Leon Ames

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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

125

Birth Date

1902-01-20 00:00:00

Birth Place

Portland, Indiana, USA

Known For

• 

  Timber Tramps
• The Amazing Mr. Nordill
• 

  Fall Guy
• 

  No Greater Sin
• 

  Panama Patrol
• 

  Claws

Credits

• actors (125 credits)

  • Peggy Sue Got Married

    Barney Alvorg

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Jake Speed

    Pop Winston

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Testament

    Henry Abhart

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Just You and Me, Kid

    Manduke the Magnificent

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Best Place to Be

    William Callahan

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Claws

    Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Sherlock Holmes in New York

    Daniel Furman

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Timber Tramps

    Deacon

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • That's Entertainment!

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Brother of the Wind

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Hammersmith Is Out

    General Sam Pembroke

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Emergency!

    - Upward and Onward (1977) ... actor actors
    1972
  • Toklat

    Old Man

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

    Burt Clews

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Frank Knox

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The Monkey's Uncle

    Judge Holmsby

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

    Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Bewitched

    - What Makes Darrin Run? (1970) ... actor actors
    1964
  • Son of Flubber

    Rufus Daggett

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Beverly Hillbillies

    - The Badgers Return (1966) ... Colonel Foxhall actor actors

    - The Badger Game (1966) ... Colonel Foxhall actor actors
    1962
  • The Lucy Show

    - Lucy and the Military (1963) ... Colonel Anderson actor actors
    1962
  • The Absent-Minded Professor

    Rufus Daggett

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • From the Terrace

    Samuel Eaton

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Peyton Place

    Leslie Harrington

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Engagement Party

    Elliott Winston

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    - Son of Flubber (1980) ... President Rufus Daggett (archive footage) actor actors
    1954
  • Let's Do It Again

    Chet Stuart

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon

    George Winfield

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Angel Face

    Fred Barrett

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • It's a Big Country

    Secret Service Man

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Cattle Drive

    Chester Graham, Sr.

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • On Moonlight Bay

    George Winfield

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Watch the Birdie

    Grantland D. Farns

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Dial 1119

    Earl

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Crisis

    Sam Proctor

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Happy Years

    Sr. Samuel H. Stover

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Skipper Surprised His Wife

    Dr. Philip Abbott

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Big Hangover

    Carl Bellcap

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Ambush

    Maj. C.E. Breverly

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Battleground

    The Chaplain

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Scene of the Crime

    Capt. A.C. Forster

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Any Number Can Play

    Dr. Palmer

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Little Women

    Father March

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • A Date with Judy

    Lucien T. Pringle

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Velvet Touch

    Gordon Dunning

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • On an Island with You

    Commander Harrison

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Alias a Gentleman

    Matt Enley

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Studio One

    - Tongues of Angels (1958) ... Cyrus Walker actor actors
    1948
  • Merton of the Movies

    Lawrence Rupert

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Amazing Mr. Nordill

    Everett Nordill aka Everton

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Song of the Thin Man

    Mitchell Talbin

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Undercover Maisie

    Amor/Willis Farnes

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Show-Off

    Frank Harlin

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Cockeyed Miracle

    Ralph Humphrey

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice

    Kyle Sackett

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • No Leave, No Love

    Colonel Elliott

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • They Were Expendable

    Major James Morton

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Yolanda and the Thief

    Mr. Candle

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Week-End at the Waldorf

    Henry Burton

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Anchors Aweigh

    Admiral's Aide

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Son of Lassie

    Anton

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Fall Guy

    Floyd Parkson

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Between Two Women

    Masters

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Great Morgan

    K. F.

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Thin Man Goes Home

    Edgar Draque

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Meet Me in St. Louis

    Alonzo Smith

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Iron Major

    Robert 'Bob' Stewart

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Crime Doctor

    William Wheeler

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • George Washington Slept Here

    Leon Ames (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

    John Stack

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • No Greater Sin

    Dr. Edward Cavanaugh

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • East Side Kids

    Pat O'Day

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Fugitive at Large

    Carter

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Marshal Of Mesa City

    Sheriff Jud Cronin

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Legion of Lost Flyers

    Smythe

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Pack Up Your Troubles

    Adjutant

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Calling All Marines

    Murdock

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Thunder Afloat

    Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Help Wanted

    J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Code of the Streets

    'Chick' Foster

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mr. Moto in Danger Island

    Commissioner Madero

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Panama Patrol

    Maj. Phillip Waring

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • I Was a Convict

    Jackson

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Risky Business

    Hinge Jackson

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Blackwell's Island

    Ballinger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Secrets of a Nurse

    Joe Largo

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Strange Faces

    Joe Gurney

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Suez

    Napoleon III - Emperor of France

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Cipher Bureau

    Maj. Philip Waring

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Mysterious Mr. Moto

    Paul Brissac

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Come On, Leathernecks!

    Otto Wagner / Baroni

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Island in the Sky

    Marty Butler

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Bluebeard's 8th Wife

    Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Walking Down Broadway

    Frank Gatty

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • International Settlement

    Monte Silver

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Spy Ring

    Frank Denton

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • 45 Fathers

    Vincent

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Murder in Greenwich Village

    Rodney Hunter

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Charlie Chan on Broadway

    Buzz Moran

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Dangerously Yours

    Phil

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Soak the Poor

    Special Investigator Stanton

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Song of Revolt

    Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Pilot X

    Carl Goering

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Get That Man

    Don Clayton / McDonald

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Rescue Squad

    Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Reckless

    Ralph Watson

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Strangers All

    Frank Walker

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Mutiny Ahead

    McMurtrie

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Now I'll Tell

    Max (as Leon Waycoff)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • I'll Tell the World

    Spud Marshall

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Only Yesterday

    Lee (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Ship of Wanted Men

    John Holden

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Man Who Dared

    Yosef Novak

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Alimony Madness

    John Thurman

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Forgotten

    Louie Strauss

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Parachute Jumper

    Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Uptown New York

    Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • That's My Boy

    Al Williams

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • A Successful Calamity

    Barney Davis

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Famous Ferguson Case

    Judd Brooks

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Stowaway

    Tommy

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Cannonball Express

    Jack Logan

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Murders in the Rue Morgue

    Pierre Dupin

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Quick Millions

    Hood

    actor

    actors
    1931