Leslie Fenton
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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.
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Movies (74)
The Redhead and the Cowboy
1951 · Director
Streets of Laredo
1949 · Director
Whispering Smith
1948 · Director
Lulu Belle
1948 · Director
On Our Merry Way
1948 · Director
Saigon
1947 · Director
Pardon My Past
1945 · Director, Producer
Tomorrow, the World!
1944 · Director
The Saint's Vacation
1941 · Director
The Golden Fleecing
1940 · Director
The Man from Dakota
1940 · Director
Stronger Than Desire
1939 · Director
Tell No Tales
1939 · Director
Boys Town
1938 · Dan Farrow
A Criminal Is Born
1938 · Director
The Forgotten Step
1938 · Director
Miracle Money
1938 · Director
Captain Kidd's Treasure
1938 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
Soak the Poor
1937 · Nick Garvey
China Passage
1937 · Anthony Durand
The House of Secrets
1936 · Barry Wilding
The Longest Night
1936 · Carl Briggs
Sworn Enemy
1936 · Steve Sherman
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936 · Don Gregg
Two in the Dark
1936 · Stuart Eldredge
White Lies
1935 · Dan Oliver
East of Java
1935 · Captain Wong Bo
Men Without Names
1935 · Monk Gleason, gang boss
Chinatown Squad
1935 · Su Quong
Stolen Harmony
1935 · Joe Harris (uncredited)
Star of Midnight
1935 · Tim Winthrop
The Casino Murder Case
1935 · Dr. Kane
Strange Wives
1934 · Svengaart
Marie Galante
1934 · General Saki Tenoki
Fugitive Road
1934 · Frank Riker
Take the Stand
1934 · Hugh Halliburton
I Believed in You
1934 · Russell Storm
Lady Killer
1933 · Duke
Night Flight
1933 · Jules' Radio Operator / Co-Pilot
F.P.1
1933 · Capt. B.E. Droste
Air Mail
1932 · Tony Dressel
Thunder Below
1932 · Webb
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932 · Nick 'Nicky' Grant
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932 · Perrin
The Hatchet Man
1932 · Harry En Hai
The Guilty Generation
1931 · Joe Palmero
The Pagan Lady
1931 · Gerald 'Gerry' Willis
Murder at Midnight
1931 · Walter Grayson
Kick In
1931 · Charlie
The Public Enemy
1931 · Samuel 'Nails' Nathan
The Man Who Came Back
1931 · Baron le Duc
Dynamite
1929 · Young 'Vulture'
The Last Performance
1929 · Buffo
Woman Trap
1929 · Eddie Evans
Paris Bound
1929 · Richard Parrish
Broadway
1929 · 'Scar' Edwards
The Man I Love
1929 · Carlo Vesper
A Dangerous Woman
1929 · Peter Allerton
Girls Gone Wild
1929 · Boogs
The Office Scandal
1929 · Andrew 'Andy' Corbin
The First Kiss
1928 · Carol Talbot
The Drag Net
1928 · Shakespeare
The Showdown
1928 · Kilgore Shelton
The Gateway of the Moon
1928 · Jim Mortlake
What Price Glory
1926 · Lt. Moore
Black Paradise
1926 · James Callahan
The Shamrock Handicap
1926 · Neil Ross
Sandy
1926 · Douglas Keith
The Road to Glory
1926 · David Hale
The Ancient Mariner
1925 · Joe Barlow
East Lynne
1925 · Richard Hare
Lazybones
1925 · Dick Ritchie
Thunder Mountain
1925 · Sam Martin
Havoc
1925 · Babe
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