TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Leslie Howard.

Leslie Howard
Birthdate: April 3, 1893
Death date: June 1, 1943

Leslie Howard

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
No Reviews
2
1930s
3.7409
22
total ranking of 3.7409
1940s
1.1003
1
total ranking of 1.1003
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Leslie Howard is ranked overall as 2.8687 of of 4 stars2.8687

Leslie Howard Movie Rankings

1
Leslie Howard starring in Gone with the Wind
Leslie Howard scores a combined 3.8877 out of 4 stars for Gone with the Wind3.8877
On the eve of the American Civil War, Scarlett O'Hara meets Rhett Butler. Amongst a war torn Atlanta, Scarlett must save her family's burning plantation and accept the possibility of never seeing Rhett again. ...more about Gone with the Wind
2
Leslie Howard starring in Petrified Forest
Leslie Howard scores a combined 3.0903 out of 4 stars for Petrified Forest3.0903
Alan Squier, a failed, world-weary British writer, hikes into an isolated, weather-beaten desert café in Arizona owned by Jason Marple. ...more about Petrified Forest
3
Leslie Howard starring in Pygmalion
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.9795 out of 4 stars for Pygmalion2.9795
The snobbish & intellectual Professor of languages, Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend that he can take a London flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, from the gutters and pass her off as a society lady. ...more about Pygmalion
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Venice Film Festival - Best Actor
4
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.9245 out of 4 stars for Intermezzo: A Love Story2.9245
A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall as well. He soon leaves his wife so the two can go off together. ...more about Intermezzo: A Love Story
5
Of Human Bondage (1934)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.8625 out of 4 stars for Of Human Bondage2.8625
Abandoning artistic ambitions, sensitive and club-footed Philip Carey enrolls in medical school and falls in love with illiterate waitress Mildred Rogers. She rejects him, runs off with a salesman and returns unmarried and pregnant. ...more about Of Human Bondage
6
British Agent (1934)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.5387 out of 4 stars for British Agent2.5387
  • Not Available on DVD
7
Stand-In (1937)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.5083 out of 4 stars for Stand-In2.5083
Atterbury Dodd is an efficiency expert who believes everything can be reduced to mathematics. He is sent to Hollywood to see whether Colossal Pictures is a good investment. He soon learns that movie production doesn't fit his formulaic mindset. ...more about Stand-In
8
Captured! (1933)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.5022 out of 4 stars for Captured!2.5022
Captain Fred Allison has been in a German Prisoner of War Camp for a long time. It has been two years since he last saw Monica, a girl he met, married and bought a house with in six days before leaving for the front. ...more about Captured!
  • Not Available on DVD
9
Animal Kingdom, The (1932)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.4748 out of 4 stars for Animal Kingdom2.4748
Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage, Tom is bored with the social scene and the obligations of his life. ...more about Animal Kingdom
10
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.3077 out of 4 stars for Romeo and Juliet2.3077
The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Romeo, son of Montague, crashes a Capulet party, and there meets Juliet, daughter of Capulet. They fall passionately in love. ...more about Romeo and Juliet
11
Outward Bound (1930)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.3013 out of 4 stars for Outward Bound2.3013
A disparate group of passengers, finding themselves aboard a darkened, fog-enshrouded crewless boat, realize the one thing they have in common is that they are all dead, with the possible exception of a young suicide couple who have not quite crossed ...more about Outward Bound
  • Not Available on DVD
12
Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.2830 out of 4 stars for Never the Twain Shall Meet2.2830
Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. ...more about Never the Twain Shall Meet
  • Not Available on DVD
13
It's Love I'm After (1937)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.2556 out of 4 stars for It's Love I'm After2.2556
Basil Underwood and Joyce Arden have postponed their marriage eleven times. Henry Grant's fiancée Macia is infatuated with Basil. ...more about It's Love I'm After
  • Not Available on DVD
14
Smilin' Through (1932)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.2305 out of 4 stars for Smilin' Through2.2305
John has lead a solitary life for thirty years since the death of Moonyeen Clare. But now Owens, a close friend, insists that he care for his niece, Kathleen, orphaned when her parents were lost at sea. ...more about Smilin' Through
  • Not Available on DVD
15
Berkeley Square (1933)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.2191 out of 4 stars for Berkeley Square2.2191
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Not Available on DVD
16
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (1934)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.1369 out of 4 stars for Scarlet Pimpernel2.1369
Leslie Howard plays Sir Percy Blakeney, an 18th century English aristocrat who leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror. ...more about Scarlet Pimpernel
17
First of the Few, The (1942)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 2.0821 out of 4 stars for First of the Few2.0821
By the late 1920's aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants with his revolutionary mono-planes winning trophy after trophy. ...more about First of the Few
  • Not Available on DVD
18
Free Soul, A (1931)
Leslie Howard scores a combined 1.7533 out of 4 stars for Free Soul1.7533
Stephen Ashe, an upper class alcoholic defense attourney, successfully defends local mobster Ace Wilfong in a murder case. ...more about Free Soul
  • Not Available on DVD
19
Bookworms (1920)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
20
Devotion (1931)
No Reviews Available
The poor, downtrodden (beautiful, of course) "dutiful" daughter in a London society family falls for a barrister, disguises herself, and takes a job as governess to his son. ...more about Devotion
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Five and Ten (1931)
No Reviews Available
John ownes the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though grand, is falling apart between them due to his constant working. Jenny, the mother, is lonely. ...more about Five and Ten
  • Not Available on DVD
22
Five Pounds Reward (1920)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
23
Lady Is Willing, The (1934)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Secrets (1933)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
25
Service for Ladies (1932)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD