Leon Ames

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-01-20 (91 years old)

Deathday

1993-10-12

Place of Birth

Portland, Indiana, USA

Leon Ames

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Leon Ames (January 20, 1902 – October 12, 1993) was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing fatherly figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), as Judy Garland's father, and in Little Women (1949). Description above from the Wikipedia article Leon Ames licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1944

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Alonzo Smith

1946

Lady in the Lake

as Derace Kingsby

1953

Angel Face

as Fred Barrett

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Frank Knox

1940

East Side Kids

as Pat O'Day

1949

Battleground

as The Chaplain

1938

Secrets of a Nurse

as Joe Largo

1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)

1979

Just You and Me, Kid

as Manduke the Magnificent

1976

1939

1932

1948

The Velvet Touch

as Gordon Dunning

1951

On Moonlight Bay

as George Winfield

1950

Dial 1119

as Earl

1938

Mysterious Mr. Moto

as Paul Brissac

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Edgar Draque

1947

Song of the Thin Man

as Mitchell Talbin

1960

From the Terrace

as Samuel Eaton

1943

The Iron Major

as Robert 'Bob' Stewart

1949

Little Women

as Father March

1948

On an Island with You

as Commander Harrison

1957

Peyton Place

as Leslie Harrington

1945

1949

Scene of the Crime

as Capt. A.C. Forster

1937

1964

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas

1961

1936

Pilot X

as Carl Goering

1945

They Were Expendable

as Major James Morton

1950

Crisis

as Sam Proctor

1953

1935

Rescue Squad

as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)

1943

Crime Doctor

as William Wheeler

1951

It's a Big Country

as Secret Service Man

1939

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

as Commissioner Madero

1945

1948

A Date with Judy

as Lucien T. Pringle

1939

Thunder Afloat

as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

1953

Sabre Jet

as Lt. Col. Eckert

1949

Any Number Can Play

as Dr. Palmer

1947

Merton of the Movies

as Lawrence Rupert

1950

The Happy Years

as Sr. Samuel H. Stover

1971

Toklat

as Old Man

1975

The Meal

as Kroger

1951

Cattle Drive

as Chester Graham, Sr.

1946

The Cockeyed Miracle

as Ralph Humphrey

1945

Fall Guy

as Floyd Parkson

1937

Soak the Poor

as Special Investigator Stanton

1938

Island in the Sky

as Marty Butler

1934

Now I'll Tell

as Max (as Leon Waycoff)

1932

Uptown New York

as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)

1945

1935

Strangers All

as Frank Walker

1953

Let's Do It Again

as Chet Stuart

1947

Undercover Maisie

as Amor/Willis Farnes

1956

Engagement Party

as Elliott Winston

1977

Claws

as Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner

1938

1935

Get That Man

as Don Clayton / McDonald

1939

1950

The Big Hangover

as Carl Bellcap

1947

The Amazing Mr. Nordill

as Everett Nordill aka Everton

1945

1950

Watch the Birdie

as Grantland D. Farns

1939

Panama Patrol

as Maj. Phillip Waring

1935

Reckless

as Ralph Watson

1941

No Greater Sin

as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh

1965

The Monkey's Uncle

as Judge Holmsby

1945

Anchors Aweigh

as Admiral's Aide

1938

Suez

as Napoleon III - Emperor of France

1933

Forgotten

as Louie Strauss

1939

Risky Business

as Hinge Jackson

1948

Alias a Gentleman

as Matt Enley

1933

Parachute Jumper

as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)

1986

Jake Speed

as Pop Winston

1934

I'll Tell the World

as Spud Marshall

1939

Help Wanted

as J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1932

1983

Testament

as Henry Abhart

1939

Blackwell's Island

as Ballinger (uncredited)

1939

The Marshal Of Mesa City

as Sheriff Jud Cronin

1950

Ambush

as Maj. C.E. Breverly

1933

Ship of Wanted Men

as John Holden

1950

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

as Dr. Philip Abbott

1939

1933

The Man Who Dared

as Yosef Novak

1946

No Leave, No Love

as Colonel Elliott

1938

Cipher Bureau

as Maj. Philip Waring

1946

The Show-Off

as Frank Harlin

1938

Come On, Leathernecks!

as Otto Wagner / Baroni

1939

I Was a Convict

as Jackson

1939

Code of the Streets

as 'Chick' Foster

1986

Peggy Sue Got Married

as Barney Alvorg

1933

Alimony Madness

as John Thurman

1931

1945

1972

Hammersmith Is Out

as General Sam Pembroke

1932

A Successful Calamity

as Barney Davis

1963

Son of Flubber

as Rufus Daggett

1938

The Spy Ring

as Frank Denton

1942

George Washington Slept Here

as Leon Ames (uncredited)

1932

Stowaway

as Tommy

1938

Walking Down Broadway

as Frank Gatty

1937

1937

Song of Revolt

as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

1935

Mutiny Ahead

as McMurtrie

1979

The Best Place to Be

as William Callahan

1932

That's My Boy

as Al Williams

1933

Only Yesterday

as Lee (Uncredited)

1975

Timber Tramps

as Deacon

1944

1937

45 Fathers

as Vincent

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