Leon Ames
American actor (1902-1993) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 91
Leon Ames was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing father figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949), On Moonlight Bay (1951), and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).
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Jake SpeedFilm, Pop Winston1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Henry Abhart1980Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement AwardAward1979
Just You and Me, KidFilm, Manduke the Magnificent1975
The JeffersonsSeries1974
That's Entertainment!Film, (archive footage) (uncredited)1972
Emergency!Series1966
ABC Stage 67Series, Gray1965
The Monkey's UncleFilm, Judge Holmsby1964
The Misadventures of Merlin JonesFilm, Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas1962
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries, Colonel Foxhall1961
Father of the BrideSeries, Stanley Banks
The Absent-Minded ProfessorFilm, 1961Rufus Daggett1957
Panic!Series
Peyton PlaceFilm, 1957Leslie Harrington1954
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries, President Rufus Daggett (archive footage)1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Dr. Butolph1951
Cattle DriveFilm, Chester Graham, Sr.1949
BattlegroundFilm, The Chaplain1948
Studio OneSeries, Cyrus Walker1947
Song of the Thin ManFilm, Mitchell Talbin1946
Lady in the LakeFilm, Derace Kingsby1944
Meet Me in St. LouisFilm, Alonzo Smith1938
Bluebeard's Eighth WifeFilm, Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)1932
Murders in the Rue MorgueFilm, Pierre Dupin1902Born20 January 1902People around Leon
Richard Thorpe Directed A Date with Judy (1948)- Robert Stevenson Directed Son of Flubber and The Monkey's Uncle
Walt Disney Produced Son of Flubber and The Monkey's Uncle
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Suez and Parachute Jumper
Vincente Minnelli Directed Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Arthur Freed Produced Meet Me in St. Louis and Crisis
Joe Pasternak Produced Anchors Aweigh and A Date with Judy
Connie Gilchrist Also in The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
Morris Ankrum Also in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Sol M. Wurtzel Produced International Settlement (1938)
David O. Selznick Produced Reckless and Thirteen Women
William A. Wellman Directed Battleground and It's a Big Country
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Little Women (1949)
Carl Laemmle Jr. Produced Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Tommy Kirk Also in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Arthur Lubin Directed Risky Business and Secrets of a Nurse
Charles Lamont Directed Panama Patrol and Cipher Bureau
Jerry Wald Produced Peyton Place (1957)
Michael Visaroff Also in Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Ron W. Miller Produced The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
Alan Hewitt Also in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)- Eugene Forde Directed Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
- John Stone Produced Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
- Samuel Marx Produced Son of Lassie (1945)
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That's Entertainment! 1974
Little Women 1949
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970
Angel Face 1953
The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946
Filmography 40
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Television 23
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His best-known dramatic role may have been in the crime film The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946).
