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Leon Ames

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: Acting

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

Died: 1993-10-12

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1931	Quick Millions	Hood	71
2	1932	Murders in the Rue Morgue	Pierre Dupin	61
3	1932	Stowaway	Tommy	50
4	1932	The Famous Ferguson Case	Judd Brooks	60
5	1932	A Successful Calamity	Barney Davis	52
6	1932	That's My Boy	Al Williams	0
7	1932	Uptown New York	Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)	58
8	1933	Parachute Jumper	Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)	61
9	1933	Forgotten	Louie Strauss	60
10	1933	Alimony Madness	John Thurman	0
11	1933	The Man Who Dared	Yosef Novak	60
12	1933	Ship of Wanted Men	John Holden	20
13	1933	Only Yesterday	Lee (Uncredited)	68
14	1934	I'll Tell the World	Spud Marshall	0
15	1934	Now I'll Tell	Max (as Leon Waycoff)	50
16	1935	Mutiny Ahead	McMurtrie	40
17	1935	Strangers All	Frank Walker	55
18	1935	Reckless	Ralph Watson	53
19	1935	Rescue Squad	Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)	20
20	1935	Get That Man	Don Clayton / McDonald	37
21	1936	Pilot X	Carl Goering	50
22	1937	Song of Revolt	Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle	60
23	1937	Soak the Poor	Special Investigator Stanton	70
24	1937	Dangerously Yours	Phil	35
25	1937	Charlie Chan on Broadway	Buzz Moran	70
26	1937	Murder in Greenwich Village	Rodney Hunter	63
27	1937	45 Fathers	Vincent	10
28	1938	The Spy Ring	Frank Denton	50
29	1938	International Settlement	Monte Silver	50
30	1938	Walking Down Broadway	Frank Gatty	57
31	1938	Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)	70
32	1938	Island in the Sky	Marty Butler	70
33	1938	Come On, Leathernecks!	Otto Wagner / Baroni	50
34	1938	Mysterious Mr. Moto	Paul Brissac	58
35	1938	Cipher Bureau	Maj. Philip Waring	43
36	1938	Suez	Napoleon III - Emperor of France	52
37	1938	Secrets of a Nurse	Joe Largo	30
38	1939	Blackwell's Island	Ballinger (uncredited)	50
39	1939	Risky Business	Hinge Jackson	60
40	1939	I Was a Convict	Jackson	50
41	1939	Panama Patrol	Maj. Phillip Waring	50
42	1939	Mr. Moto in Danger Island	Commissioner Madero	67
43	1939	Code of the Streets	'Chick' Foster	70
44	1939	Help Wanted	J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner	70
45	1939	Thunder Afloat	Recruiting Officer (uncredited)	59
46	1939	Calling All Marines	Murdock	0
47	1939	Pack Up Your Troubles	Adjutant	62
48	1939	Legion of Lost Flyers	Smythe	40
49	1939	The Marshal Of Mesa City	Sheriff Jud Cronin	80
50	1939	Fugitive at Large	Carter	60
51	1940	East Side Kids	Pat O'Day	67
52	1941	No Greater Sin	Dr. Edward Cavanaugh	35
53	1941	Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring	John Stack	57
54	1942	George Washington Slept Here	Leon Ames (uncredited)	63
55	1943	Crime Doctor	William Wheeler	62
56	1943	The Iron Major	Robert 'Bob' Stewart	58
57	1944	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	Lieut. Jurika	66
58	1944	Meet Me in St. Louis	Alonzo Smith	70
59	1944	The Thin Man Goes Home	Edgar Draque	71
60	1945	The Great Morgan	K. F.	55
61	1945	Between Two Women	Masters	59
62	1945	Fall Guy	Floyd Parkson	80
63	1945	Son of Lassie	Anton	60
64	1945	Anchors Aweigh	Admiral's Aide	68
65	1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	Henry Burton	60
66	1945	Yolanda and the Thief	Mr. Candle	57
67	1945	They Were Expendable	Major James Morton	66
68	1946	No Leave, No Love	Colonel Elliott	60
69	1946	The Postman Always Rings Twice	Kyle Sackett	70
70	1946	The Cockeyed Miracle	Ralph Humphrey	67
