---
name: "Leo Britt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leo-britt"
fi1m_id: "leo-britt"
imdb_id: "nm0110063"
tmdb_id: 1217924
wikidata_id: "Q6523582"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 March 1908"
died: "1 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:32:05.935384+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leo Britt

## Identity

Leo Britt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leo-britt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leo-britt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0110063
- **TMDB ID:** 1217924
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6523582
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Britt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6523582, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110063/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217924

Actor. Born 27 March 1908 in London, England, UK. Died 1 January 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 March 1908, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 January 1979
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Britt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6523582, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110063/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217924

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Dial M for Murder*](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Leo Britt (27 March 1908 – 1979) was a British-American actor. He appeared in around 40 film and television productions between 1933 and 1975, working in both Britain and the United States. He became a US citizen in 1955 but later returned to England, where he died in London.

Britt is best known for his role as the Storyteller in Alfred Hitchcock's *Dial M for Murder* (1954). Other screen credits include *Elephant Walk* (1954), *The Court Jester* (1955), *The Dirty Dozen* (1967), *The Charge of the Light Brigade* (1968) and *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1969). During the Second World War he was among British prisoners of war forced to work on the Burma Railway.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dial M for Murder* (1954), Fi1m 80, as Storyteller — [page](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Colditz* (1972), series, as Lutz
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1969), as Elder Master (uncredited)
- *The Charge of the Light Brigade* (1968), as General Scarlett
- *The Dirty Dozen* (1967), as German General in Staff Car (uncredited)
- *Lee Oswald: Assassin* (1966), as British Reporter
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as British Reporter
- *The Court Jester* (1955), as Sir Bertram
- *The Devil's Disciple* (1955), as Maj. Swindon
- *Buffalo Bill Jr.* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Black Shield of Falworth* (1954), as Sir Robert
- *Adventures Of The Falcon* (1954), series, Actor
- *Dial M for Murder* (1954), as Storyteller — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md)
- *Elephant Walk* (1954), as Planter Chisholm
- *The Magnetic Monster* (1953), as Dr. Benton
- *Terry and the Pirates* (1952), series, Actor
- *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Lord Cornwallis
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Policeman
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Major Swindon
- *Take My Life* (1947), as John Newcombe
- *They Came by Night* (1940), as George
- *The Roof* (1933), as Tony Freyne

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