattie McDaniel, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Darwell, Richard Farnsworth, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves
- Intermezzo 1939Ingrid Bergman
- 49th Parallel 1941Laurence Olivier, Glynis Johns
- In Which We Serve 1942Richard Attenborough, John Mills, Celia Johnson
Films in this guide
Best known
- Gone with the Wind 1939actor, as Ashley Wilkes
- Of Human Bondage 1934actor
- A Free Soul 1931actor
- The Petrified Forest 1936actor
- Pygmalion 1938director, actor
- Romeo and Juliet 1936actor
1930s
- Outward Bound (1930)actor
- A Free Soul (1931)actor
- Five and Ten (1931)actor
- Service for Ladies (1932)actor
- Smilin' Through (1932)actor
- The Animal Kingdom (1932)actor
- Berkeley Square (1933)actor
- Captured! (1933)actor
- Secrets (1933)actor
- British Agent (1934)actor
- Of Human Bondage (1934)actor
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)actor, as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Romeo and Juliet (1936)actor
- The Petrified Forest (1936)actor
- It's Love I'm After (1937)actor
- Stand-In (1937)actor
- Pygmalion (1938)director, actor
- Gone with the Wind (1939)actor, as Ashley Wilkes
- Intermezzo (1939)actor, producer
1940s
- 49th Parallel (1941)actor
- In Which We Serve (1942)actor
- The First of the Few (1942)director, actor, as R. J. Mitchell, producer
- The Gentle Sex (1943)director