Leslie Perrins (7 October 1901 – 13 December 1962) was an English actor who often played villains.

[1][2] After training at RADA, he was on stage from 1922,[3] and in his long career, appeared in well over 60 films.

[4][5] Perrins and wife Violet were dog lovers: he was a judge at Crufts in 1957, and president of the Welsh Corgi League from 1956 until his death.

[6] Their annual award, "The Leslie Perrins Memorial Trophy," is named after him.

He wrote a book called Keeping a Corgi, which was published in 1958.