Leslie King
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 1, 1876
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Known For
Orphans of the Storm
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.
Alice in Wonderland
A young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange world of Wonderland. The first "talking" movie version of "Alice in Wonderland," produced in Fort Lee, New Jersey, in 1931, two years before Paramount's all-star production. Ruth Gilbert stars as Lewis Carroll's heroine in this black and white featurette (running under an hour) directed by Bud Pollard.
Here Comes the Bride
A young man with little means wants to marry a rich girl, and thinks up a scheme to get rich.
Broadway Broke
Nellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a vaudeville act and is the sole support of the family.
If Winter Comes
Mark Sabre hires young Effie Bright to keep his snobbish, cold-hearted wife Mabel company while he goes off to war. When he returns home from the front wounded, he finds that Mabel has fired Effie, who shows up at Mark's door with her baby, having no place to go. Mark takes her in, but Mabel leaves him when the town shuns him for what they believe is going on with Mark and Effie. Matters are further complicated when Effie, driven to desperation, commits an unspeakable act that results in Mark having a nervous breakdown--and then things get worse.
The Streets of New York
Badger, a clerk at a Wall Street brokerage, discovers that his boss Gideon Bloodgood has swindled an investor, Fairweather, out of his money. Fairweather dies of a heart attack after an argument with Bloodgood, and Badger uses this knowledge to blackmail him. By a strange coincidence, Bloodgood's daughter Lucy runs over Fairweather's son, Paul, and cripples him.
The Shielding Shadow
The 15 chapter story involves the heroine being protected by a shadow with burning eyes. There's also a cloak of invisibility, some hypnotism and a giant octopus added to the mix.
The Bond Boy
For the sake of his impoverished mother, Joe Newbolt bonds himself to harsh Isom Chase. Ollie Chase tires of the difficult life her husband has forced on her and plans to elope with Cyrus Morgan, but Joe's sense of honor forces him to intervene. While Joe is trying to persuade Ollie not to proceed with her plans, Chase discovers him with his wife, misunderstands, reaches for his gun, and is accidentally killed. Joe protects Mrs. Chase, though he is accused of murder, tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged.
The Fatal Fortune
A young newspaperwoman travels to a South Seas island to search for buried treasure.
The Evil Eye
This serial, starring boxer Leslie King, is presumed lost.
Filmography
as Mad Hatter (archive footage) (uncredited)
as John Massey
as The Mad Hatter
as Mark Twain
as District Attorney
as Humpo
as Badger
as Jacques-Forget-Not
as Gloom
as Blinky
as The Money Lender
as Blinky Bill Eaton
as Ashley
as One Lump Louie
as Doc Sawyer (as Leslie J. King)