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Eddie Leslie
British actor (1914–2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frederick Leslie Whitaker (11 October 1903 – 27 June 1975), known as Eddie Leslie, was a British film actor and screenwriter.[1]
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He often acted alongside Norman Wisdom, on stage and in his films Trouble in Store (1953); Up in the World (1956); Just My Luck (1957); The Square Peg (1958); Follow a Star (1959) and A Stitch in Time (1963).[2] He wrote five of Wisdom's film screenplays as well as a couple of early TV shows for Wisdom in 1952. In 1956 he appeared in the first episode of Hancock's Half Hour TV show. His theatre credits include the role of Luther Billis in the musical South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Joshua Logan in Glasgow's Alhambra Theatre in 1954.[3] He performed with Patrica Hartley, Nevil Whiting, Helen Landis, David Williams, Robert Henderson and Sean Connery.[4]
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