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 Die Todesreiter von Laredo (1949). He retired from the industry in the
early 1950s.
