Leslie Banks

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Leslie Banks (1890-1952) with a Savage Model 19 rifle in The Most Dangerous Game (1932).

Leslie Banks was a British actor born in 1890, best known for playing menacing villains in black and white films of the 1930's and 1940's, the most famous being The Most Dangerous Game as Count Zaroff. He fought in World War I and sustained an injury that paralyzed the left side of his face, giving him a permanent glare in his left eye that made him very intimidating to film audiences. He died in 1952.

Leslie Banks can be seen using the following weapons in the following films:

Films

Gun	Character	Title	Note	Date
Luger P08	Count Zaroff	The Most Dangerous Game		1932
Savage Model 19	Count Zaroff	The Most Dangerous Game	fitted with Lyman 438 field scope	1932
FN Browning Model 1910	Bob Lawrence	The Man Who Knew Too Much		1934
FN Model 1900	Commissioner R.G. Sanders	Sanders of the River		1935
Light Dragoon Flintlock Pistol	Joss Merlyn	Jamaica Inn		1939