Actor
· Acting
Leon Ames
Born 1902-01-20
Died 1993-10-12
📍 Portland, Indiana, USA
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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).
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Filmography 140
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Barney Alvorg
1986
Jake Speed
as Pop Winston
1986
Testament
as Henry Abhart
1983
Just You and Me, Kid
as Manduke the Magnificent
1979
The Best Place to Be
as William Callahan
1979
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Messenger
1977
Claws
as Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner
1977
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Daniel Furman
1976
Timber Tramps
as Deacon
1975
The Jeffersons
1975
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Brother of the Wind
1972
Hammersmith Is Out
as General Sam Pembroke
1972
Emergency!
1972
Toklat
as Old Man
1971
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Burt Clews
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Frank Knox
1970
The Name of the Game
1968
ABC Stage 67
as Gray
1966
The Monkey's Uncle
as Judge Holmsby
1965
Bewitched
1964
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas
1964
Son of Flubber
as Rufus Daggett
1963
The Lucy Show
as Colonel Anderson
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Colonel Foxhall
1962
The Virginian
as Judge Fitzroy
1962
Father of the Bride
as Stanley Banks
1961
The Absent-Minded Professor
as Rufus Daggett
1961
Mister Ed
as Gordon Kirkwood
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
as Mr. Hampton
1960
My Three Sons
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Damon Carlisle
1960
From the Terrace
as Samuel Eaton
1960
Peyton Place
as Leslie Harrington
1957
Panic!
1957
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Col. T. Jennings Parker - Pop
1955
MGM Parade
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
as President Rufus Daggett (archive footage)
1954
Sabre Jet
as Lt. Col. Eckert
1953
Let's Do It Again
as Chet Stuart
1953
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
as George Winfield
1953
General Electric Theater
as Dr. Butolph
1953
General Electric Theater
as Malcolm Fownes
1953
Angel Face
as Fred Barrett
1953
It's a Big Country
as Secret Service Man
1951
Cattle Drive
as Chester Graham, Sr.
1951
On Moonlight Bay
as George Winfield
1951
Watch the Birdie
as Grantland D. Farns
1950
Dial 1119
as Earl
1950
Crisis
as Sam Proctor
1950
The Happy Years
as Sr. Samuel H. Stover
1950
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Dr. Philip Abbott
1950
The Big Hangover
as Carl Bellcap
1950
Ambush
as Maj. C.E. Breverly
1950
Battleground
as The Chaplain
1949
Scene of the Crime
as Capt. A.C. Forster
1949
Any Number Can Play
as Dr. Palmer
1949
Little Women
as Father March
1949
Studio One
as Cyrus Walker
1948
A Date with Judy
as Lucien T. Pringle
1948
The Velvet Touch
as Gordon Dunning
1948
On an Island with You
as Commander Harrison
1948
Alias a Gentleman
as Matt Enley
1948
Merton of the Movies
as Lawrence Rupert
1947
Song of the Thin Man
as Mitchell Talbin
1947
Undercover Maisie
as Amor/Willis Farnes
1947
Lady in the Lake
as Derace Kingsby
1946
The Show-Off
as Frank Harlin
1946
The Cockeyed Miracle
as Ralph Humphrey
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Kyle Sackett
1946
No Leave, No Love
as Colonel Elliott
1946
They Were Expendable
as Major James Morton
1945
Yolanda and the Thief
as Mr. Candle
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Henry Burton
1945
Anchors Aweigh
as Admiral's Aide
1945
Son of Lassie
as Anton
1945
Fall Guy
as Floyd Parkson
1945
Between Two Women
as Masters
1945
The Great Morgan
as K. F.
1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Edgar Draque
1944
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Alonzo Smith
1944
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Lieut. Jurika
1944
The Iron Major
as Robert 'Bob' Stewart
1943
Crime Doctor
as William Wheeler
1943
George Washington Slept Here
as Leon Ames (uncredited)
1942
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as John Stack
1941
No Greater Sin
as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
1941
East Side Kids
as Pat O'Day
1940
Fugitive at Large
as Carter
1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Sheriff Jud Cronin
1939
Legion of Lost Flyers
as Smythe
1939
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Adjutant
1939
Calling All Marines
as Murdock
1939
Thunder Afloat
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
1939
Help Wanted
as J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner
1939
Code of the Streets
as 'Chick' Foster
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Commissioner Madero
1939
Panama Patrol
as Maj. Phillip Waring
1939
Risky Business
as Hinge Jackson
1939
Blackwell's Island
as Ballinger (uncredited)
1939
Secrets of a Nurse
as Joe Largo
1938
Strange Faces
as Joe Gurney
1938
Suez
as Napoleon III - Emperor of France
1938
Cipher Bureau
as Maj. Philip Waring
1938
Mysterious Mr. Moto
as Paul Brissac
1938
Come On, Leathernecks!
as Otto Wagner / Baroni
1938
Island in the Sky
as Marty Butler
1938
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
1938
Walking Down Broadway
as Frank Gatty
1938
International Settlement
as Monte Silver
1938
The Spy Ring
as Frank Denton
1938
45 Fathers
as Vincent
1937
Murder in Greenwich Village
as Rodney Hunter
1937
Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Buzz Moran
1937
Dangerously Yours
as Phil
1937
Soak the Poor
as Special Investigator Stanton
1937
Song of Revolt
as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
1937
Pilot X
as Carl Goering
1936
Get That Man
as Don Clayton / McDonald
1935
Rescue Squad
as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)
1935
Reckless
as Ralph Watson
1935
Strangers All
as Frank Walker
1935
Mutiny Ahead
as McMurtrie
1935
Now I'll Tell
as Max (as Leon Waycoff)
1934
I'll Tell the World
as Spud Marshall
1934
Only Yesterday
as Lee (Uncredited)
1933
Ship of Wanted Men
as John Holden
1933
The Man Who Dared
as Yosef Novak
1933
Alimony Madness
as John Thurman
1933
Forgotten
as Louie Strauss
1933
Parachute Jumper
as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)
1933
Uptown New York
as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)
1932
That's My Boy
as Al Williams
1932
A Successful Calamity
as Barney Davis
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Judd Brooks
1932
Stowaway
as Tommy
1932
Cannonball Express
as Jack Logan
1932
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Pierre Dupin
1932
Quick Millions
as Hood
1931