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name: "Leslie Fenton"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 March 1902"
died: "25 March 1978"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-19T23:46:13.531556+00:00"
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# Leslie Fenton

Actor. Born 12 March 1902 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. Died 25 March 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 March 1902, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Died:** 25 March 1978
- **Also known as:** Лесли Фентон
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Fenton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1167568, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95771

## Biography

Leslie Fenton was an English-born American actor and film director. He appeared in more than sixty films between 1923 and 1945, and directed nineteen films between 1938 and 1951.

Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, on 12 March 1902, Fenton moved to the United States with his mother and brothers as a child. He worked as an office clerk before moving to New York, where he began a stage career. His film work began with Fox Studios.

Fenton is known for roles including Samuel 'Nails' Nathan in *The Public Enemy* (1931) and Dan Farrow in *Boys Town* (1938). He later directed films such as *Whispering Smith* (1948) and *Streets of Laredo* (1949). He was married to actress Ann Dvorak from 1932 until their divorce in 1945, and died in Montecito, California, on 25 March 1978.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Boys Town* (1938), Fi1m 65, as Dan Farrow — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Redhead and the Cowboy* (1951), Director
- *Streets of Laredo* (1949), Director
- *Whispering Smith* (1948), Director
- *Lulu Belle* (1948), Director
- *On Our Merry Way* (1948), Director
- *Saigon* (1947), Director
- *Pardon My Past* (1945), Director, Producer
- *Tomorrow, the World!* (1944), Director
- *The Saint's Vacation* (1941), Director
- *The Golden Fleecing* (1940), Director
- *The Man from Dakota* (1940), Director
- *Stronger Than Desire* (1939), Director
- *Tell No Tales* (1939), Director
- *Boys Town* (1938), as Dan Farrow — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md)
- *A Criminal Is Born* (1938), Director
- *The Forgotten Step* (1938), Director
- *Miracle Money* (1938), Director
- *Captain Kidd's Treasure* (1938), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Director
- *Soak the Poor* (1937), as Nick Garvey
- *China Passage* (1937), as Anthony Durand
- *The House of Secrets* (1936), as Barry Wilding
- *The Longest Night* (1936), as Carl Briggs
- *Sworn Enemy* (1936), as Steve Sherman
- *Murder on a Bridle Path* (1936), as Don Gregg
- *Two in the Dark* (1936), as Stuart Eldredge
- *White Lies* (1935), as Dan Oliver
- *East of Java* (1935), as Captain Wong Bo
- *Men Without Names* (1935), as Monk Gleason, gang boss
- *Chinatown Squad* (1935), as Su Quong
- *Stolen Harmony* (1935), as Joe Harris (uncredited)
- *Star of Midnight* (1935), as Tim Winthrop
- *The Casino Murder Case* (1935), as Dr. Kane
- *Strange Wives* (1934), as Svengaart
- *Marie Galante* (1934), as General Saki Tenoki
- *Fugitive Road* (1934), as Frank Riker
- *Take the Stand* (1934), as Hugh Halliburton
- *I Believed in You* (1934), as Russell Storm
- *Lady Killer* (1933), as Duke
- *Night Flight* (1933), as Jules' Radio Operator / Co-Pilot
- *F.P.1* (1933), as Capt. B.E. Droste
- *Air Mail* (1932), as Tony Dressel
- *Thunder Below* (1932), as Webb
- *The Strange Love of Molly Louvain* (1932), as Nick 'Nicky' Grant
- *The Famous Ferguson Case* (1932), as Perrin
- *The Hatchet Man* (1932), as Harry En Hai
- *The Guilty Generation* (1931), as Joe Palmero
- *The Pagan Lady* (1931), as Gerald 'Gerry' Willis
- *Murder at Midnight* (1931), as Walter Grayson
- *Kick In* (1931), as Charlie
- *The Public Enemy* (1931), as Samuel 'Nails' Nathan
- *The Man Who Came Back* (1931), as Baron le Duc
- *Dynamite* (1929), as Young 'Vulture'
- *The Last Performance* (1929), as Buffo
- *Woman Trap* (1929), as Eddie Evans
- *Paris Bound* (1929), as Richard Parrish
- *Broadway* (1929), as 'Scar' Edwards
- *The Man I Love* (1929), as Carlo Vesper
- *A Dangerous Woman* (1929), as Peter Allerton
- *Girls Gone Wild* (1929), as Boogs
- *The Office Scandal* (1929), as Andrew 'Andy' Corbin
- *The First Kiss* (1928), as Carol Talbot
- *The Drag Net* (1928), as Shakespeare
- *The Showdown* (1928), as Kilgore Shelton
- *The Gateway of the Moon* (1928), as Jim Mortlake
- *What Price Glory* (1926), as Lt. Moore
- *Black Paradise* (1926), as James Callahan
- *The Shamrock Handicap* (1926), as Neil Ross
- *Sandy* (1926), as Douglas Keith
- *The Road to Glory* (1926), as David Hale
- *The Ancient Mariner* (1925), as Joe Barlow
- *East Lynne* (1925), as Richard Hare
- *Lazybones* (1925), as Dick Ritchie
- *Thunder Mountain* (1925), as Sam Martin
- *Havoc* (1925), as Babe

## Gallery

- ![Silent film actor Leslie Fenton. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1926)](https://film.one/media/person/1230577/gallery-411672aacba7.jpg) Silent film actor Leslie Fenton. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1926) — Melbourne Spurr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Silent_film_actor_Leslie_Fenton_%28SAYRE_465%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actor_Leslie_Fenton_%28SAYRE_465%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Silent film actor Leslie Fenton. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1926)](https://film.one/media/person/1230577/gallery-7f5489e5b707.jpg) Silent film actor Leslie Fenton. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1926) — Melbourne Spurr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Silent_film_actor_Leslie_Fenton_%28SAYRE_174%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actor_Leslie_Fenton_%28SAYRE_174%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Still from the American drama film Black Paradise (1926). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors](https://film.one/media/person/1230577/gallery-5af50800b810.jpg) Still from the American drama film Black Paradise (1926). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Black_Paradise_%28SAYRE_14149%29.jpg/1280px-Black_Paradise_%28SAYRE_14149%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Taken from the November, 1929 edition of Photoplay Magazine](https://film.one/media/person/1230577/gallery-14c8074b94e8.png) Taken from the November, 1929 edition of Photoplay Magazine — Photoplay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Photoplay_-_1929.11_-_41_-_2.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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