Acting
Leon Ames
EN, FR cinema · 123 credits
Born
20 January 1902
Died
12 October 1993 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Portland, Indiana, USA
Also known as Leon Waycoff · Harry Leon Wycoff · Harry L. Wycoff
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
Filmography
Jake Speed
as Pop Winston
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Barney Alvorg
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
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Daniel Furman
Timber Tramps
as Deacon
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
Hammersmith Is Out
as General Sam Pembroke
Toklat
as Old Man
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Frank Knox
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Burt Clews
The Monkey's Uncle
as Judge Holmsby
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas
Son of Flubber
as Rufus Daggett
The Absent-Minded Professor
as Rufus Daggett
From the Terrace
as Samuel Eaton
Peyton Place
as Leslie Harrington
Engagement Party
1956
Engagement Party
as Elliott Winston
Angel Face
as Fred Barrett
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
as George Winfield
Sabre Jet
as Lt. Col. Eckert
Let's Do It Again
as Chet Stuart
On Moonlight Bay
as George Winfield
It's a Big Country
as Secret Service Man
Cattle Drive
as Chester Graham, Sr.
Dial 1119
as Earl
Crisis
as Sam Proctor
The Happy Years
as Sr. Samuel H. Stover
The Big Hangover
as Carl Bellcap
Watch the Birdie
as Grantland D. Farns
Ambush
as Maj. C.E. Breverly
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Dr. Philip Abbott
Battleground
as The Chaplain
Little Women
as Father March
Scene of the Crime
as Capt. A.C. Forster
Any Number Can Play
as Dr. Palmer
The Velvet Touch
as Gordon Dunning
On an Island with You
as Commander Harrisen
A Date with Judy
as Lucien T. Pringle
Alias a Gentleman
as Matt Enley
Song of the Thin Man
as Mitchell Talbin
Merton of the Movies
as Lawrence Rupert
Undercover Maisie
as Amor/Willis Farnes
The Amazing Mr. Nordill
1947
The Amazing Mr. Nordill
as Everett Nordill aka Everton
Lady in the Lake
as Derace Kingsby
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Kyle Sackett
The Cockeyed Miracle
as Ralph Humphrey
No Leave, No Love
as Colonel Elliott
The Show-Off
as Frank Harlin
Yolanda and the Thief
as Mr. Candle
They Were Expendable
as Major James Morton
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Henry Burton
Fall Guy
as Floyd Parkson
The Great Morgan
as K. F.
Between Two Women
as Masters
Anchors Aweigh
as Admiral's Aide
Son of Lassie
as Anton
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Alonzo Smith
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Edgar Draque
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Lieut. Jurika
The Iron Major
as Robert 'Bob' Stewart
Crime Doctor
as William Wheeler
George Washington Slept Here
as Leon Ames (uncredited)
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as John Stack
No Greater Sin
as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
East Side Kids
as Pat O'Day
Fugitive at Large
as Carter
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Commissioner Madero
Thunder Afloat
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Adjutant
Panama Patrol
as Maj. Phillip Waring
Risky Business
as Hinge Jackson
Help Wanted
as J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner
Blackwell's Island
as Ballinger (uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Sheriff Jud Cronin
Calling All Marines
as Murdock
Code of the Streets
as 'Chick' Foster
Legion of Lost Flyers
as Smythe
Secrets of a Nurse
as Joe Largo
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
Mysterious Mr. Moto
as Paul Brissac
Island in the Sky
as Marty Butler
International Settlement
as Monte Silver
Suez
as Napoleon III - Emperor of France
Cipher Bureau
as Maj. Philip Waring
Come On, Leathernecks!
as Otto Wagner / Baroni
The Spy Ring
as Frank Denton
Walking Down Broadway
as Frank Gatty
Strange Faces
as Joe Gurney
Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Buzz Moran
Soak the Poor
as Special Investigator Stanton
Murder in Greenwich Village
as Rodney Hunter
Song of Revolt
as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
45 Fathers
as Vincent
Pilot X
as Carl Goering
Rescue Squad
as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)
Strangers All
as Frank Walker
Get That Man
as Don Clayton / McDonald
Reckless
as Ralph Watson
Mutiny Ahead
as McMurtrie
Now I'll Tell
as Max (as Leon Waycoff)
I'll Tell the World
as Spud Marshall
Forgotten
as Louie Strauss
Parachute Jumper
as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)
Ship of Wanted Men
as John Holden
The Man Who Dared
as Yosef Novak
Alimony Madness
as John Thurman
Only Yesterday
as Lee (Uncredited)
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Pierre Dupin
Uptown New York
as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Judd Brooks
A Successful Calamity
as Barney Davis
Stowaway
as Tommy
That's My Boy
as Al Williams
Quick Millions
as Hood