Leon Ames

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Known For

Acting

Born

1902-01-20

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.

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Known For

Bewitched

Bewitched

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

The Virginian

The Virginian

Emergency!

Emergency!

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show

My Three Sons

My Three Sons

Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue Got Married

Studio One

Studio One

The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons

Acting History

Peggy Sue Got Married as Barney Alvorg

Jake Speed as Pop Winston

Testament as Henry Abhart

Just You and Me, Kid as Manduke the Magnificent

The Best Place to Be as William Callahan

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Messenger

Claws as Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner

Sherlock Holmes in New York as Daniel Furman

Timber Tramps as Deacon

The Meal as Kroger

That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)

Brother of the Wind

Hammersmith Is Out as General Sam Pembroke

Toklat as Old Man

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Burt Clews

Tora! Tora! Tora! as Frank Knox

The Name of the Game

ABC Stage 67 as Gray

The Monkey's Uncle as Judge Holmsby

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas

Son of Flubber as Rufus Daggett

The Lucy Show as Colonel Anderson

The Beverly Hillbillies as Colonel Foxhall

The Virginian as Judge Fitzroy

Father of the Bride as Stanley Banks

The Absent-Minded Professor as Rufus Daggett

Mister Ed as Gordon Kirkwood

The Andy Griffith Show as Mr. Hampton

The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Damon Carlisle

From the Terrace as Samuel Eaton

Peyton Place as Leslie Harrington

Engagement Party as Elliott Winston

Screen Director's Playhouse as Col. T. Jennings Parker - Pop

The Wonderful World of Disney as President Rufus Daggett (archive footage)

Life With Father

Sabre Jet as Lt. Col. Eckert

Let's Do It Again as Chet Stuart

By the Light of the Silvery Moon as George Winfield

General Electric Theater as Dr. Butolph

General Electric Theater as Malcolm Fownes

Angel Face as Fred Barrett

It's a Big Country as Secret Service Man

Cattle Drive as Chester Graham, Sr.

On Moonlight Bay as George Winfield

Watch the Birdie as Grantland D. Farns

Dial 1119 as Earl

Lux Video Theatre as Michael J. O'Connor

Lux Video Theatre as Adam

Crisis as Sam Proctor

The Happy Years as Sr. Samuel H. Stover

The Skipper Surprised His Wife as Dr. Philip Abbott

The Big Hangover as Carl Bellcap

Ambush as Maj. C.E. Breverly

Battleground as The Chaplain

Scene of the Crime as Capt. A.C. Forster

Any Number Can Play as Dr. Palmer

Little Women as Father March

Studio One as Cyrus Walker

A Date with Judy as Lucien T. Pringle

The Velvet Touch as Gordon Dunning

On an Island with You as Commander Harrison

Alias a Gentleman as Matt Enley

Merton of the Movies as Lawrence Rupert

The Amazing Mr. Nordill as Everett Nordill aka Everton

Song of the Thin Man as Mitchell Talbin

Undercover Maisie as Amor/Willis Farnes

Lady in the Lake as Derace Kingsby

The Show-Off as Frank Harlin

The Cockeyed Miracle as Ralph Humphrey

The Postman Always Rings Twice as Kyle Sackett

No Leave, No Love as Colonel Elliott

They Were Expendable as Major James Morton

Yolanda and the Thief as Mr. Candle

Week-End at the Waldorf as Henry Burton

Anchors Aweigh as Admiral's Aide

Son of Lassie as Anton

Fall Guy as Floyd Parkson

Between Two Women as Masters

The Great Morgan as K. F.

The Thin Man Goes Home as Edgar Draque

Meet Me in St. Louis as Alonzo Smith

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Lieut. Jurika

The Iron Major as Robert 'Bob' Stewart

Crime Doctor as William Wheeler

George Washington Slept Here as Leon Ames (uncredited)

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring as John Stack

No Greater Sin as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh

East Side Kids as Pat O'Day

Fugitive at Large as Carter

The Marshal Of Mesa City as Sheriff Jud Cronin

Legion of Lost Flyers as Smythe

Pack Up Your Troubles as Adjutant

Calling All Marines as Murdock

Thunder Afloat as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Help Wanted as J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner

Code of the Streets as 'Chick' Foster

Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Commissioner Madero

Panama Patrol as Maj. Phillip Waring

I Was a Convict as Jackson

Risky Business as Hinge Jackson

Blackwell's Island as Ballinger (uncredited)

Secrets of a Nurse as Joe Largo

Suez as Napoleon III - Emperor of France

Cipher Bureau as Maj. Philip Waring

Mysterious Mr. Moto as Paul Brissac

Come On, Leathernecks! as Otto Wagner / Baroni

Island in the Sky as Marty Butler

Bluebeard's 8th Wife as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)

Walking Down Broadway as Frank Gatty

International Settlement as Monte Silver

The Spy Ring as Frank Denton

45 Fathers as Vincent

Murder in Greenwich Village as Rodney Hunter

Charlie Chan on Broadway as Buzz Moran

Dangerously Yours as Phil

Soak the Poor as Special Investigator Stanton

Song of Revolt as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Pilot X as Carl Goering

Get That Man as Don Clayton / McDonald

Rescue Squad as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)

Reckless as Ralph Watson

Strangers All as Frank Walker

Mutiny Ahead as McMurtrie

Now I'll Tell as Max (as Leon Waycoff)

I'll Tell the World as Spud Marshall

Only Yesterday as Lee (Uncredited)

Ship of Wanted Men as John Holden

The Man Who Dared as Yosef Novak

Alimony Madness as John Thurman

Forgotten as Louie Strauss

Parachute Jumper as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)

Uptown New York as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)

That's My Boy as Al Williams

A Successful Calamity as Barney Davis

The Famous Ferguson Case as Judd Brooks

Stowaway as Tommy

Murders in the Rue Morgue as Pierre Dupin

Quick Millions as Hood