Leon Alton

Actor Aug 23 (died age 88) New York, USA 1936–1972 (36 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Biography

Leon Alton enjoyed a career on stage, screen, and television starting in the 1920s and lasting until the late 1970s. In the 1930s he started out on the Broadway stage appearing in various musicals which lasted until the early 1940s. Then like many Broadway actors and dancers, he seemingly drifted his way to Hollywood where he was able to use his talents as a dancer to appear in many party scenes in a suit dancing in some of the most well known films. Like many dancers though, that was only par…

Known For

Film

Marnie

Party Guest (uncredited)

Film

True Grit

Boarding House Guest (uncredited)

Film

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)

Film

Inherit the Wind

Townsman (uncredited)

Film

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Official (uncredited)

Film

Batman

Official (uncredited)

Film

Funny Girl

Audience Member (uncredited)

Film

The Love Bug

Official (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (104)

Movies (90)

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972

as Executive (uncredited)

6.3

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

as Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)

7.0

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as Official (uncredited)

7.2

The Cheyenne Social Club

1970

as Barfly (uncredited)

6.4

Watermelon Man

1970

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

6.3

True Grit

1969

as Boarding House Guest (uncredited)

7.3

Sweet Charity

1969

as Dancer (uncredited)

6.9

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1969

as Collingsgood Associate (uncredited)

6.0

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

1969

as Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)

6.0

The Love God?

1969

as Club Patron (uncredited)

6.0

The Love Bug

1968

as Official (uncredited)

6.6

Funny Girl

1968

as Audience Member (uncredited)

7.1

Hellfighters

1968

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

6.3

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

6.9

Never a Dull Moment

1968

as Exhibit Guest (uncredited)

Blackbeard's Ghost

as Auction Guest

Star!

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.9

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

1968

as Bartender (uncredited)

5.4

Banning

1967

as Club Member (uncredited)

5.8

Warning Shot

1967

6.4

Divorce American Style

1967

as Bank Officer

5.8

Batman

1966

as Official (uncredited)

6.4

Our Man Flint

1966

as Military Officer at Meeting (uncredited)

6.5

The Great Race

1965

as Townsman (uncredited)

7.1

The Cincinnati Kid

1965

as Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)

7.0

Ship of Fools

1965

as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

6.7

Do Not Disturb

1965

as Party Guest (uncredited)

5.5

Two on a Guillotine

1965

as Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)

6.1

Brainstorm

1965

as Spectator (uncredited)

6.1

Marnie

1964

as Party Guest (uncredited)

7.1

The Best Man

1964

as Russell Supporter (uncredited)

7.3

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

1964

as Officer at Fleet Admiral's Meeting (uncredited)

6.2

What a Way to Go!

1964

as Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)

7.1

Youngblood Hawke

1964

as Man With Newspapers (uncredited)

6.3

Looking for Love

1964

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

5.8

Kisses for My President

1964

as Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)

7.3

A Global Affair

1964

as Delegate (uncredited)

4.5

Days of Wine and Roses

1963

as Party Guest (uncredited)

7.5

The Wheeler Dealers

1963

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

6.3

The Thrill of It All

1963

as Party Guest (uncredited)

7.0

Critic's Choice

1963

as Audience Member (uncredited)

5.6

Take Her, She's Mine

1963

as Man at Airport (uncredited)

5.6

Twilight of Honor

1963

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

6.5

Advise & Consent

1962

as Senator (uncredited)

7.2

Sergeants 3

1962

as Party Guest (uncredited)

5.8

The Notorious Landlady

1962

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

6.8

Tender Is the Night

1962

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

5.7

Period of Adjustment

1962

as Visitor at Station (uncredited)

6.0

Babes in Toyland

1961

as Villager (uncredited)

5.9

Go Naked in the World

1961

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

5.1

Inherit the Wind

1960

as Townsman (uncredited)

7.6

Cimarron

1960

as Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)

6.2

Who Was That Lady?

1960

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

6.4

The Tingler

1959

as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Holiday for Lovers

as Party guest

Party Girl

as Police Officer (uncredited)

6.8

Bell, Book and Candle

1958

as Club Patron (uncredited)

6.6

The Last Hurrah

1958

as Banquet Guest (uncredited)

7.2

The Young Stranger

1957

as Peter Kalish (uncredited)

5.8

Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956

as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

The Swan

as Ball Attendee

Hollywood or Bust

as Casino Patron

The Killer Is Loose

as Bank Robber (uncredited)

6.7

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956

as Cliff Otis (uncredited)

6.7

Forever, Darling

1956

as Waiter (uncredited)

6.9

Illegal

1955

as Court Clerk (uncredited)

6.5

New York Confidential

1955

6.0

Three for the Show

1955

as Bit Role (uncredited)

5.9

A Star Is Born

1954

as Usher (uncredited)

7.1

Désirée

1954

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.6

Phffft

1954

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

6.2

Executive Suite

1954

as Bartender (uncredited)

Knock on Wood

as Bellhop

Lucky Me

as Man at Ladder (uncredited)

6.7

Niagara

1953

as Lodge Guest (uncredited)

6.8

Dangerous When Wet

1953

as Spectator at Photoshoot (uncredited)

6.0

The Mississippi Gambler

1953

as Fencing Student (uncredited)

Small Town Girl

as Townsman

The Juggler

as Bus Driver (uncredited)

6.7

Les Miserables

1952

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

5.5

The Iron Mistress

1952

as Riverboat Passenger

5.3

Sirocco

1951

as Soldier (uncredited)

6.0

Cry Danger

1951

as Bartender (uncredited)

6.7

Destination Murder

1950

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

The Iroquois Trail

Caught

as Cafe Customer (uncredited)

Alias Nick Beal

as Supporter

Desperate

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

6.5

So You Want to Be a Salesman

1947

as Salesman (uncredited)

6.3

College Holiday

1936

as Dancer

5.2

Television (14)

Columbo

1971

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

8.1

The Partridge Family

1970

as Audience Member (uncredited)

6.8

Cimarron Strip

1967

as Barfly (uncredited)

5.7

Batman

1966

as Party Guest (uncredited)

7.3

Get Smart

1965

as Chief (uncredited)

8.0

Arrest and Trial

1963

as Judge (uncredited)

8.3

Burke's Law

1963

as Waiter (uncredited)

6.0

Bonanza

1959

as Delegate (uncredited)

7.5

The Untouchables

1959

as Race Spectator (uncredited)

8.0

The Twilight Zone

1959

as Bartender (uncredited)

8.5

Bourbon Street Beat

1959

as Passerby (uncredited)

6.0

Perry Mason

1957

as Juror (uncredited)

7.7

Alcoa Theatre

1957

as Reporter (uncredited)

6.5

Cheyenne

1955

as Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)

6.2