Leonard Penn


Biography

Leonard Penn was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Penn appeared in such films as the Jeanette MacDonald musical "The Firefly" (1937), "Between Two Women" (1937) and the comedy "Man-Proof" (1938) with Myrna Loy. He also appeared in the drama "Judge Hardy's Children" (1938) with Lewis Stone, the Norma Shearer period drama "Marie Antoinette" (...

Biography

Leonard Penn was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Penn appeared in such films as the Jeanette MacDonald musical "The Firefly" (1937), "Between Two Women" (1937) and the comedy "Man-Proof" (1938) with Myrna Loy. He also appeared in the drama "Judge Hardy's Children" (1938) with Lewis Stone, the Norma Shearer period drama "Marie Antoinette" (1938) and "The Toy Wife" (1938). His film career continued throughout the thirties and the forties in productions like "Bachelor Mother" (1939) with Ginger Rogers, the Freddie Stewart musical "High School Hero" (1946) and "Brick Bradford" (1948). He also appeared in the George Reeves adventure "Adventures of Sir Galahad" (1949). In the latter half of his career, he continued to act in the adventure "King of the Congo" (1952) with Buster Crabbe, "Barbed Wire" (1952) with Gene Autry and "Outlaw Women" (1952). He also appeared in the adventure "Savage Mutiny" (1953) with Johnny Weissmuller and "King Richard and the Crusaders" (1954) starring Rex Harrison. Penn more recently acted in the mystery adaptation "To Catch a Thief" (1955) with Cary Grant. Penn was married to Gladys George. Penn passed away in May 1975 at the age of 68.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Spartacus (1960)
Garrison officer
In the Money (1958)
Don Clark
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
Chief of staff
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Monaco policeman
Jump into Hell (1955)
Pvt. Rigault
The Silver Chalice (1955)
Soldier in banquet hall
Drum Beat (1954)
Miller
The Saracen Blade (1954)
Haroun
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
Physician
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Gendarme Dumas
A Star Is Born (1954)
Director
Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
Brad Mitchell
Flame of Calcutta (1953)
Nadir
Savage Mutiny (1953)
Emil Bruno
Fort Algiers (1953)
Lt. Picard
Murder Without Tears (1953)
Parker
Fangs of the Arctic (1953)
Morgan
The Lost Planet (1953)
Eyes of the Jungle (1953)
Thief of Damascus (1952)
Habayah
Barbed Wire (1952)
Steve Ruttledge
Outlaw Women (1952)
Sam Bass
No Holds Barred (1952)
Pete Taylor
And Now Tomorrow (1952)
A Yank in Indo-China (1952)
Col. Sablon
King of the Congo (1952)
Sirocco (1951)
Rifat
On the Loose (1951)
Dance judge
South of Caliente (1951)
Captain
Stagecoach Driver (1951)
George Barnes
Wanted Dead or Alive (1951)
Taggert
Mysterious Island (1951)
The Girl from San Lorenzo (1950)
Thomas McCarger
Gunfire (1950)
Dan Simons
Silver Raiders (1950)
Lance Corbin
Law of the Badlands (1950)
Cash Carleton
Six Gun Mesa (1950)
Carson
Lonely Hearts Bandits (1950)
Detective Stanley
Women from Headquarters (1950)
Officer Allen
Woman From Headquarters (1950)
The Pilgrimage Play (1949)
Judas Iscariot
Range Land (1949)
Bart Sheldon
Batman and Robin (1949)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
Companion
Partners of the Sunset (1948)
Les
Outlaw Brand (1948)
Brent
Courtin' Trouble (1948)
Dude Dawson
The Dead Don't Dream (1948)
Earl Wesson
Brick Bradford (1948)
Congo Bill (1948)
I Cover Big Town (1947)
Norden Royal
Killer at Large (1947)
Brent Maddux
Hoppy's Holiday (1947)
Dunning
The Hat-box Mystery (1947)
Stevens
High School Hero (1946)
Professor Farrell
Chick Carter, Detective (1946)
Son of the Guardsman (1946)
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
Joe
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Jerome Weiss
Almost a Gentleman (1939)
Arthur
The Toy Wife (1938)
Gaston Vincent
Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
Steve Prentice
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Toulan
Man-Proof (1938)
Bob
Ladies in Distress (1938)
Daniel J. Roman
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
Pedro
Three Comrades (1938)
Tony
Woman Against Woman (1938)
Fred Barnes
Arsene Lupin Returns (1938)
First reporter
Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
Stuart Walden
Women Men Marry (1937)
Quinn
The Firefly (1937)
Etienne
Between Two Women (1937)
[Dr.] Tony Wolcott
Bad Guy (1937)
Detective

Cast (Short)

The Face Behind the Mask (1938)
What Price Safety! (1938)
That Mothers Might Live (1938)
The Ship That Died (1938)

Life Events

Bibliography