
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.
58 acting credits · 17 directing credits
Acting · 58

The Public Enemy
1931

Boys Town
1938

Lady Killer
1933

Dynamite
1929

Marie Galante
1934

Night Flight
1933

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932

Sworn Enemy
1936

Air Mail
1932

China Passage
1937

Thunder Mountain
1925

Chinatown Squad
1935

Stolen Harmony
1935

Men Without Names
1935

Broadway
1929

Thunder Below
1932

Black Paradise
1926

The First Kiss
1928

Strange Wives
1934

Take the Stand
1934

The Man I Love
1929

Star of Midnight
1935

White Lies
1935

East of Java
1935

The Shamrock Handicap
1926

Havoc
1925

I Believed in You
1934

F.P.1
1933

The Famous Ferguson Case
1932

The Man Who Came Back
1931

Paris Bound
1929

Kick In
1931

What Price Glory
1926

The Casino Murder Case
1935

Fugitive Road
1934

Two in the Dark
1936

The Last Performance
1929

Lazybones
1925

The Hatchet Man
1932

Murder on a Bridle Path
1936

The Road to Glory
1926

The Guilty Generation
1931

A Dangerous Woman
1929

East Lynne
1925

The Showdown
1928

Woman Trap
1929

The Gateway of the Moon
1928

The House of Secrets
1936

Murder at Midnight
1931

The Longest Night
1936

Girls Gone Wild
1929

The Drag Net
1928

Captain Kidd's Treasure
1938

The Ancient Mariner
1925

Soak the Poor
1937

The Office Scandal
1929

Sandy
1926

The Pagan Lady
1931
Directing · 17

Streets of Laredo
1949

Whispering Smith
1948

Saigon
1947

The Golden Fleecing
1940

On Our Merry Way
1948

The Redhead and the Cowboy
1951

Tell No Tales
1939

The Saint's Vacation
1941

Lulu Belle
1948

A Criminal Is Born
1938

Tomorrow, the World!
1944

Pardon My Past
1945

Miracle Money
1938

Stronger Than Desire
1939

The Forgotten Step
1938

The Man from Dakota
1940

Captain Kidd's Treasure
1938