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Leslie Fenton is a Actor, Director and Producer British born on 12 march 1902 at Liverpool (United-kingdom)
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.
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Birth name Leslie Carter Fenton
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 march 1902 at Liverpool (United-kingdom)
Death 25 march 1978 (at 76 years) at Montecito (USA)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 march 1902 at Liverpool (United-kingdom)
Death 25 march 1978 (at 76 years) at Montecito (USA)
Biography
He married American actress Ann Dvorak in 1932. Dvorak (Anna May McKim) moved to England with Fenton while he served in the British military during World War II. 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 John Fenton and Eveline Edgington (married Liverpool, 1900), as evidenced by the ship's manifest for the SS Caronia (page 0817, line 0008), aboard which Frank Fenton arrived in the US on Apr 21 1906.Best films
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Filmography of Leslie Fenton (60 films)
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Add to a movie listBoys Town (1938)
, 1h36Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Darryl Hickman, Gene Reynolds
Roles Dan Farrow
Rating71%
The story opens when a convicted murderer asks to make his confession on the day of his execution. The condemned man is visited by an old friend, Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) who runs a home for indigent men in Omaha, Nebraska. When the prison officials suggest that the condemned man owes the state a debt, Father Flanagan witnesses the condemned man's diatribe to prison officials and a reporter that describes his awful plight as a homeless and friendless boy who was a ward in state institutions. After the convicted man asks the officials to leave, Father Flanagan provides some comfort and wisdom. On the train back to Omaha, Father Flanagan is transformed in his humanitarian mission by revelations (echoed in the words) imparted by the condemned man's litany of hardships experienced as a child without friends or family as a ward of the state.
China Passage (1937)
, 1h5Directed by Edward Killy
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Crime
Actors Constance Worth, Vinton Hayworth, Leslie Fenton, Gordon Jones, Philip Ahn, Dick Elliott
Roles Anthony Durand
Rating53%
The House of Secrets (1936)
, 1h10Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Leslie Fenton, Muriel Evans, Noel Madison, Sidney Blackmer, Morgan Wallace, Holmes Herbert
Roles Barry Wilding
Rating51%
The film opens on a ship where Barry Wilding (Leslie Fenton) and Julie Kenmore (Muriel Evans) meet on their way to England. On reaching there Barry finds out that he has inherited a house that belonged to his forefathers, to see how it looks like he goes there one night but finds out that it has been occupied by an old man and his daughter, the same girl he met on ship. The mystery evokes when he comes to know that suspicious people are after the house and strange things are happening.
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
, 1h6Directed by William Hamilton, Edward Killy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer, John Arledge, John Carroll, Willie Best
Roles Don Gregg
Rating61%
An apparent accident involving a horse in Central Park leads a police inspector to join forces with a brash amateur detective, (Hildegarde Withers, played by Helen Broderick) and solve a woman's death.
Two in the Dark (1936)
, 1h14Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Gail Patrick, Alan Hale, Leslie Fenton
Roles Stuart Eldredge
Rating62%
Wandering around in the darkness, an amnesiac (Walter Abel) has the feeling that he's murdered someone. He reads that a theatrical producer has been killed and he thinks that he's guilty. But unemployed actress Marie Smith (Margot Grahame) he meets while wondering around the park, isn't completely convinced, so she helps him reconstruct the clues and—hopefully—track down the real killer.
Star of Midnight (1935)
, 1h30Directed by Stephen Roberts, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly, Gene Lockhart, Ralph Morgan, Leslie Fenton
Roles Tim Winthrop
Rating66%
New York lawyer and playboy Clay Dalzell (William Powell) is asked by old friend Tim Winthrop to locate his girlfriend Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in Chicago a year ago. Winthrop cannot stop thinking about her and believes she is in New York.
