Leon Ames
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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.
Known for
Credits
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Frank Knox
Little Women (1949)
as Father March
Engagement Party (1956)
as Elliott Winston
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
as Barney Alvorg
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jake Speed (1986)
as Pop Winston
Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938)
as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
as Alonzo Smith
Stowaway (1932)
as Tommy
They Were Expendable (1945)
as Major James Morton
Cannonball Express (1932)
as Jack Logan
Peyton Place (1957)
as Leslie Harrington
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
as Rufus Daggett
Fall Guy (1945)
as Floyd Parkson
Testament (1983)
as Henry Abhart
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Admiral's Aide
Undercover Maisie (1947)
as Amor/Willis Farnes
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
as Lieut. Jurika
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
as Kyle Sackett
Son of Flubber (1963)
as Rufus Daggett
Strange Faces (1938)
as Joe Gurney
Claws (1977)
as Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner
Battleground (1949)
as The Chaplain
Forgotten (1933)
as Louie Strauss
Angel Face (1953)
as Fred Barrett
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
as Burt Clews
A Date with Judy (1948)
as Lucien T. Pringle
Come On, Leathernecks! (1938)
as Otto Wagner / Baroni
Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
as Paul Brissac
From the Terrace (1960)
as Samuel Eaton
Lady in the Lake (1946)
as Derace Kingsby
The Velvet Touch (1948)
as Gordon Dunning
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Edgar Draque
The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950)
as Dr. Philip Abbott
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
as Commissioner Madero
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Lee (Uncredited)
Pilot X (1936)
as Carl Goering
The Great Morgan (1945)
as K. F.
Help Wanted (1939)
as J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas
Watch the Birdie (1950)
as Grantland D. Farns
The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
as Ralph Humphrey
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as Henry Burton
Cattle Drive (1951)
as Chester Graham, Sr.
The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
as Judge Holmsby
It's a Big Country (1951)
as Secret Service Man
Any Number Can Play (1949)
as Dr. Palmer
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Leon Ames (uncredited)
Crisis (1950)
as Sam Proctor
International Settlement (1938)
as Monte Silver
On an Island with You (1948)
as Commander Harrisen
The Show-Off (1946)
as Frank Harlin
Let's Do It Again (1953)
as Chet Stuart
That's My Boy (1932)
as Al Williams
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
as General Sam Pembroke
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
as Daniel Furman
Risky Business (1939)
as Hinge Jackson
Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
as Manduke the Magnificent
Son of Lassie (1945)
as Anton
The Happy Years (1950)
as Sr. Samuel H. Stover
Soak the Poor (1937)
as Special Investigator Stanton
The Iron Major (1943)
as Robert 'Bob' Stewart
Scene of the Crime (1949)
as Capt. A.C. Forster
Ambush (1950)
as Maj. C.E. Breverly
Thunder Afloat (1939)
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
The Spy Ring (1938)
as Frank Denton
Blackwell's Island (1939)
as Ballinger (uncredited)
The Best Place to Be (1979)
as William Callahan
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
as Mitchell Talbin
Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
as Mr. Candle
Walking Down Broadway (1938)
as Frank Gatty
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
as George Winfield
Parachute Jumper (1933)
as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
as Pierre Dupin
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
as George Winfield
I'll Tell the World (1934)
as Spud Marshall
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
as Buzz Moran
Strangers All (1935)
as Frank Walker
No Leave, No Love (1946)
as Colonel Elliott
Crime Doctor (1943)
as William Wheeler
Secrets of a Nurse (1938)
as Joe Largo
Code of the Streets (1939)
as 'Chick' Foster
Island in the Sky (1938)
as Marty Butler
Between Two Women (1945)
as Masters
Mutiny Ahead (1935)
as McMurtrie
Reckless (1935)
as Ralph Watson
Suez (1938)
as Napoleon III - Emperor of France
A Successful Calamity (1932)
as Barney Davis
The Big Hangover (1950)
as Carl Bellcap
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
as Judd Brooks
The Amazing Mr. Nordill (1947)
as Everett Nordill aka Everton
Sabre Jet (1953)
as Lt. Col. Eckert
Merton of the Movies (1947)
as Lawrence Rupert
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941)
as John Stack
The Meal (1975)
as Kroger
Dial 1119 (1950)
as Earl
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
as Adjutant
Dangerously Yours (1937)
as Phil
Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)
as Rodney Hunter
Legion of Lost Flyers (1939)
as Smythe
East Side Kids (1940)
as Pat O'Day
Panama Patrol (1939)
as Maj. Phillip Waring
Get That Man (1935)
as Don Clayton / McDonald
Calling All Marines (1939)
as Murdock
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
Alias a Gentleman (1948)
as Matt Enley
Quick Millions (1931)
as Hood
Rescue Squad (1935)
as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)
Timber Tramps (1975)
as Deacon
45 Fathers (1937)
as Vincent
Cipher Bureau (1938)
as Maj. Philip Waring
Brother of the Wind (1972)
Actor
Now I'll Tell (1934)
as Max (as Leon Waycoff)
Toklat (1971)
as Old Man
No Greater Sin (1941)
as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
Uptown New York (1932)
as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)
Alimony Madness (1933)
as John Thurman
Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
as John Holden
Fugitive at Large (1939)
as Carter
Song of Revolt (1937)
as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)
as Sheriff Jud Cronin
The Man Who Dared (1933)
as Yosef Novak
I Was a Convict (1939)
as Jackson