Leslie Fenton
actor, director, producer
- Birth name:
- Leslie Carter Fenton
- Born:
- 1902-03-12, Liverpool, England, UK
- Died:
- 1978-03-25, Montecito, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, director, producer
Biography
English-born Leslie Fenton came to the U.S. as a child. He journeyed to Hollywood in his late teens to break into the movies, and managed to get several jobs as an actor. He became a reliable supporting actor in many pictures in the 1930s, working his way up to leads in B pictures. He switched to directing later in the decade, and turned out a number of tight, well-made action pictures and several good westerns, the best of which was probably Streets of Laredo (1949). He retired from the industry in the early 1950s.
Filmography
In the vault (53)
