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- Birth nameLeslie Frye
- Leslie Sarony was born on January 22, 1897 in Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Meaning of Life (1983), Little Voice (1998) and I Didn't Know You Cared (1975). He died on February 12, 1985 in London, England, UK.
- Entertainer famous for his comedy, songs and patter
- Worked in a double act with Leslie Holmes, billed as "The Two Leslies".
- During World War I, he served as a private in the London Scottish Regiment and the Royal Army Medical Corps in France and Salonika, and was awarded the Silver War Badge.
- Music hall comedian, variety and radio performer and writer of nonsense songs, on stage from the age of fourteen. Well-known numbers include "Jollity Farm", "Ain't it Grand to be Blooming well Dead" and "He Played his Ukulele as the Ship Went Down".
- He appeared with Avril Angers in a documentary 'Notice to Quit'.
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