The Heritage Foundation will be holding a special Sunday lunch in honour of one of our best-loved actors, Leslie Phillips C.B.E.; O.B.E. The event will take place on Sunday 10th May at the Marriott Hotel, 128 King Henry’s Road, NW3.
Confirmed guests, so far, are:
LYSETTE ANTHONY whose films include Krull, Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives and Mel Brooks’s Dracula – Dead and Loving it. She acted with Leslie in Robert’s radio play Doctor Who: ‘Assassin in the Limelight’.
PAUL COLE: actor, writer, producer and director whose work has ranged from Hammer’s Dracula to ‘The Tweenies’. Acted with Leslie in Carry On Teacher.
RAY COONEY: The undisputed King of farce with his ‘Run for Your Wife’ being the most successful of many West End comedies. Leslie starred in several of his productions and the two acted together in the films The Night we Dropped a Clanger, Not Now Comrade and Not Now Darling.
MICHAEL CRAIG: prolific Broadway and West End actor with a string of classic British films to his credit. Acted with Leslie in Doctor in Love.
LARRY DANN: actor with four Carry Ons and Ghost Story to his name. Best loved as Sergeant Alec Peters in ‘The Bill’. Acted with Leslie in Carry On Teacher.
MICHAEL MALONEY: Royal Shakespeare Company actor with appearances in Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet and ‘Bonekickers’. Acted with Leslie in Love on a Branch Line.
KATE O’MARA whose career has ranged from Hammer Horror to ‘The Two Ronnies’. She has starred in Dynasty, Triangle and as the Rani in Doctor Who and was directed by Leslie in the stage version of The Avengers.
JACKI PIPER: Popular farce and pantomime leading lady and star of four Carry On films. Acted with Leslie in Doctor in Trouble.
OWEN TEALE: Tony Award Winner whose television work has included Doctor Who, Torchwood and Ballykissangel. Acted with Leslie in The Last Detective: ‘The Dead Peasants Society’.
And, of course, Robert – who wrote the Doctor Who plays: ‘Medicinal Purposes’ and ‘Assassin in the Limelight’ for Leslie – will also be in attendance.
For further information and to book tickets for this exciting salute to Leslie’s 70+ year career please call Heritage Foundation Chairman David Graham: 01494714388.