William Leslie

William Leslie

Born: March 27, 1928
Died: December 19, 2005
in Seagraves, Texas, USA
William Leslie was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Leslie began his acting career appearing in various films, such as Forever Female (1953), Johnny Dark (1954) and the Jane Wyman dramatic adaptation Magnificent Obsession (1954). He also appeared in the Frankie Laine musical Bring Your Smile Along (1955), the dramatic adaptation Queen Bee (1955) with Joan Crawford, and The Long Gray Line (1955).

Movies for William Leslie...

Mutiny in Outer Space
Title: Mutiny in Outer Space
Character: Maj. Gordon Towers
Released: March 3, 1965
Type: Movie
An expedition to the lunar ice caves contracts a deadly moon-fungus. Stopping en route they contaminate a space station with the fungus, which soon begins to take over the entire place.
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The Couch
Title: The Couch
Character: Dr. David Lindsay
Released: February 21, 1962
Type: Movie
A psychopath calls the police before he kills, in between sessions with his father-figure analyst.
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The Horse Soldiers
Title: The Horse Soldiers
Character: Gray
Released: June 11, 1959
Type: Movie
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
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Up Periscope
Title: Up Periscope
Character: Lt. Doherty
Released: March 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy frogman. He must put his personal life behind him after being assigned to be smuggled into a Japanese-held island via submarine to photograph radio codes.
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The Last Hurrah
Title: The Last Hurrah
Character: Dan Herlihy
Released: December 31, 1958
Type: Movie
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
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Andy Hardy Comes Home
Title: Andy Hardy Comes Home
Character: Jack Bailey
Released: December 22, 1958
Type: Movie
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.
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Buchanan Rides Alone
Title: Buchanan Rides Alone
Character: Roy Agry
Released: August 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Passing through a border town, a man is caught up in a Mexican's murder of a member of the town's most powerful family.
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The Lineup
Title: The Lineup
Character: Larry Warner
Released: June 11, 1958
Type: Movie
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
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Cowboy
Title: Cowboy
Character: Tucker
Released: January 23, 1958
Type: Movie
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
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Return to Warbow
Title: Return to Warbow
Character: Johnny
Released: January 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Three escaped prisoners return to the site of a robbery to find the stolen money that was never recovered. Western.
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Tricky Chicks
Title: Tricky Chicks
Released: October 24, 1957
Type: Movie
A pair of nightclub performers fall in love with government agents who suspect them to be foreign spies.
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Operation Mad Ball
Title: Operation Mad Ball
Character: Pvt. Grimes
Released: August 17, 1957
Type: Movie
In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer.
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The Night the World Exploded
Title: The Night the World Exploded
Character: Dr. David Conway
Released: June 14, 1957
Type: Movie
With his assistant, Laura Hutchinson, Dr. David Conway develops a device to advance the fledgling science of earthquake prediction. After forecasting a large trembleor that will rock California within twenty-four hours, Conway cannot persuade the Governor to act. When the prediction proves true and further tests indicate that there are more quakes to come, Conway and Laura seek to perfect their device. Subsequent tests deep within Carlsbad Caverns discover an unknown element—E-112—that is responsible for the earthquakes and threatens to destroy the globe if it ever reaches the surface. The team determines that with only four weeks until Armageddon, the race is on to neutralize the killer element before it takes a devastating toll.
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Hellcats of the Navy
Title: Hellcats of the Navy
Character: Lt. Paul Prentice
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcats of the Navy. Ronnie plays Casey Abbott, commander of a WW2 submarine, while Nancy portrays navy nurse Helen Blair, Abbott's off-and-on girlfriend. During a delicate mission in which his sub is ordered to retrieve a revolutionary new Japanese mine, Abbott is forced to leave frogman Wes Barton (Harry Lauter) behind to save the rest of his crew. But Abbott's second-in-command Don Landon (Eduard Franz) is convincing that Abbott's sacrifice of Barton was due to the fact that the dead man had been amorously pursuing Helen.
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The Shadow on the Window
Title: The Shadow on the Window
Character: Stuart
Released: March 6, 1957
Type: Movie
Three delinquents murder a prosperous farmer at an isolated farm house. One witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage. The other witness - her young son - is thrown into state of shock. Can he recover soon enough to help the police - and his father - rescue his mother before it's too late?
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7th Cavalry
Title: 7th Cavalry
Character: Lt. Murray
Released: December 1, 1956
Type: Movie
An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.
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The White Squaw
Title: The White Squaw
Character: Thor Swanson
Released: November 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A Swedish settler (David Brian) starts a war when he tries to drive Dakotas off their Wyoming reservation.
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Battle Stations
Title: Battle Stations
Character: Ens. Pete Kelly
Released: February 1, 1956
Type: Movie
The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.
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Queen Bee
Title: Queen Bee
Character: Ty McKinnon
Released: November 7, 1955
Type: Movie
A devilish Southern woman, married to a man who despises her, manages to manipulate those around her under the guise of being kind. But, when her sister-in-law is engaged to be married to the woman's former lover and her husband starts up an affair with her cousin, visting from New York, things start to go awry and she sets a plan to destroy it all.
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Bring Your Smile Along
Title: Bring Your Smile Along
Character: David Parker
Released: June 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer Martin Adams (Keefe Brasselle')and would-be singer Jerry Dennis (Frankie Laine). When Nancy and Martin fall in love but quarrel over her old flame, David Parker (William Leslie), Nancy returns to her teaching job. Jerry reunites Nancy and Martin and, in turn, succumbs to the charms of his new secretary Marge Stevenson (Lucy Marlow).
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The Red, White and Blue Line
Title: The Red, White and Blue Line
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A promotional film for United States Savings Bonds
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The Long Gray Line
Title: The Long Gray Line
Character: James "Red" Sundstrom
Released: February 9, 1955
Type: Movie
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.
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Magnificent Obsession
Title: Magnificent Obsession
Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1954
Type: Movie
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
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Johnny Dark
Title: Johnny Dark
Character: Phil Clark (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1954
Type: Movie
A young auto racer competes in a Canada-to-Mexico race in a car he designed himself. Director George Sherman's 1954 film stars Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Sidney Blackmer, Paul Kelly, Ilka Chase and Joseph Sawyer.
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Forever Female
Title: Forever Female
Character: Bill (uncredited)
Released: November 28, 1953
Type: Movie
An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
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Scorching Fury
Title: Scorching Fury
Character: Clint Rust
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Three masked bandits responsible for a wave of holdups and bank robberies stick up a stagecoach on its way to Boone City.