death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
new york city 27 september 1927 manchester , england 1 september 1870 1911 -- 1922 leopold wharton
 leopold wharton film director
leopold wharton

leopold wharton -lrb- september 1 , 1870 -- september 27 , 1927 -rrb- was an american film director , producer and writer .
he directed 37 films between 1911 and 1922 , including the 1915 film `` the new adventures of j. rufus wallingford '' , which featured oliver hardy .
he was the brother of theodore wharton , who was also a film director .
he was born in manchester , england , and died in new york city .
