莱斯利的父亲是一名骑警、严格的执法者，母亲是威尔士 人。第二次世界大战末期，为了远离战争，逃避服兵役，父亲极力怂恿他加入娱乐圈，莱斯利先是在多伦多的加拿大国家艺术学院进修广播专业，然后前往纽约百老 汇的奈瓦福特剧院深造。曾先后与Monica Boyer、Alisande Ullman及Brooks Oliver有过三段婚姻，但均以离婚告终。
Owning a pair of the most incredibly soulful and searching eyes you'll ever find, Michael Sarrazin's poetic drifters crept into Hollywood unobtrusively on little cat's feet, but it didn't take long for him to make his mark. Quiet yet uninhibited, the lean, laconic, fleshy-lipped actor with the intriguingly faraway look and curiously sunken features enhanced a number of quality offbeat fare without ever creating too much of a fuss. While Hollywood couldn't quite pigeonhole him, they also weren't sure what to do with him. Out-and-out stardom would prove elusive.
American actor and occasional screenwriter. One of the most frequently seen heavies in films and television programs of the 1950s, his name is nevertheless well known only to buffs. Occasionally he played minor leads and sympathetic characters, but his stern good looks and rich deep voice made him a memorable villain, particularly in Westerns.
