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	From an early age Fuller became obsessed with show business, and started performing in a small schoolboy minstrel troupe. With a voice of sorts (he described himself as a "bad [[baritone]]"), and with a repertoire of only three songs, he joined a troupe playing on [[Brighton]] beach. He then moved on to join a troupe in [[Maidenhead]], playing in a small marquee by the river and during the [[regatta]] on the river itself in a small punt. Between 1909 and 1912 both Leslie and Dave~~{{who?\|date=May 2021}}~~ Fuller performed in "The Silloth [[Pierrot]]s" at [[Silloth]], [[Cumberland]]. In 1914 at the end of a summer season in [[Weston-super-Mare]], Fuller married one of his fellow entertainers, the 26-year-old dancer and male impersonator Beatrice Witham.		From an early age Fuller became obsessed with show business, and started performing in a small schoolboy minstrel troupe. With a voice of sorts (he described himself as a "bad [[baritone]]"), and with a repertoire of only three songs, he joined a troupe playing on [[Brighton]] beach. He then moved on to join a troupe in [[Maidenhead]], playing in a small marquee by the river and during the [[regatta]] on the river itself in a small punt. Between 1909 and 1912 both Leslie and Dave Fuller performed in "The Silloth [[Pierrot]]s" at [[Silloth]], [[Cumberland]]. In 1914 at the end of a summer season in [[Weston-super-Mare]], Fuller married one of his fellow entertainers, the 26-year-old dancer and male impersonator Beatrice Witham.

	He was also a keen cyclist, and held various cycling records. On the outbreak of the [[First World War]], he became a second-lieutenant in the [[Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion]]. When his show business talents were discovered he was asked to form a battalion [[Concert party (entertainment)\|concert party]]. There were many men in the battalion with talent, including [[Charles Laughton]], and the concert party was a great success. Fuller became one of the leading comedians on the British Army concert party circuit. The cyclists' battalion came in for a lot of ribbing and was dubbed the "poor man's cavalry" or the "peddallers", and so the troupe adopted the name "The Ped'lers". They gave some successful performances at the Coliseum Theatre in [[Whitby]], Yorkshire, and for a while Fuller became lessee of the theatre.		He was also a keen cyclist, and held various cycling records. On the outbreak of the [[First World War]], he became a second-lieutenant in the [[Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion]]. When his show business talents were discovered he was asked to form a battalion [[Concert party (entertainment)\|concert party]]. There were many men in the battalion with talent, including [[Charles Laughton]], and the concert party was a great success. Fuller became one of the leading comedians on the British Army concert party circuit. The cyclists' battalion came in for a lot of ribbing and was dubbed the "poor man's cavalry" or the "peddallers", and so the troupe adopted the name "The Ped'lers". They gave some successful performances at the Coliseum Theatre in [[Whitby]], Yorkshire, and for a while Fuller became lessee of the theatre.

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	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1948\|04\|24\|1888\|10\|09}}		\| birth_place = [[w:Bethnal Green\|Bethnal Green]], London <br> United Kingdom
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			\| death_place = [[w:Margate\|Margate]], Kent <br> United Kingdom
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	\| death_date = 24 April 1948		\| death_date = 24 April 1948
	\| death_place = [[Margate]], Kent <br> United Kingdom		\| death_place = [[w:Margate\|Margate]], Kent <br> United Kingdom
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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, [[Bethnal Green]], London.<ref>Some sources wrongly give his birthplace as [[Margate]], as he had a lifelong association with that town.</ref> His father was Albert Fuller and his mother was Amelia Lipley. In 1891 his father was running a coffee house, but by 1901 he was a self-employed printer. As a boy, Leslie would help his father in the business.		Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, [[w:Bethnal Green\|Bethnal Green]], London.<ref>Some sources wrongly give his birthplace as [[Margate]], as he had a lifelong association with that town.</ref> His father was Albert Fuller and his mother was Amelia Lipley. In 1891 his father was running a coffee house, but by 1901 he was a self-employed printer. As a boy, Leslie would help his father in the business.

	==Career==		==Career==

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'''Leslie Fuller''' (9 October 1888 – 24 April 1948) was a British comedy film actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/75650|title=Leslie Fuller|website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk|accessdate=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021075156/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/75650|archive-date=21 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life==
Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, [[Bethnal Green]], London.<ref>Some sources wrongly give his birthplace as [[Margate]], as he had a lifelong association with that town.</ref> His father was Albert Fuller and his mother was Amelia Lipley. In 1891 his father was running a coffee house, but by 1901 he was a self-employed printer. As a boy, Leslie would help his father in the business.

==Career==
===Stage===
From an early age Fuller became obsessed with show business, and started performing in a small schoolboy minstrel troupe. With a voice of sorts (he described himself as a "bad [[baritone]]"), and with a repertoire of only three songs, he joined a troupe playing on [[Brighton]] beach. He then moved on to join a troupe in [[Maidenhead]], playing in a small marquee by the river and during the [[regatta]] on the river itself in a small punt. Between 1909 and 1912 both Leslie and Dave{{who?|date=May 2021}} Fuller performed in "The Silloth [[Pierrot]]s" at [[Silloth]], [[Cumberland]]. In 1914 at the end of a summer season in [[Weston-super-Mare]], Fuller married one of his fellow entertainers, the 26-year-old dancer and male impersonator Beatrice Witham.

