Leslie Perrins
Born(1901-10-07)7 October 1901
Moseley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died13 December 1962(1962-12-13) (aged 61)
Esher, Surrey, England
Alma materRADA
OccupationActor
Years active1922-1961

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

References

  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.
  6. ^ a b "Welsh Corgi News - The Leslie Perrins Memorial Trophy".

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