Leslie Fenton

Leslie Fenton Headshot

Actor • Director

Birth Date: March 12, 1902

Death Date: March 25, 1978

Birth Place: Liverpool, England, UK

Spouses: Ann Dvorak

Leslie Fenton was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Fenton's earliest roles were in film, including "What Price Glory" (1926), "The Dragnet" (1928) and "The Showdown" (1928). He also appeared in "Woman Trap" (1929), the drama "Dynamite" (1929) with Conrad Nagel and "The Office Scandal" (1929). He kept working in film throughout the thirties, starring in "Air Mail" (1932) with Pat O'Brien, "The Hatchet Man" (1932) with Edward G Robinson and "Thunder Below" (1932). He also appeared in the John Barrymore drama "Night Flight" (1933). Toward the end of his career, Fenton directed the Virginia Bruce drama "Stronger Than Desire" (1939), the Melvyn Douglas drama "Tell No Tales" (1939) and the Lew Ayres comedy "The Golden Fleecing" (1940). In addition to his directing, Fenton also appeared on-screen in the mystery adaptation "The House of Secrets" (1936) with Sidney Blackmer and "Boys Town" (1938) with Spencer Tracy. Fenton more recently directed the spy picture "The Redhead and the Cowboy" (1951) with Glenn Ford. Fenton was married to Ann Dvorak. Fenton passed away in March 1978 at the age of 76.

Credits

The Redhead and the Cowboy

Director
Movie
1950

Streets of Laredo

Director
Movie
1949
57%

Whispering Smith

Director
Movie
1948

Lulu Belle

Director
Movie
1948

Saigon

Director
Movie
1948

On Our Merry Way

Director
Movie
1948

Perdone Mi Pasado

Director
Movie
1945

Tomorrow the World

Director
Movie
1945

Pardon My Past

Director
Movie
1945

The Saint's Vacation

Director
Movie
1941

The Golden Fleecing

Director
Movie
1940

Man From Dakota

Director
Movie
1940

Tell No Tales

Director
Movie
1939

Stronger Than Desire

Director
Movie
1939

Boys TownStream

Actor
Dan Farrow
Movie
1938
90%

Captain Kidd's Treasure

Director
Movie
1938

Captain Kidd's Treasure

Narrator
Movie
1938

The Forgotten Step

Director
Movie
1938

Miracle Money

Director
Movie
1938

A Criminal Is Born

Director
Movie
1938

Soak the Poor

Actor
Nick Garvey
Movie
1937

China Passage

Actor
Anthony Durand
Movie
1937

Murder on a Bridle Path

Actor
Don Gregg
Movie
1936

The Longest Night

Actor
Carl Briggs
Movie
1936

The House of Secrets

Actor
Barry Wilding
Movie
1936

Two in the Dark

Actor
Stuart Eldredge
Movie
1936

Sworn Enemy

Actor
Steve Sherman
Movie
1936

Casino Murder Case

Actor
Dr. Allen Kane
Movie
1935

Stolen Harmony

Actor
Joe Harris
Movie
1935

East of Java

Actor
Captain Wong Bo
Movie
1935

Take the Stand

Actor
Movie
1934

Fugitive Road

Actor
Frank Riker
Movie
1934

Lady Killer

Actor
Duke
Movie
1933

F.P. 1

Actor
Capt. B.E. Droste
Movie
1933

Strange Love of Molly Louvain

Actor
Nick Grant
Movie
1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

Actor
Perrin
Movie
1932

The Hatchet Man

Actor
Harry En Hai
Movie
1932

The Man Who Came Back

Actor
Baron le Duc
Movie
1931

Murder at Midnight

Actor
Walter Grayson
Movie
1931

Kick In

Actor
Charlie
Movie
1931

The Office Scandal

Actor
Andrew "Andy" Corbin
Movie
1929

Paris Bound

Actor
Richard Parrish
Movie
1929

Girls Gone Wild

Actor
Boogs
Movie
1929

Woman Trap

Actor
Eddie Evans
Movie
1929

The Man I Love

Actor
Carlo Vesper
Movie
1929

Broadway

Actor
'Scar' Edwards
Movie
1929

The Dragnet

Actor
Movie
1928

The Shamrock Handicap

Actor
Neil Ross
Movie
1926

What Price Glory?

Actor
Lt. Moore
Movie
1926