1. Leonard Fenton was an English actor, director and painter, best known for his role as Harold Legg in EastEnders.
12 Facts About Leonard Fenton
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Leonard Fenton's parents were Ashkenazi Jews with ancestral roots in Eastern Europe.
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Leonard Fenton attended Raine Foundation Grammar School from 1937 to 1944.
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Leonard Fenton worked in this profession for five years after leaving the army, but eventually decided on a career change.
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Leonard Fenton took up acting and won a scholarship to attend the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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Leonard Fenton was best known for playing Harold Legg, one of the original characters in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders.
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Leonard Fenton made a single appearance in 2004 at the funeral of Mark Fowler, and in June 2007 to counsel Dot Branning regarding her concerns about Romanian 'foundling' baby, Tomas.
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Leonard Fenton performed in many radio plays, including The Hobbit as the Elvenking, and The Lord of the Rings as Daddy Twofoot, both for BBC Radio 4.
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Amongst Leonard Fenton's other broadcasting work was the BBC webcast of the Doctor Who story Death Comes to Time.
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In December 2004, at the age of 78, Leonard Fenton made his directorial debut with After Chekhov, written by four contemporary writers Allen Drury, Martin Jago, Andrew Neil and Olwen Wymark in the 100th anniversary year of Chekhov's death.
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In 2012 and again in 2013, Leonard Fenton appeared in a production of Cross Purpose, directed by Stephen Whitson at the King's Head Theatre, London.
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Leonard Fenton died in Hillingdon, London, on 29 January 2022, at the age of 95.