An urbane English lead with a flair for projecting composure and quiet authority, Leslie Howard excelled at... (Learn more)
Top Projects: Gone With the Wind, Pygmalion, The Petrified Forest (View All)
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Leslie Howard’s Milestones
| Devoted most of his time and energy to the war effort, directing films, writing articles and making radio broadcasts | |
| Wrote articles and stories for The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Reader's Digest | |
| 1914 | Joined the British cavalry at the age of 21 |
| 1916 | Diagnosed as shell-shocked during World War I; turned to stage acting as therapy (date approximate) |
| 1917 | British film acting debut in "The Happy Warrior" |
| 1918 | Made London stage debut in a small role in Arthur Pinero's "The Freaks" |
| 1919 | Had supporting parts in two London stage comedies: "Our Mr. Hipplewhite" and A A Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By"; also had larger role in an English film, "The Lackey and the Lady" |
| 1920 | Formed Minerva Films, Ltd with three partners; served as director while Adrian Brunel acted as producer; produced a few critically acclaimed films on a shoestring budget including "Bookworms", "Five Pounds Reward" and "The Bump" |
| 1920 | Was critically panned in Broadway debut in "Just Suppose" |
| 1921 - 1924 | Appeared in the Broadway productions "The Wren", "Outward Bound", and "A Serpent's Tooth" |
| 1925 | Starred in first Broadway smash "The Green Hat" |
| 1927 | Solidified popularity with theater critics in the bedroom farce "Her Cardboard Lover" |
| 1927 | Wrote, produced, directed and starred in the Broadway play "Murray Hill" |
| 1929 | Produced "Berkeley Square" in London; later brought play to NYC |
| 1930 | American movie debut in "Outward Bound", reprising stage performance |
| 1931 | Co-starred with Clark Gable and Norma Shearer in "A Free Soul" |
| 1931 | Featured in "Never the Twain Shall Meet" |
| 1931 | Served as actor, director and co-producer of Philip Barry's adult stage drama "The Animal Kingdom"; was responsible for having the then-unknown Katharine Hepburn fired from the production |
| 1932 | Re-teamed with Shearer for the film "Smilin' Through" |
| 1933 | Received first Oscar nomination for performance in "Berkeley Square" |
| 1935 | Appeared in the stage production "The Petrified Forest" opposite Humphrey Bogart |
| 1935 | Starred as the titular swashbuckler in "The Scarlet Pimpernel" |
| 1936 | Co-starred with Shearer as star-crossed lovers in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 1936 | Joined Bogart and Bette Davis in the film version of "The Petrified Forest" |
| 1937 | Acted in "It's Love I'm After" opposite Davis and Olivia de Havilland |
| 1938 | Received Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award and an Oscar nomination for lead performance as Henry Higgins in "Pygmalion" |
| 1939 | Played Ashley Wilkes, the whiny, intellectual object of Scarlett O'Hara's affections, in the epic "Gone With the Wind", co-starring Gable and de Havilland |
| 1939 | Produced "Intermezzo"; David O Selznick purportedly bribed him with this project in order to secure his participation in "Gone With the Wind" |
| 1941 | Acted in World War II U-boat movie "The Forty-Ninth Parallel" |
| 1941 | Starred in, directed and produced "Pimpernel Smith", an updated version of the "Scarlet Pimpernel" character, now set during World War II |
| 1942 | Directed documentary "White Eagle", which was nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar |
| 1942 | Last feature film "First of the Few" |
| 1943 | Died when plane was shot down by Nazi fighters |
| 1943 | Helmed the documentary "War in the Mediterranean" |
| 1943 | Narrated the film "The Gentle Sex", about the sacrifice women were being called upon to make during the war effort |
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