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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 12, 1902
Died
March 25, 1978
Place of Birth
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Лесли Фентон
Leslie Fenton
0.3 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leslie Fenton (12 March 1902 – 25 March 1978) was an English-born American actor and film director. He appeared in 62 films between 1923 and 1945. Fenton was born on 12 March 1902 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He moved to America with his mother, Elizabeth Carter, and his brothers when he was six years old. They sailed as steerage passengers on board the R.M.S. Celtic. As a teenager, Leslie worked as an office clerk. He moved to New York and began a career on the stage. His film career began later with Fox Studios. He also directed 19 films between 1938 and 1951. He married American actress Ann Dvorak in 1932. Dvorak (Anna May McKim) moved to Britain with Fenton while he served in the British armed forces during the Second World War. The union was childless and ended in divorce in 1945. Fenton died 25 March 1978 in Montecito, California, aged 76. Some sources, including IMDb, incorrectly cite Frank Fenton, the noted screenwriter and novelist, as his younger brother. Frank Fenton's parents were actually John Fenton and Eveline Edgington (married Liverpool, 1900), as evidenced by the ship's manifest for the RMS Caronia (page 0817, line 0008), aboard which Frank Fenton arrived in the US on 21 April 1906.
Known For
6.8
Dan Farrow
Boys Town
1938
5.0
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Captain Kidd's Treasure
1938
7.0
Nick Garvey
Soak the Poor
1937
5.5
Anthony Durand
China Passage
1937
5.2
Barry Wilding
The House of Secrets
1936
5.7
Carl Briggs
The Longest Night
1936
5.3
Steve Sherman
Sworn Enemy
1936
5.0
Don Gregg
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936
5.9
Stuart Eldredge
Two in the Dark
1936
6.0
Dan Oliver
White Lies
1935
Credits
Boys Town
as Dan Farrow
1938
6.8
Captain Kidd's Treasure
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1938
5.0
Soak the Poor
as Nick Garvey
1937
7.0
China Passage
as Anthony Durand
1937
5.5
The House of Secrets
as Barry Wilding
1936
5.2
The Longest Night
as Carl Briggs
1936
5.7
Sworn Enemy
as Steve Sherman
1936
5.3
Murder on a Bridle Path
as Don Gregg
1936
5.0
Two in the Dark
as Stuart Eldredge
1936
5.9
White Lies
as Dan Oliver
1935
6.0
East of Java
as Captain Wong Bo
1935
6.0
Men Without Names
as Monk Gleason, gang boss
1935
6.0
Chinatown Squad
as Su Quong
1935
6.0
Stolen Harmony
as Joe Harris (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Star of Midnight
as Tim Winthrop
1935
5.8
The Casino Murder Case
as Dr. Kane
1935
6.5
Strange Wives
as Svengaart
1934
0.0
Marie Galante
as General Saki Tenoki
1934
4.6
Fugitive Road
as Frank Riker
1934
4.0
Take the Stand
as Hugh Halliburton
1934
4.7
I Believed in You
as Russell Storm
1934
0.0
Lady Killer
as Duke
1933
6.9
Night Flight
as Jules' Radio Operator / Co-Pilot
1933
5.6
F.P.1
as Capt. B.E. Droste
1933
6.4
Air Mail
as Tony Dressel
1932
5.0
Thunder Below
as Webb
1932
0.0
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Nick 'Nicky' Grant
1932
5.9
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Perrin
1932
6.2
The Hatchet Man
as Harry En Hai
1932
4.7
The Guilty Generation
as Joe Palmero
1931
6.1
The Pagan Lady
as Gerald 'Gerry' Willis
1931
2.0
Murder at Midnight
as Walter Grayson
1931
5.4
Kick In
as Charlie
1931
6.0
The Public Enemy
as Samuel 'Nails' Nathan
1931
7.2
The Man Who Came Back
as Baron le Duc
1931
3.4
Dynamite
as Young 'Vulture'
1929
6.4
The Last Performance
as Buffo
1929
6.2
Woman Trap
as Eddie Evans
1929
4.8
Paris Bound
as Richard Parrish
1929
4.4
Broadway
as 'Scar' Edwards
1929
5.6
The Man I Love
as Carlo Vesper
1929
4.0
A Dangerous Woman
as Peter Allerton
1929
3.0
The Office Scandal
as Andrew 'Andy' Corbin
1929
0.0
The First Kiss
as Carol Talbot
1928
0.0
The Drag Net
as Shakespeare
1928
6.0
The Showdown
as Kilgore Shelton
1928
0.0
The Gateway of the Moon
as Jim Mortlake
1928
0.0
What Price Glory
as Lt. Moore
1926
6.0
Black Paradise
as James Callahan
1926
3.7
The Shamrock Handicap
as Neil Ross
1926
5.1
Sandy
as Douglas Keith
1926
0.0
The Road to Glory
as David Hale
1926
6.0
The Ancient Mariner
as Joe Barlow
1925
0.0
East Lynne
as Richard Hare
1925
0.0
Lazybones
as Dick Ritchie
1925
6.6
Thunder Mountain
as Sam Martin
1925
0.0
Havoc
as Babe
1925
0.0