Leslie Weston (24 July 1896 – 13 October 1975) was a British actor who was also a radio and
variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
comedian.
Selected filmography
* ''
Glamour Girl
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'' (1938)
* ''
They Drive by Night'' (1938)
* ''
Two for Danger
''Two for Danger'' is a 1940 British crime film directed by George King and starring Barry K. Barnes, Greta Gynt and Ian McLean.
It was made at Teddington Studios as a second feature by Warner Brothers.Chibnall & McFarlane p.3
Cast
* Barry K ...
'' (1940)
* ''
We Dive at Dawn
''We Dive at Dawn'' is a 1943 war film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring John Mills and Eric Portman as Royal Navy submariners in the Second World War. It was written by Val Valentine and J. B. Williams with uncredited assistance from Fr ...
'' (1943)
* ''
Send for Paul Temple
''Send for Paul Temple'' is a 1946 British crime film directed by John Argyle and starring Anthony Hulme, Joy Shelton and Tamara Desni. Paul Temple is called in by Scotland Yard after a major diamond theft. It was the first of four film adaptati ...
'' (1946)
* ''
Green Fingers
''Green Fingers'' is a 1947 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring Robert Beatty, Carol Raye and Nova Pilbeam.
The film title does not use the term green fingers in its normal context, alluding to an untaught and natural skil ...
'' (1947)
* ''
My Brother Jonathan
''My Brother Jonathan'' is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard and Beatrice Campbell. It is adapted from the 1930 novel ''My Brother Jonathan'' by Francis Brett Young, lat ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Corridor of Mirrors
''Corridor of Mirrors'' is Prometheus's (Benji Vaughan
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'' (1948)
* ''
Sleeping Car to Trieste
''Sleeping Car to Trieste'' is a 1948 British comedy thriller film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Jean Kent, Albert Lieven, Derrick De Marney and Rona Anderson. It was shot at Denham Studios outside London. The film's sets were de ...
'' (1948)
* ''
It's Hard to Be Good
''It's Hard to Be Good'' is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Jeffrey Dell and starring Jimmy Hanley, Anne Crawford and Raymond Huntley. In the film, an ex-army officer finds his altruistic attempts to improve the world are unsuccessful.
It ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Poet's Pub
''Poet's Pub'' is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Frederick Wilson and starring Derek Bond, Rona Anderson and James Robertson Justice. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same title by Eric Linklater. The film was one of four of Dav ...
'' (1949)
* ''
Last Holiday'' (1950) (Hôtel Staff)
* ''
The Lady with the Lamp'' (1951)
* ''
The Last Page
''The Last Page'', released in the United States as ''Man Bait'', is a 1952 British film noir produced by Hammer Film Productions starring George Brent, Marguerite Chapman and Diana Dors.
The film is notable for being the first Hammer film dir ...
'' (1952)
* ''
The Woman's Angle
''The Woman's Angle'' is 1952 British drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Edward Underdown, Cathy O'Donnell and Lois Maxwell. It is based on the novel ''Three Cups of Coffee'' by Ruth Feiner.
Premise
The film is the story of three ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Derby Day'' (1952)
* ''
The Night Won't Talk
''The Night Won't Talk'' is a 1952 British crime film directed by Daniel Birt and starring John Bailey, Hy Hazell and Mary Germaine. The murder of an artist's model leads the police to investigate the artistic community of Chelsea.
It was mad ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Folly to Be Wise
''Folly to Be Wise'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder and starring Alastair Sim, Elizabeth Allan, Roland Culver, Colin Gordon, Martita Hunt and Edward Chapman. It is based on the play ''It Depends What You Mean'' by James ...
'' (1953)
* ''
The Embezzler'' (1954)
* ''
Betrayed'' (1954) as "Pop"
* ''
Above Us the Waves'' (1955)
* ''
The Last Man to Hang?
''The Last Man to Hang?'' is a 1956 crime film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Tom Conway and Elizabeth Sellars. The film was produced by John Gossage for Act Films Ltd.
Plot
Music critic Sir Roderick Strood is having an affair with a bea ...
'' (1956)
* ''
The Green Man'' (1956)
* ''
Three Men in a Boat
''Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)'',The Penguin edition punctuates the title differently: ''Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog!'' published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a tw ...
'' (1956)
* ''
Manuela'' (1957)
* ''
High Flight
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'' (1957)
* ''
The House of the Seven Hawks
''The House of the Seven Hawks'' is a 1959 British mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor, Nicole Maurey and Linda Christian. It was the final film by Robert Taylor under his twenty five-year contract with MGM. The f ...
'' (1959)
References
External links
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English male film actors
English male television actors
1896 births
1975 deaths
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