Leslie Fenton
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.
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Leslie Fenton
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Redhead and the Cowboy | Director | - | 1950 |
57% |
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Streets of Laredo | Director | - | 1949 |
83% |
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Whispering Smith | Director | - | 1948 |
20% |
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On Our Merry Way | Director | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lulu Belle | Director | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saigon | Director | - | 1948 |
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Pardon My Past | Director | - | 1945 |
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Tomorrow the World | Director | - | 1945 |
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The Saint's Vacation | Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Golden Fleecing | Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man From Dakota | Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stronger Than Desire | Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tell No Tales | Director | - | 1939 |
86% |
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Boys Town | Dan Farrow (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Criminal Is Born | Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miracle Money | Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captain Kidd's Treasure |
Narrator, Director |
- | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Forgotten Step | Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Soak the Poor | Nick Garvey (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | China Passage | Anthony Durand (Character) | - | 1937 |
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The House of Secrets | Barry Wilding (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two in the Dark | Stuart Eldredge (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sworn Enemy | Steve Sherman (Character) | - | 1936 |
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The Longest Night | Carl Briggs (Character) | - | 1936 |
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Murder on a Bridle Path | Don Gregg (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East of Java | Captain Wong Bo (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stolen Harmony | Joe Harris (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Casino Murder Case | Dr. Allen Kane (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Take the Stand | Unknown (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fugitive Road | Frank Riker (Character) | - | 1934 |
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Marie Galante | Gen. Saki Tenoki (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | F.P.1 Doesn't Answer | Capt. B.E. Droste (Character) | - | 1933 |
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Lady Killer | Duke (Character) | - | 1933 |
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Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Nick Grant (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Famous Ferguson Case | Perrin (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Air Mail | Tony Dressel (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hatchet Man | Harry En Hai (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder at Midnight | Walter Grayson (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kick In | Charlie (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man Who Came Back | Baron le Duc (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girls Gone Wild | Boogs (Character) | - | 1929 |
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The Last Performance | Unknown (Character) | - | 1929 |
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Broadway | 'Scar' Edwards (Character) | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Woman Trap | Eddie Evans (Character) | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paris Bound | Richard Parrish (Character) | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man I Love | Carlo Vesper (Character) | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Office Scandal | Andrew "Andy" Corbin (Character) | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dragnet | Unknown (Character) | - | 1928 |
100% |
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What Price Glory? | Lt. Moore (Character) | - | 1926 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Shamrock Handicap | Neil Ross (Character) | - | 1926 |