Leon Ames

Born: 1902-01-20 in Portland, Indiana, USA

Died: 1993-10-12

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1986

Peggy Sue Got Married as Barney Alvorg
Jake Speed as Pop Winston

1983

Testament as Henry Abhart

1982

American Playhouse as Henry Abhart

1979

Just You and Me, Kid as Manduke the Magnificent
The Best Place to Be as William Callahan

1977

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Messenger
Claws as Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner

1976

Sherlock Holmes in New York as Daniel Furman

1975

The Jeffersons
Timber Tramps as Deacon
The Meal as Kroger

1974

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

1973

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

1972

Emergency!
Hammersmith Is Out as General Sam Pembroke
Brother of the Wind

1971

Toklat as Old Man

1965

The Monkey's Uncle as Judge Holmsby

1964

Bewitched
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas

1963

Son of Flubber as Rufus Daggett

1962

The Virginian as Judge Fitzroy
The Lucy Show as Colonel Anderson
The Beverly Hillbillies as Colonel Foxhall

1961

Mister Ed as Gordon Kirkwood
Father of the Bride as Stanley Banks
The Absent-Minded Professor as Rufus Daggett

1960

The Andy Griffith Show as Mr. Hampton
My Three Sons
The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Damon Carlisle
From the Terrace as Samuel Eaton

1957

Panic!
Peyton Place as Leslie Harrington

1956

Engagement Party as Elliott Winston

1955

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

1954

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

1953

Angel Face as Fred Barrett
General Electric Theater as Dr. Butolph
Life With Father
By the Light of the Silvery Moon as George Winfield
Let's Do It Again as Chet Stuart
Sabre Jet as Lt. Col. Eckert

1951

Cattle Drive as Chester Graham, Sr.
On Moonlight Bay as George Winfield
It's a Big Country as Secret Service Man

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Michael J. O'Connor
The Happy Years as Sr. Samuel H. Stover
Ambush as Maj. C.E. Breverly
The Big Hangover as Carl Bellcap
Crisis as Sam Proctor
Dial 1119 as Earl
Watch the Birdie as Grantland D. Farns
The Skipper Surprised His Wife as Dr. Philip Abbott

1949

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

1948

Studio One as Cyrus Walker
On an Island with You as Commander Harrisen
A Date with Judy as Lucien T. Pringle
The Velvet Touch as Gordon Dunning
Alias a Gentleman as Matt Enley

1947

Undercover Maisie as Amor/Willis Farnes
Song of the Thin Man as Mitchell Talbin
The Amazing Mr. Nordill as Everett Nordill aka Everton
Merton of the Movies as Lawrence Rupert

1946

The Postman Always Rings Twice as Kyle Sackett
Lady in the Lake as Derace Kingsby
No Leave, No Love as Colonel Elliott
The Cockeyed Miracle as Ralph Humphrey
The Show-Off as Frank Harlin

1945

Anchors Aweigh as Admiral's Aide
They Were Expendable as Major James Morton
Yolanda and the Thief as Mr. Candle
Son of Lassie as Anton
Week-End at the Waldorf as Henry Burton
The Great Morgan as K. F.
Fall Guy as Floyd Parkson
Between Two Women as Masters

1944

Meet Me in St. Louis as Alonzo Smith
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Lieut. Jurika
The Thin Man Goes Home as Edgar Draque

1943

The Iron Major as Robert 'Bob' Stewart
Crime Doctor as William Wheeler

1942

George Washington Slept Here as Leon Ames (uncredited)

1941

No Greater Sin as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring as John Stack

1940

East Side Kids as Pat O'Day

1939

Help Wanted as J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner
Panama Patrol as Maj. Phillip Waring
Thunder Afloat as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Commissioner Madero
Blackwell's Island as Ballinger (uncredited)
Legion of Lost Flyers as Smythe
The Marshal Of Mesa City as Sheriff Jud Cronin
Risky Business as Hinge Jackson
Pack Up Your Troubles as Adjutant
Code of the Streets as 'Chick' Foster
I Was a Convict as Jackson
Fugitive at Large as Carter
Calling All Marines as Murdock

1938

Bluebeard's 8th Wife as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
Strange Faces as Joe Gurney
Come On, Leathernecks! as Otto Wagner / Baroni
Mysterious Mr. Moto as Paul Brissac
Suez as Napoleon III - Emperor of France
International Settlement as Monte Silver
Walking Down Broadway as Frank Gatty
Cipher Bureau as Maj. Philip Waring
Secrets of a Nurse as Joe Largo
The Spy Ring as Frank Denton
Island in the Sky as Marty Butler

1937

Dangerously Yours as Phil
Charlie Chan on Broadway as Buzz Moran
Murder in Greenwich Village as Rodney Hunter
45 Fathers as Vincent
Song of Revolt as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Soak the Poor as Special Investigator Stanton

1936

Pilot X as Carl Goering

1935

Reckless as Ralph Watson
Strangers All as Frank Walker
Mutiny Ahead as McMurtrie
Rescue Squad as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)
Get That Man as Don Clayton / McDonald

1934

I'll Tell the World as Spud Marshall
Now I'll Tell as Max (as Leon Waycoff)

1933

Forgotten as Louie Strauss
Only Yesterday as Lee (Uncredited)
Parachute Jumper as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)
Ship of Wanted Men as John Holden
Alimony Madness as John Thurman
The Man Who Dared as Yosef Novak

1932

Murders in the Rue Morgue as Pierre Dupin
Stowaway as Tommy
That's My Boy as Al Williams
Cannonball Express as Jack Logan
A Successful Calamity as Barney Davis
The Famous Ferguson Case as Judd Brooks
Uptown New York as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)

1931

Quick Millions as Hood