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