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.
9
1
7
9
1
8
9
1
9
9
2
0
9
2
1
9
2
2
9
2
3
9
2
4
9
2
5
9
2
6
U.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in Chi...
More info9
2
7
9
2
8
9
2
9
A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant. She, on the other hand, is in ...
More info
9
3
0
9
3
1
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life...
More info9
3
2
Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan f...
More info9
3
3
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Ho...
More info
9
3
4
9
3
5
9
3
6
Two men stumble into an old mansion, and get involved with a crazed scientist, torture chambers and ...
More info
When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper...
More info9
3
7
9
3
8
9
3
9
9
4
0
9
4
1
9
4
2
9
4
3
9
4
4
9
4
5
9
4
6
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boys Town (1938) | Dan Farrow | 5 | |
| 2 | The House of Secrets (1936) | Barry Wilding | 6 | |
| 3 | Murder on a Bridle Path (1936) | Don Gregg | 7 | |
| 4 | Lady Killer (1933) | Duke | 6.5 | |
| 5 | Night Flight (1933) | Jules' Radio Operator / Co-Pilot | 7 | |
| 6 | Thunder Below (1932) | Webb | - | - |
| 7 | The Public Enemy (1931) | Samuel 'Nails' Nathan | 7 | |
| 8 | Broadway (1929) | 'Scar' Edwards | - | - |
| 9 | The Last Performance (1929) | Buffo | 6 | |
| 10 | Dynamite (1929) | Young 'Vulture' | 3 | |
| 11 | What Price Glory (1926) | Lt. Moore | 5 | |
| 12 | Lazybones (1925) | Dick Ritchie | 5 |
