Leslie Fenton
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
The Public Enemy
1931
Boys Town
1938
The Casino Murder Case
1935
Dynamite
1929
The Man I Love
1929
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
Sworn Enemy
1936
I Believed in You
1934
Broadway
1929
The Pagan Lady
1931
The Hatchet Man
1932
Night Flight
1933
Filmography
The Public Enemy
as Samuel 'Nails' Nathan · 1931
Boys Town
as Dan Farrow · 1938
The Casino Murder Case
as Dr. Kane · 1935
Dynamite
as Young 'Vulture' · 1929
The Man I Love
as Carlo Vesper · 1929
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Perrin · 1932
Sworn Enemy
as Steve Sherman · 1936
I Believed in You
as Russell Storm · 1934
Broadway
as 'Scar' Edwards · 1929
The Pagan Lady
as Gerald 'Gerry' Willis · 1931
The Hatchet Man
as Harry En Hai · 1932
Night Flight
as Jules' Radio Operator / Co-Pilot · 1933
The House of Secrets
as Barry Wilding · 1936
Star of Midnight
as Tim Winthrop · 1935
Thunder Below
as Webb · 1932
The Last Performance
as Buffo · 1929
Two in the Dark
as Stuart Eldredge · 1936
East of Java
as Captain Wong Bo · 1935
Murder on a Bridle Path
as Don Gregg · 1936
Lady Killer
as Duke · 1933
The Gateway of the Moon
as Jim Mortlake · 1928
The Man Who Came Back
as Baron le Duc · 1931
A Dangerous Woman
as Peter Allerton · 1929
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Nick 'Nicky' Grant · 1932
The Road to Glory
as David Hale · 1926
Captain Kidd's Treasure
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1938
Girls Gone Wild
as Boogs · 1929
Marie Galante
as General Saki Tenoki · 1934
Air Mail
as Tony Dressel · 1932
Soak the Poor
as Nick Garvey · 1937
The First Kiss
as Carol Talbot · 1928
Paris Bound
as Richard Parrish · 1929
The Showdown
as Kilgore Shelton · 1928
Thunder Mountain
as Sam Martin · 1925
Murder at Midnight
as Walter Grayson · 1931
The Longest Night
as Carl Briggs · 1936
The Guilty Generation
as Joe Palmero · 1931
Strange Wives
as Svengaart · 1934
Chinatown Squad
as Su Quong · 1935
Stolen Harmony
as Joe Harris (uncredited) · 1935
China Passage
as Anthony Durand · 1937
What Price Glory
as Lt. Moore · 1926
The Drag Net
as Shakespeare · 1928
White Lies
as Dan Oliver · 1935
Men Without Names
as Monk Gleason, gang boss · 1935
Take the Stand
as Hugh Halliburton · 1934
Fugitive Road
as Frank Riker · 1934
Woman Trap
as Eddie Evans · 1929
The Office Scandal
as Andrew 'Andy' Corbin · 1929
Kick In
as Charlie · 1931
Sandy
as Douglas Keith · 1926
F.P.1
as Capt. B.E. Droste · 1933
Havoc
as Babe · 1925
Black Paradise
as James Callahan · 1926
The Shamrock Handicap
as Neil Ross · 1926
East Lynne
as Richard Hare · 1925
Lazybones
as Dick Ritchie · 1925
The Ancient Mariner
as Joe Barlow · 1925