Leslie Banks

He was awarded a Commander of the British Empire for his services to theatre in 1950, the year in which he made both his final stage and film appearances. Latest news, however, reports that Bernard will return to the show in February sweeps. His theatre roles included Eliza Comes to Stay (his American debut in 1914), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (1924), Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (1937), and the schoolmaster in Goodbye, Mr Chips (1938). Bernard held the role for three seasons until his character was written out at the end of season 3. His other film roles include Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), Fire Over England (1937), Jamaica Inn (1939) and Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1946). However, throughout all these roles, he hadn't reached any major level of success until 2001 when he joined the cast of the FOX Network's television drama 24, where he played Tony Almeida, a government agent for the CTU. His first important film role was in The Most Dangerous Game (1932) as a diabolical "human hunter" with Joel McCrea and Fay Wray and for the rest of his career he divided his time between Britain and the United States, and between film and theatre. He has appeared in feature films such as Vegas: C.O.D., The Killing Jar, and The Colonel's Last Flight.

He returned to London in 1921 and established himself as a leading dramatic actor known for his powerful yet restrained performances. He has appeared as a regular on the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. After the war, Banks joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He has guest starred in roles on Walker, Texas Ranger, F/X: The Series, Babylon 5, Maloney, and Silk Stalkings. In his acting career he would use this injury to good effect, by showing the unblemished side of his face when playing comedy or romance, and the scarred, paralysed side of his face when playing drama or tragedy. At the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, he performed in Scenes From an Execution with Frank Langella. He served in the British Army during World War I where he received injuries that left his face partially scarred and paralysed. He preformed in ACT stage productions:.

Born in West Derby, England, made his acting debut in 1911 in regional vaudeville before moving to London to appear at the "Vaudeville Theatre" in 1914. Born in Chicago, Carlos Bernard received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Leslie Banks (June 9, 1890 – 21 April 1952) was a British theatre and film actor, director and producer. The Cherry Orchard. The Diary of Anne Frank. Hamlet.

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