Captain Leslie Tufnell Peacocke (1872 - March 5, 1941) was an actor, screenwriter, and director in the United States.
He was born in Bangalore, British Raj and served in the Connaught Rangers before emigrating to the United States.
In 1919 he wrote on behalf of Democracy Film Corporation about producing a film adaptation of The Souls of Black Folk.[1] His film Injustice was a response to Thomas Dixon Jr.'s The Clansman.[2]
His book Hints on Photoplay Writing from his articles in Photoplay Magazine was published in 1916. A photo of the author appears at the beginning of the book.[3]
His films include adaptations of stories by Florence Herrington.[4]
He was an actor in the 1929 show A Comedy of Women at the Ambassador Theatre.[5]
- ^ "Letter from Democracy Film Corporation to W. E. B. Du Bois, August 1, 1919". credo.library.umass.edu.
- ^ Lucia, Cynthia; Simon, Art; Grundmann, Roy (25 June 2015). American Film History: Selected Readings, Origins to 1960. ISBN 9781118475164.
- ^ Peacocke, Leslie T. (1916). "Hints on Photoplay Writing: Compiled from the Series of Articles Written for Photoplay Magazine and which Were Published 1915-1916".
- ^ "Author and Composer: A Digest for Songwriters, Dramatists, Scenario Writers, Fictionists". 1922.
- ^ "Leslie T. Peacocke – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB".