Born in 1909 as Leslie Fullard-Leo, Vincent grew up in Hawaii and graduated from Punahou School.
[1] After being "discovered" by Marlene Dietrich he went on to appear in more than 30 films including Forever Amber, Destry Rides Again and Paris Underground.
[2] Vincent's family, the Fullard-Leo family, purchased the Palmyra Atoll (except for some minor islets) on August 19, 1922, for $70,000 from Henry Ernest Cooper, and established the Palmyra Copra Company.
The family was involved, decades later, in a lawsuit with the United States government over ownership of the atoll.
The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Fullard-Leo family in 1947.