Leon Ames

Actor Jan 20 (died age 91) Portland, Indiana, USA 1931–1986 (55 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Frank Knox

Film

Meet Me in St. Louis

Alonzo Smith

Film

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Kyle Sackett

Film

Little Women

Father March

Film

Peggy Sue Got Married

Barney Alvorg

Film

Angel Face

Fred Barrett

Film

Anchors Aweigh

Admiral's Aide

Film

The Absent-Minded Professor

Rufus Daggett

Filmography

Acting (144)

Movies (122)

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

Claws

as Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner

4.0

Sherlock Holmes in New York

1976

as Daniel Furman

5.9

Timber Tramps

1975

as Deacon

The Meal

1975

as Kroger

5.0

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.4

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

as Self (archive footage)

Hammersmith Is Out

1972

as General Sam Pembroke

Brother of the Wind

Toklat

as Old Man

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

as Burt Clews

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Frank Knox

The Monkey's Uncle

as Judge Holmsby

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

1964

as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas

6.5

Son of Flubber

1963

as Rufus Daggett

6.0

The Absent-Minded Professor

as Rufus Daggett

From the Terrace

as Samuel Eaton

Peyton Place

as Leslie Harrington

Engagement Party

as Elliott Winston

Angel Face

1953

as Fred Barrett

7.1

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

as George Winfield

Let's Do It Again

as Chet Stuart

Sabre Jet

as Lt. Col. Eckert

On Moonlight Bay

as George Winfield

It's a Big Country

as Secret Service Man

5.3

Cattle Drive

1951

as Chester Graham, Sr.

6.4

Ambush

1950

as Maj. C.E. Breverly

5.2

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

1950

as Dr. Philip Abbott

4.7

The Happy Years

1950

as Sr. Samuel H. Stover

The Big Hangover

as Carl Bellcap

Crisis

as Sam Proctor

Watch the Birdie

as Grantland D. Farns

Dial 1119

as Earl

Little Women

as Father March

Battleground

as The Chaplain

Scene of the Crime

as Capt. A.C. Forster

Any Number Can Play

as Dr. Palmer

Alias a Gentleman

as Matt Enley

A Date with Judy

as Lucien T. Pringle

The Velvet Touch

as Gordon Dunning

On an Island with You

1948

as Commander Harrison

5.6

Undercover Maisie

1947

as Amor/Willis Farnes

8.0

The Amazing Mr. Nordill

1947

as Everett Nordill aka Everton

Song of the Thin Man

as Mitchell Talbin

Merton of the Movies

as Lawrence Rupert

The Postman Always Rings Twice

as Kyle Sackett

Lady in the Lake

as Derace Kingsby

The Cockeyed Miracle

as Ralph Humphrey

The Show-Off

as Frank Harlin

No Leave, No Love

as Colonel Elliott

Week-End at the Waldorf

1945

as Henry Burton

6.3

They Were Expendable

1945

as Major James Morton

6.5

Between Two Women

1945

as Masters

5.9

Yolanda and the Thief

as Mr. Candle

Fall Guy

as Floyd Parkson

Anchors Aweigh

as Admiral's Aide

Son of Lassie

as Anton

The Great Morgan

as K. F.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Lieut. Jurika

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Alonzo Smith

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

as Edgar Draque

7.1

The Iron Major

1943

as Robert 'Bob' Stewart

5.3

Crime Doctor

1943

as William Wheeler

6.2

George Washington Slept Here

1942

as Leon Ames (uncredited)

6.3

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

1941

as John Stack

5.7

No Greater Sin

1941

as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh

3.0

East Side Kids

1940

as Pat O'Day

6.3

Legion of Lost Flyers

1939

as Smythe

3.7

Calling All Marines

1939

as Murdock

Help Wanted

1939

as J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner

7.0

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

1939

as Commissioner Madero

6.7

Panama Patrol

1939

as Maj. Phillip Waring

5.0

Thunder Afloat

1939

as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Code of the Streets

as 'Chick' Foster

Risky Business

as Hinge Jackson

Blackwell's Island

as Ballinger (uncredited)

5.0

Fugitive at Large

1939

as Carter

6.0

Pack Up Your Troubles

as Adjutant

I Was a Convict

as Jackson

The Marshal Of Mesa City

1939

as Sheriff Jud Cronin

8.0

Cipher Bureau

1938

as Maj. Philip Waring

The Spy Ring

as Frank Denton

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)

7.1

Come On, Leathernecks!

1938

as Otto Wagner / Baroni

5.0

Mysterious Mr. Moto

1938

as Paul Brissac

6.0

International Settlement

1938

as Monte Silver

5.6

Suez

1938

as Napoleon III - Emperor of France

Secrets of a Nurse

as Joe Largo

Island in the Sky

as Marty Butler

Walking Down Broadway

1938

as Frank Gatty

5.7

Strange Faces

1938

as Joe Gurney

Charlie Chan on Broadway

as Buzz Moran

Dangerously Yours

as Phil

Song of Revolt

as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

45 Fathers

as Vincent

Soak the Poor

as Special Investigator Stanton

7.0

Murder in Greenwich Village

as Rodney Hunter

Pilot X

as Carl Goering

Get That Man

as Don Clayton / McDonald

Reckless

as Ralph Watson

Mutiny Ahead

as McMurtrie

Strangers All

as Frank Walker

Rescue Squad

as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)

2.0

I'll Tell the World

1934

as Spud Marshall

Now I'll Tell

1934

as Max (as Leon Waycoff)

4.3

Parachute Jumper

1933

as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)

Only Yesterday

as Lee (Uncredited)

Forgotten

as Louie Strauss

Ship of Wanted Men

as John Holden

The Man Who Dared

as Yosef Novak

Alimony Madness

as John Thurman

The Famous Ferguson Case

1932

as Judd Brooks

6.2

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1932

as Pierre Dupin

6.1

That's My Boy

1932

as Al Williams

Stowaway

1932

as Tommy

5.0

A Successful Calamity

1932

as Barney Davis

5.2

Uptown New York

1932

as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)

5.8

Quick Millions

1931

as Hood

7.1

Television (22)

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

as Messenger

The Jeffersons

Emergency!

The Name of the Game

ABC Stage 67

as Gray

Bewitched

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Colonel Foxhall

The Virginian

as Judge Fitzroy

The Lucy Show

as Colonel Anderson

Mister Ed

as Gordon Kirkwood

Father of the Bride

as Stanley Banks

The Andy Griffith Show

as Mr. Hampton

My Three Sons

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960

as Damon Carlisle

6.2

Panic!

1957

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

as Col. T. Jennings Parker - Pop

6.5

MGM Parade

1955

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as President Rufus Daggett (archive footage)

7.8

Life With Father

1953

General Electric Theater

1953

as Dr. Butolph

6.4

Lux Video Theatre

1950

as Michael J. O'Connor

6.3

Studio One

1948

as Cyrus Walker

5.0