Leslie Fenton
Acting
Born 1902-03-12
Died 1978-03-25
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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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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Acting
44 credits
The Public Enemy
Boys Town
Air Mail
Lady Killer
Murder on a Bridle Path
Night Flight
I Believed in You
Two in the Dark
A Dangerous Woman
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
The Shamrock Handicap
Men Without Names
Star of Midnight
Stolen Harmony
China Passage
The Pagan Lady
Dynamite
Sworn Enemy
The Hatchet Man
The House of Secrets
Marie Galante
The First Kiss
The Man I Love
Thunder Below
Girls Gone Wild
Broadway
The Drag Net
The Showdown
Soak the Poor
The Famous Ferguson Case
Captain Kidd's Treasure
The Man Who Came Back
Chinatown Squad
The Last Performance
East of Java
Take the Stand
Fugitive Road
Murder at Midnight
Paris Bound
The Casino Murder Case
Kick In
The Guilty Generation
White Lies
The Gateway of the Moon
Directing
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On Our Merry Way
The Redhead and the Cowboy
Pardon My Past
Lulu Belle
Streets of Laredo
Whispering Smith
The Golden Fleecing
Saigon
Tomorrow, the World!
The Forgotten Step
Stronger Than Desire
Tell No Tales
The Saint's Vacation
Captain Kidd's Treasure
Miracle Money
A Criminal Is Born
The Man from Dakota
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