71	1946	The Show-Off	Frank Harlin	70
72	1946	Lady in the Lake	Derace Kingsby	60
73	1947	Undercover Maisie	Amor/Willis Farnes	80
74	1947	Song of the Thin Man	Mitchell Talbin	68
75	1947	The Amazing Mr. Nordill	Everett Nordill aka Everton	55
76	1947	Merton of the Movies	Lawrence Rupert	68
77	1948	Alias a Gentleman	Matt Enley	65
78	1948	On an Island with You	Commander Harrison	56
79	1948	The Velvet Touch	Gordon Dunning	62
80	1948	A Date with Judy	Lucien T. Pringle	61
81	1949	Little Women	Father March	74
82	1949	Any Number Can Play	Dr. Palmer	69
83	1949	Scene of the Crime	Capt. A.C. Forster	63
84	1949	Battleground	The Chaplain	67
85	1950	Ambush	Maj. C.E. Breverly	51
86	1950	The Big Hangover	Carl Bellcap	61
87	1950	The Skipper Surprised His Wife	Dr. Philip Abbott	47
88	1950	Crisis	Sam Proctor	66
89	1950	The Happy Years	Sr. Samuel H. Stover	77
90	1950	Dial 1119	Earl	56
91	1950	Watch the Birdie	Grantland D. Farns	53
92	1951	On Moonlight Bay	George Winfield	64
93	1951	Cattle Drive	Chester Graham, Sr.	61
94	1951	It's a Big Country	Secret Service Man	53
95	1953	Angel Face	Fred Barrett	71
96	1953	By the Light of the Silvery Moon	George Winfield	59
97	1953	Let's Do It Again	Chet Stuart	32
98	1953	Sabre Jet	Lt. Col. Eckert	67
99	1956	Engagement Party	Elliott Winston	0
100	1957	Peyton Place	Leslie Harrington	67
101	1960	From the Terrace	Samuel Eaton	66
102	1961	The Absent-Minded Professor	Rufus Daggett	65
103	1963	Son of Flubber	Rufus Daggett	59
104	1964	The Misadventures of Merlin Jones	Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas	65
105	1965	The Monkey's Uncle	Judge Holmsby	60
106	1970	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Frank Knox	71
107	1970	On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	Burt Clews	68
108	1971	Toklat	Old Man	0
109	1972	Hammersmith Is Out	General Sam Pembroke	57
110	1973	The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli	Self (archive footage)	0
111	1973	Brother of the Wind		50
112	1974	That's Entertainment!	(archive footage) (uncredited)	73
113	1975	The Meal	Kroger	0
114	1975	Timber Tramps	Deacon	0
115	1976	Sherlock Holmes in New York	Daniel Furman	58
116	1977	Claws	Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner	40
117	1979	The Best Place to Be	William Callahan	60
118	1979	Just You and Me, Kid	Manduke the Magnificent	55
119	1983	Testament	Henry Abhart	64
120	1986	Jake Speed	Pop Winston	44
121	1986	Peggy Sue Got Married	Barney Alvorg	61

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Cyrus Walker	50
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Michael J. O'Connor	63
3	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Adam	63
4	1953	General Electric Theater	Dr. Butolph	63
5	1953	General Electric Theater	Malcolm Fownes	63
6	1953	Life With Father		0
7	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	President Rufus Daggett (archive footage)	78
8	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Col. T. Jennings Parker - Pop	65
9	1957	Panic!		0
10	1960	The Barbara Stanwyck Show	Damon Carlisle	62
11	1960	My Three Sons		65
12	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Mr. Hampton	76
13	1961	Mister Ed	Gordon Kirkwood	68
14	1961	Father of the Bride	Stanley Banks	100
15	1962	The Virginian	Judge Fitzroy	65
16	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Colonel Foxhall	69
17	1962	The Lucy Show	Colonel Anderson	70
18	1964	Bewitched		79
19	1966	ABC Stage 67	Gray	62
20	1968	The Name of the Game		68
21	1972	Emergency!		78
22	1975	The Jeffersons		73
23	1977	The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries	Messenger	71