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