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Leslie Austin

English actor (1885-1974)

Correspondence, annotated notebooks and portrait silhouettes prepared for research
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ3236683 ↗
Source-derived summary

Leslie Austin (21 November 1885 – May 1974) was an English actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1915 and 1930.

He was born in London, England.

Editorial summary

“Leslie Austin” enters the record as english actor (1885-1974). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Leslie, Austin and English can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1885, 1974, 1915, 1930—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1885-11-21. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Leslie, Austin and English.
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Why this record matters

“Leslie Austin” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Leslie, Austin and English provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3236683. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1885, 1974, 1915 and 1930.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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This entry incorporates text from “Leslie Austin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.