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6	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9fcae36972ba2a31ab8135587b3b6c6d.jpg]]
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8	Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was a British actor, director and producer.
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10	Active in both Britain and Hollywood, Howard is probably best remembered for playing Ashley Wilkes in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' (1939). He had roles in many other notable films, often playing the QuintessentialBritishGentleman, being nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actor for ''Berkeley Square'' (1938) and ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}'' (1938).
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12	His death in the middle of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII happened when his plane was shot down. He was involved in the war with anti-German propaganda, and rumoured to have been involved with British or Allied Intelligence, leading to conspiracy theories regarding his death, but there is also a long-standing rumor that it was because Howard's manager and he resembled Winston Churchill and his usual bodyguard, causing the Germans to shoot the plane down in mistake thinking it was the Prime Minister himself on board.
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14	!!Films include:
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16	* ''Film/OutwardBound'' (1930)
17	* ''Film/AFreeSoul'' (1931)
18	* ''Film/TheAnimalKingdom'' (1932)
19	* ''Film/SmilinThrough'' (1932)
20	* ''Film/{{Secrets\|1933}}'' (1933)[[/index]]
21	* ''Literature/OfHumanBondage'' (1934)[[index]]
22	* ''Film/{{The Scarlet Pimpernel\|1934}}'' (1934)
23	* ''Film/ThePetrifiedForest'' (1936)
24	* ''Film/{{Romeo and Juliet\|1936}}'' (1936)
25	* ''Film/ItsLoveImAfter'' (1937)
26	* ''Film/StandIn'' (1937)[[/index]]
27	* ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}'' (1938, co-directed with Anthony Asquith)[[index]]
28	* ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' (1939)
29	* ''Film/FortyNinthParallel'' (1941)
30	* ''Film/PimpernelSmith'' (1941) (also directed)
31	* ''Film/TheFirstOfTheFew'' (1942, released in the USA as ''Spitfire'') (also directed)
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34	!!Tropes associated with Leslie Howard's work include:
35	* FakeAmerican: As Peter Standish in the 1933 time-travel movie ''Berkeley Square'', although the effect is so imperceptible it may as well qualify for NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent.

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