
Leslie Fenton
Biography
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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.
Acting (57 movies)

The Drag Net
1928

Thunder Mountain
1925

Boys Town
1938

Lady Killer
1933

What Price Glory
1926

The Public Enemy
1931

The House of Secrets
1936

The Casino Murder Case
1935

The Man I Love
1929

The Showdown
1928

Soak the Poor
1937

Air Mail
1932

The Hatchet Man
1932

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932

The Pagan Lady
1931

Two in the Dark
1936

China Passage
1937

The Longest Night
1936

Woman Trap
1929

The Guilty Generation
1931

Paris Bound
1929

The Shamrock Handicap
1926

Fugitive Road
1934

Thunder Below
1932

The Last Performance
1929

Lazybones
1925

Sandy
1926

F.P.1
1933

Strange Wives
1934

Men Without Names
1935

Sworn Enemy
1936

Stolen Harmony
1935

The Famous Ferguson Case
1932

Take the Stand
1934

Murder at Midnight
1931

Star of Midnight
1935

The Road to Glory
1926

A Dangerous Woman
1929

Havoc
1925

Marie Galante
1934

The Man Who Came Back
1931

Chinatown Squad
1935

The First Kiss
1928

Kick In
1931

White Lies
1935

The Office Scandal
1929

Broadway
1929

Captain Kidd's Treasure
1938

I Believed in You
1934

Night Flight
1933

East of Java
1935

East Lynne
1925

The Gateway of the Moon
1928

Black Paradise
1926

Dynamite
1929

The Ancient Mariner
1925

Murder on a Bridle Path
1936
Directing (17 movies)

Saigon
1947

Whispering Smith
1948

On Our Merry Way
1948

Tomorrow, the World!
1944

Tell No Tales
1939

The Redhead and The Cowboy
1951

The Saint's Vacation
1941

Streets of Laredo
1949

Miracle Money
1938

A Criminal Is Born
1938

The Golden Fleecing
1940

The Man from Dakota
1940

Stronger Than Desire
1939

Pardon My Past
1945

Lulu Belle
1948

The Forgotten Step
1938

Captain Kidd's Treasure
1938
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Pardon My Past | 1945 | Producer |