Leslie Fenton

Director

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Birth Place

Liverpool, England, GB

Born

March 12, 1902

Died

March 25, 1978

Biography

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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" (1...

Filmography

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The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)

Whispering Smith (1949)

Streets of Laredo (1949)

On Our Merry Way (1948)

Lulu Belle (1948)

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Star Of Midnight (1935) -- (Movie Clip) I Never Bit A Dog In My Life

Boys Town (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Eternity Begins In 45 Minutes

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Ann Dvorak

Wife

Actor. Married 1932-45.

Biography

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.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)

Whispering Smith (1949)

Streets of Laredo (1949)

On Our Merry Way (1948)

Lulu Belle (1948)

Pardon My Past (1945)

The Story of G. I. Joe (1945)

Tomorrow, the World! (1944)

The Saint's Vacation (1941)

The Golden Fleecing (1940)

The Man from Dakota (1940)

Stronger Than Desire (1939)

Tell No Tales (1939)

Lady of the Tropics (1939)

Fill-In Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Pardon My Past (1945)

Boys Town (1938)

China Passage (1937)

The House of Secrets (1936)

Two in the Dark (1936)

Stuart Eldredge

Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)

The Longest Night (1936)

Sworn Enemy (1936)

Steve [Sherman]

Stolen Harmony (1935)

East of Java (1935)

Chinatown Squad (1935)

Star of Midnight (1935)

Men Without Names (1935)

The Casino Murder Case (1935)

Fugitive Road (1934)

White Lies (1934)

I Believed in You (1934)

Take the Stand (1934)

Strange Wives (1934)

Lady Killer (1933)

Night Flight (1933)

The Hatchet Man (1932)

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)

Thunder Below (1932)

The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)

Air Mail (1932)

The Guilty Generation (1931)

The Public Enemy (1931)

[Samuel] Nails Nathan

The Pagan Lady (1931)

Murder at Midnight (1931)

The Man Who Came Back (1931)

Paris Bound (1929)

Richard Parrish

The Last Performance (1929)

Girls Gone Wild (1929)

The Office Scandal (1929)

A Dangerous Woman (1929)

The Man I Love (1929)

Woman Trap (1929)

Dynamite (1929)

Broadway (1929)

The First Kiss (1928)

The Gateway of the Moon (1928)

The Dragnet (1928)

The Showdown (1928)

Kilgore Shelton

What Price Glory (1927)

Lieutenant Moore

Black Paradise (1926)

The Shamrock Handicap (1926)

The Road to Glory (1926)

Going Crooked (1926)

The Ancient Mariner (1925)

Thunder Mountain (1925)

Lazybones (1925)

East Lynne (1925)

Producer (Feature Film)

Pardon My Past (1945)

Director (Short)

A Criminal Is Born (1938)

Captain Kidd's Treasure (1938)

Miracle Money (1938)

Cast (Short)

Captain Kidd's Treasure (1938)

Soak the Poor (1937)

Life Events

Videos

Star Of Midnight (1935) -- (Movie Clip) I Never Bit A Dog In My Life Star William Powell as lawyer and amateur detective Clay Dalzell is introduced, as friend Tim (Leslie Fenton) talks about his disappeared fianceè, butler Swayne (Gene Lockhart) offers booze, and gal pal Donna (Ginger Rogers) arrives, Russell Hopton on the phone, in the RKO Thin Man lookalike, Star Of Midnight, 1935.

Boys Town (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Eternity Begins In 45 Minutes One of the finest scenes for the overlooked Liverpool-born actor-turned-director Leslie Fenton as convict Dan, with the warden (John Hamilton), then Academy Award-winning star Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan, Roger Converse and Walter Young in support, opening the MGM hit Boys Town, 1938.

Public Enemy, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Not Before Breakfast, Dear Matt (Edward Woods) is getting on a little better with his gal (Joan Blondell) than Tom (James Cagney, title character) with his (Mae Clarke), all of them living high in a posh Chicago hotel when mob boss Nails (Leslie Fenton) rings up, bringing about a fruit-related milestone, in The Public Enemy, 1931.

On Our Merry Way -- (Movie Clip) Slim and Lank Quasi-reporter Oliver (Burgess Meredith) meets musicians Slim and Lank (life-long pals James Stewart and Henry Fonda) who segue into their own flashback in United Artists' On Our Merry Way, 1948.

On Our Merry Way -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits Most unusual opening credit sequence for United Artists' all-star novelty On Our Merry Way, 1948, produced by co-star Burgess Meredith with Benedict Bogeaus, featuring pals Henry Fonda and James Stewart.

On Our Merry Way -- (Movie Clip) See Here, Sadd! Newspaper underling Oliver (Burgess Meredith, who also co-produced) scams editor Sadd (Charles D. Brown) into letting him write the "roving reporter" column for a day in United Artists' On Our Merry Way, 1948.

Pardon My Past -- (Movie Clip) Frances! Having been mistaken for fugitive playboy Frances Pemberton, Eddie (Fred MacMurray) and pal Chuck (William Demarest) bluff their way through an encounter with Grandpa Pemberton (Harry Davenport) in Pardon My Past, 1945.

Pardon My Past -- (Movie Clip) Mink! Newly discharged vets Eddie (Fred MacMurray) and Chuck (William Demarest), on a stop-over in New York, discuss their mink-farming plans in Pardon My Past, 1945.

Companions

Ann Dvorak

Wife

Actor. Married 1932-45.

Bibliography

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