He was also a keen cyclist, and held various cycling records. On the outbreak of the [[First World War]], he became a second-lieutenant in the [[Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion]]. When his show business talents were discovered he was asked to form a battalion [[Concert party (entertainment)|concert party]]. There were many men in the battalion with talent, including [[Charles Laughton]], and the concert party was a great success. Fuller became one of the leading comedians on the British Army concert party circuit. The cyclists' battalion came in for a lot of ribbing and was dubbed the "poor man's cavalry" or the "peddallers", and so the troupe adopted the name "The Ped'lers". They gave some successful performances at the Coliseum Theatre in [[Whitby]], Yorkshire, and for a while Fuller became lessee of the theatre.

On [[demobilisation]] he acquired all the rights and property of the concert party and, retaining some of its wartime members, started up his own venture. His wife Beatrice was a talented clothes designer and seamstress, and together they set about putting the Ped'lers onto a commercial footing. They arrived in [[Margate]], Kent, for the summer season in 1919, playing to appreciative audiences at the Clifton Hall, attached to the Baths. The couple moved into 25, Cliftonville Avenue and had two sons, Roy and Donald.

By the 1930s Fuller had become well known as "The rubber-faced comedian", and spent his summer seasons in Margate. In the winter he and the Margate Ped'lers toured the [[Oswald Stoll]] theatre circuit, including, in London, [[London Coliseum|The Coliseum]] and [[Alhambra Theatre of Variety|The Alhambra]]. He also appeared in radio programmes.

===Film===
Fuller was becoming noticed, and was offered a part in a film by producer [[Joe Rock]], who had produced some of [[Stan Laurel]]'s comedies. This was the start of his film career and he went on make around 26 films between 1930 and 1945, many of them "[[quota quickies]]". He leased the old [[Neptune Studios]] at [[Elstree]] and produced his own movies under the name "Leslie Fuller Pictures Ltd".

In 1930, just as his film career had taken off, his wife Beatrice, who had been ill for about two years, died. Fuller continued to work, and while he was filming ''[[The Pride of the Force]]'' in 1932, he met his second wife, Anne ("Nan") Bates, who was appearing as a bare-back elephant rider in a circus. She had appeared in concert parties doing tap routines together with her sisters Helen and Cecilia and her brother John, so had much in common with Leslie. They married and bought a house in [[Teddington]], Middlesex and became the parents of twin girls, Anne & Sheila, whose godparents were [[Renee Houston]] and [[Gracie Fields]].

With the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], fewer films were made, and Fuller's style of comedy was beginning to date. In 1945 he made one last film, ''What Do We Do Now?'', in which he only had a minor role supporting another comedian, [[George Moon]].

==Later life and death==
Fuller sold up his Teddington house and moved back to Margate, taking up residence at 20 Cornwall Gardens. In 1945 he stood for and was elected as an independent councillor for the [[Cliftonville]] Ward. He busied himself in local affairs, and often turned out to play in charity cricket matches. He successfully revived the Ped'lers again for the 1946 summer season at the Lido Theatre, Cliftonville.

Fuller died at home in 1948 after a suffering a severe [[brain haemorrhage]]. He is buried at [[Margate Cemetery]]. After his death, his wife sold the Margate home and moved back to London.

==Reputation==
In his heyday in the 1930s, Fuller was a major celebrity with a considerable following. He drew massive crowds at public appearances. [[British Pathé]] News filmed his daughters' christening; and the studios dubbed him "Elstree's [[Clark Gable]]".

==Filmography==
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* ''[[Why Sailors Leave Home]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Kiss Me Sergeant]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Not So Quiet on the Western Front (film)|Not So Quiet on the Western Front]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Poor Old Bill]]'' (1931)
* ''[[What a Night! (1931 film)|What a Night!]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Old Soldiers Never Die]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Bill's Legacy]]'' (1931)
* ''[[The Last Coupon]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Old Spanish Customers]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Tonight's the Night (1932 film)|Tonight's the Night]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Hawley's of High Street]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The Pride of the Force]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Lost in the Legion]]'' (1934)
* ''[[A Political Party]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Doctor's Orders (film)|Doctor's Orders]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Outcast (1934 film)|The Outcast]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Captain Bill]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Strictly Illegal]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Stoker (1935 film)|The Stoker]]'' (1935)
* ''[[One Good Turn (1936 film)|One Good Turn]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Boys Will Be Girls (film)|Boys Will Be Girls]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Two Smart Men]]'' (1940)
* ''[[The Middle Watch (1940 film)|The Middle Watch]]'' (1940)
* ''[[My Wife's Family (1941 film)|My Wife's Family]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Front Line Kids]]'' (1942)
* ''What Do We Do Now?'' (1945)
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0298287}}

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[[Category:English male film actors]]
[[Category:People from Margate]]
[[Category:Male actors from Kent]]
[[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
[[Category:British male comedy actors]]
[[Category:20th-century English comedians]]
[[Category:Military personnel from London]]
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