Birthday profile

Arthur Leslie

Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright (died 1970)

Born
December 8, 1899
Died
June 30, 1970
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1899

About Arthur Leslie

Arthur Leslie Scottorn Broughton (8 December 1899 – 30 June 1970), better known as Arthur Leslie, was a British actor and playwright, best known for original character of public house landlord Jack Walker in television soap Coronation Street.

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Career and life highlights

Arthur Leslie timeline

  1. Born: December 8, 1899
  2. Died: June 30, 1970

The world when Arthur Leslie was born

Arthur Leslie was born in 1899. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Arthur Leslie's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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