Stolen Harmony (1935)
, 1h20Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Crime
Themes Musical films
Actors George Raft, Ben Bernie, Grace Bradley, Iris Adrian, Lloyd Nolan, Goodee Montgomery
Roles Joe Harris (uncredited)
Rating64%
Men Without Names (1935)
, 1h6Directed by Ralph Murphy, Hal Walker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans, David Jack Holt, Lynne Overman, Elizabeth Patterson, Grant Mitchell
Roles Monk
Rating64%
Il met en scène le Ministère de la Justice des États-Unis et ses agents. Un gang impitoyable vole audacieusement un camion postal et s'enfuit vers l'ouest des États-Unis. Quand l'argent du vol arrive dans une petite ville du Kansas, le département envoie l'agent Dick Grant pour enquêter, se faisant passer pour un homme d'affaires. Il est gêné dans sa tâche par une journaliste locale, Helen Sherwood, et quand il tombe amoureux d'elle, il est incapable de lui révéler qui il est vraiment et pourquoi il est là.
The Casino Murder Case (1935)
, 1h22Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell, Arthur Byron, Ted Healy
Roles Dr. Kane
Rating61%
White Lies (1935)
, 1h3Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Victor Jory, Fay Wray, Walter Connolly, Leslie Fenton, Irene Hervey, Robert (Tex) Allen
Roles Dan Oliver
Rating60%
The Casino Murder Case (1935)
, 1h22Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell, Arthur Byron, Ted Healy
Roles Dr. Kane
Rating61%
Gentleman detective Philo Vance (Paul Lukas) begins an investigation when he receives an anonymous letter stating that society man Lynn Llewellyn (Donald Cook) will be in danger when he appears at the casino owned by his uncle, Kinkaid (Arthur Byron). Vance visits the Llewellyn estate, which is run by Mrs. Priscilla Kinkaid-Llewellyn (Alison Skipworth), the matriarch of the household, and stumbles into one of the family's many quarrels. At the end of the bitter quarrel, which involves Mrs. Llewellyn's son Lynn and his wife Virginia (Louise Henry), Virginia announces that she has decided to leave the house and go to Chicago. During the tiff, Vance and Doris (Rosalind Russell), Mrs. Llewellyn's secretary, are introduced to each other and Doris immediately takes a liking to Vance.
Marie Galante (1934)
, 1h28Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparks, Leslie Fenton, Helen Morgan, Sig Ruman
Roles General Saki Tenoki
Rating56%
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Strange Wives (1934)
, 1h15Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Roger Pryor, June Clayworth, Esther Ralston, Hugh O'Connell, Ralph Forbes, Cesar Romero
Roles Svengaart
Jimmy King, un agent de change de New York, se marie avec Nadia, une réfugiée russe, qui se fait passer pour une princesse, malgré les avertissements de son ami Warren. Bientôt, Jimmy se retrouve à être le soutien de toute la famille de Nadia. Le père de Nadia, le Général Kourajine, ne rêve lui que qu'une contre-révolution pour lutter contre les Bolcheviks. Pour se débarrasser de sa belle-famille, Jimmy cherche à exploiter leurs divers talents et ils trouvent finalement des sources de revenus qui leur donnent une indépendance. Après avoir évincé un ancien prétendant de Nadia, Jimmy est enfin reconnu comme le chef de famille.
I Believed in You (1934)
, 1h9Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Rosemary Ames, John Boles, Victor Jory, Gertrude Michael, George Meeker, Leslie Fenton
Roles Russell Storm
Lady Killer (1933)
, 1h16Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about television
Actors James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Hatton, Russell Hopton
Roles Duke
Rating69%
After being fired as a theater usher, Dan Quigley (James Cagney) tracks down Myra Gale (Mae Clarke) to her apartment and returns the purse she dropped. He then sits in on a poker game with her "brother-in-law", Spade Maddock (Douglass Dumbrille), Duke (Leslie Fenton), Smiley (Russell Hopton) and Pete (Raymond Hatton). After he loses all his money, he leaves, only to run into another person trying to return Myra's purse. Realizing he has been conned, he threatens to go to the police ... unless they let him join them, telling them he has some profitable ideas.