Leslie Banks
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Born in West Derby, Liverpool, Leslie James Banks attended Glenalmond College in Scotland before enrolling at Keble College, Oxford, where he initially planned a clerical career. After abandoning those studies he entered the theatre with Frank Benson’s troupe, debuting in 1911 as Old Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice, and later toured North America with Henry V. Esmond and Eva Moore. A wartime injur…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
