Editing Leslie Phillips (section)

===Later work===
By the early 1980s, Phillips considered his suave and lecherous roles to be "a bit of a rut" and looked to branch out into dramatic roles.<ref name="BBCobit"/> A relatively minor part in ''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]'' (1985) facilitated a larger role in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]'' (1987).<ref name="prime"/> To play an emaciated [[prisoner of war]] in the film, Phillips lost more than two stone.<ref name="bartlett"/> He became busy as a [[character actor]] in both stage and television productions including ''[[Scandal (1989 film)|Scandal]]'' (1989) and ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider]]'' (2001). In 1992, he returned to the ''Carry On'' series in the poorly received ''[[Carry On Columbus]]''.<ref name="guardiannews">{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Benjamin |title=Carry On star Leslie Phillips dies at 98 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/08/carry-on-star-leslie-phillips-dies-at-98 |website=The Guardian |date=8 November 2022 |access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref> Phillips also provided the voice for the [[Sorting Hat]] in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' films]], appearing in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (2001), ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' (2002) and the final film, ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' (2011).<ref name="BBCobit"/><ref name="independentnews">{{cite web |title=Leslie Phillips dead: Carry On and Harry Potter star dies aged 98 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/leslie-phillips-death-carry-on-films-age-b2220348.html |website=The Independent |date=8 November 2022 |access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref>

Phillips appeared in British television sitcoms including ''[[Honey for Tea]]'' with [[Felicity Kendal]] and appeared in guest roles in popular series such as ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'' and ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''. In 2006, he played veteran actor Ian alongside [[Peter O'Toole]] in [[Hanif Kureishi]]'s film ''[[Venus (2006 film)|Venus]]''.<ref name="BBCobit"/> For this role, he was nominated for a [[BAFTA]] for Best Supporting Actor in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/site/page287.html |title=BAFTA Awards winners and nominees |publisher=Bafta.org |access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> Phillips's autobiography, ''Hello'', was published by Orion in 2006.<ref name="Hello"/>

He was appointed Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[1998 Birthday Honours]] and was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the [[2008 New Year Honours]].<ref name="CBE"/>

In 2012, Phillips voiced the audiobook edition of the legal thriller Chequered Justice, by John Bartlett (ISBN 9780956910486).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmAbh8Jzjl4 | title=John Bartlett interviews Leslie Phillips | website=[[YouTube]] | date=13 May 2013 }}</ref>

Phillips, in conjunction with [[Jules Williams]] and Back Door Productions,<ref>{{cite web|title=Back Door znProductions|url=http://www.back-door.co.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185936/http://www.back-door.co.uk/|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> co-produced the [[Sky Arts]] series ''[[Living The Life]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Living The Life – Sky Arts|url=http://skyarts.sky.com/living-the-life|publisher=Sky Arts / BSkyB}}</ref> which ran for three series, ending in 2013.

He continued to act until 2012<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680587/ | title=Leslie Phillips | publisher=[[IMDb]] }}</ref><ref name="BFI" /> and continued to make television appearances until 2015 when he was interviewed on the [[BBC One]] programme ''VE Day: Remembering Victory''.<ref name="rememberingvictory2015"/><ref name="VEDay70BBC"/><ref name="bullimore"/>