- Born
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- Birth nameLeslie Carter Fenton
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- 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.- IMDb Mini Biography By: frankfob2@yahoo.com
- SpousesMarcella Zabala Howard(September 12, 1952 - ?)Ann Dvorak(March 17, 1932 - August 1, 1946) (divorced)
- Commanded one of the motor launches [Motor Launch (ML) 156] in Operation Chariot, a British commando raid on the French port of St Nazaire on March 28, 1942. The operation was successful, at a high cost with a large percentage of men involved killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Fenton was badly wounded but eventually recuperated at a hospital in Devon, England, before being honorably discharged.
- Brother of writer Frank Fenton.
- His family emigrated from Liverpool to Mifflin, OH, with six sons.
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