Leslie Fenton

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: Acting

Born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK, 1902-03-12

Died: 1978-03-25

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1925	Havoc	Babe	0
2	1925	Thunder Mountain	Sam Martin	0
3	1925	Lazybones	Dick Ritchie	65
4	1925	East Lynne	Richard Hare	0
5	1925	The Ancient Mariner	Joe Barlow	0
6	1926	The Road to Glory	David Hale	60
7	1926	Sandy	Douglas Keith	0
8	1926	The Shamrock Handicap	Neil Ross	51
9	1926	Black Paradise	James Callahan	40
10	1926	What Price Glory	Lt. Moore	60
11	1928	The Gateway of the Moon	Jim Mortlake	0
12	1928	The Showdown	Kilgore Shelton	0
13	1928	The Drag Net	Shakespeare	60
14	1928	The First Kiss	Carol Talbot	0
15	1929	The Office Scandal	Andrew 'Andy' Corbin	0
16	1929	A Dangerous Woman	Peter Allerton	37
17	1929	The Man I Love	Carlo Vesper	40
18	1929	Broadway	'Scar' Edwards	56
19	1929	Paris Bound	Richard Parrish	50
20	1929	Woman Trap	Eddie Evans	48
21	1929	The Last Performance	Buffo	62
22	1929	Dynamite	Young 'Vulture'	64
23	1931	The Man Who Came Back	Baron le Duc	35
24	1931	The Public Enemy	Samuel 'Nails' Nathan	72
25	1931	Kick In	Charlie	60
26	1931	Murder at Midnight	Walter Grayson	54
27	1931	The Pagan Lady	Gerald 'Gerry' Willis	25
28	1931	The Guilty Generation	Joe Palmero	61
29	1932	The Hatchet Man	Harry En Hai	49
30	1932	The Famous Ferguson Case	Perrin	60
31	1932	The Strange Love of Molly Louvain	Nick 'Nicky' Grant	59
32	1932	Thunder Below	Webb	0
33	1932	Air Mail	Tony Dressel	55
34	1933	F.P.1	Capt. B.E. Droste	64
35	1933	Night Flight	Jules' Radio Operator / Co-Pilot	58
36	1933	Lady Killer	Duke	68
37	1934	I Believed in You	Russell Storm	0
38	1934	Take the Stand	Hugh Halliburton	47
39	1934	Fugitive Road	Frank Riker	0
40	1934	Marie Galante	General Saki Tenoki	44
41	1934	Strange Wives	Svengaart	0
42	1935	The Casino Murder Case	Dr. Kane	65
43	1935	Star of Midnight	Tim Winthrop	60
44	1935	Stolen Harmony	Joe Harris (uncredited)	60
45	1935	Chinatown Squad	Su Quong	60
46	1935	Men Without Names	Monk	60
47	1935	East of Java	Captain Wong Bo	60
48	1935	White Lies	Dan Oliver	60
49	1936	Two in the Dark	Stuart Eldredge	59
50	1936	Murder on a Bridle Path	Don Gregg	53
51	1936	Sworn Enemy	Steve Sherman	53
52	1936	The Longest Night	Carl Briggs	57
53	1936	The House of Secrets	Barry Wilding	52
54	1937	China Passage	Anthony Durand	55
55	1937	Soak the Poor	Nick Garvey	70
56	1938	Captain Kidd's Treasure	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	50
57	1938	Boys Town	Dan Farrow	67

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