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 (103)

Movies (89)

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972

as Executive (uncredited)

6.2

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

as Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)

7.0

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as Official (uncredited)

7.2

Watermelon Man

1970

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

6.3

The Cheyenne Social Club

1970

as Barfly (uncredited)

6.4

True Grit

1969

as Boarding House Guest (uncredited)

7.3

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1969

as Collingsgood Associate (uncredited)

6.0

Sweet Charity

1969

as Dancer (uncredited)

6.9

The Love God?

1969

as Club Patron (uncredited)

6.0

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

1969

as Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)

5.0

The Love Bug

1968

as Official (uncredited)

6.6

Hellfighters

1968

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

6.4

Funny Girl

1968

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Blackbeard's Ghost

as Auction Guest

Yours, Mine and Ours

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

6.9

Star!

1968

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.9

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

1968

as Bartender (uncredited)

5.4

Never a Dull Moment

1968

as Exhibit Guest (uncredited)

Warning Shot

Banning

as Club Member (uncredited)

5.8

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)

6.4

The Great Race

1965

as Townsman (uncredited)

7.1

The Cincinnati Kid

1965

as Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)

7.0

Do Not Disturb

1965

as Party Guest (uncredited)

5.5

Ship of Fools

1965

as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

6.6

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

What a Way to Go!

1964

as Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)

7.1

The Best Man

1964

as Russell Supporter (uncredited)

7.2

Kisses for My President

1964

as Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)

7.3

Youngblood Hawke

1964

as Man With Newspapers (uncredited)

6.3

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

1964

as Officer at Fleet Admiral's Meeting (uncredited)

6.2

Looking for Love

1964

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

5.0

A Global Affair

1964

as Delegate (uncredited)

4.5

Critic's Choice

1963

as Audience Member (uncredited)

5.6

Days of Wine and Roses

1963

as Party Guest (uncredited)

7.5

The Thrill of It All

1963

as Party Guest (uncredited)

7.1

Take Her, She's Mine

1963

as Man at Airport (uncredited)

5.6

The Wheeler Dealers

1963

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

6.2

Twilight of Honor

1963

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

6.5

Tender Is the Night

1962

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

5.4

Sergeants 3

1962

as Party Guest (uncredited)

5.8

The Notorious Landlady

1962

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

6.8

Advise & Consent

1962

as Senator (uncredited)

7.2

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)

7.7

Cimarron

1960

as Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)

6.1

Who Was That Lady?

1960

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

6.4

The Tingler

1959

as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

6.4

Holiday for Lovers

1959

as Party guest

6.3

Bell, Book and Candle

1958

as Club Patron (uncredited)

6.6

Party Girl

1958

as Police Officer (uncredited)

6.8

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

The Killer Is Loose

as Bank Robber (uncredited)

Hollywood or Bust

as Casino Patron

Forever, Darling

as Waiter (uncredited)

6.9

Illegal

1955

as Court Clerk (uncredited)

6.4

New York Confidential

1955

6.0

Three for the Show

1955

as Bit Role (uncredited)

5.9

Phffft

1954

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

6.1

A Star Is Born

1954

as Usher (uncredited)

7.1

Désirée

1954

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Knock on Wood

as Bellhop

Lucky Me

as Man at Ladder (uncredited)

6.7

Executive Suite

1954

as Bartender (uncredited)

7.0

Niagara

1953

as Lodge Guest (uncredited)

6.8

Small Town Girl

1953

as Townsman

5.4

The Mississippi Gambler

1953

as Fencing Student (uncredited)

7.2

Dangerous When Wet

1953

as Spectator at Photoshoot (uncredited)

6.0

The Juggler

1953

as Bus Driver (uncredited)

6.8

The Iron Mistress

1952

as Riverboat Passenger

5.0

Les Miserables

1952

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

5.3

Cry Danger

1951

as Bartender (uncredited)

6.7

Sirocco

1951

as Soldier (uncredited)

6.0

Destination Murder

1950

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

The Iroquois Trail

Caught

as Cafe Customer (uncredited)

6.6

Alias Nick Beal

1949

as Supporter

6.8

So You Want to Be a Salesman

1947

as Salesman (uncredited)

5.5

Desperate

1947

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

6.5

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)

7.9

Burke's Law

1963

as Waiter (uncredited)

6.0

Arrest and Trial

1963

as Judge (uncredited)

8.3

Bonanza

1959

as Delegate (uncredited)

7.5

The Twilight Zone

1959

as Bartender (uncredited)

8.5

The Untouchables

1959

as Race Spectator (uncredited)

7.9

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)

6.1