Leon Ames

from Portland, Indiana, USA

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Biography

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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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Timeline

1986Aged 84

  • Poster for Jake Speed

    Pop Winston

  • Poster for Peggy Sue Got Married

    Barney Alvorg

1983Aged 81

  • Poster for Testament

    Henry Abhart

1979Aged 77

  • Poster for The Best Place to Be

    William Callahan

  • Poster for Just You and Me, Kid

    Manduke the Magnificent

1977Aged 75

  • Poster for Claws

    Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner

1976Aged 74

  • Poster for Sherlock Holmes in New York

    Daniel Furman

1975Aged 73

1974Aged 72

  • Poster for That's Entertainment!

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973Aged 71

  • Poster for The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    Self (archive footage)

1972Aged 70

  • Poster for Hammersmith Is Out

    General Sam Pembroke

  • Poster for Brother of the Wind

    (Unknown)

1971Aged 69

  • Poster for Toklat

    Old Man

1970Aged 68

  • Poster for Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Frank Knox

  • Poster for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

    Burt Clews

1965Aged 63

  • Poster for The Monkey's Uncle

    Judge Holmsby

1964Aged 62

  • Poster for The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

    Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas

1963Aged 61

  • Poster for Son of Flubber

    Rufus Daggett

1961Aged 59

  • Poster for The Absent-Minded Professor

    Rufus Daggett

1960Aged 58

  • Poster for From the Terrace

    Samuel Eaton

1957Aged 55

  • Poster for Peyton Place

    Leslie Harrington

1956Aged 54

1953Aged 51

  • Poster for Angel Face

    Fred Barrett

  • Poster for By the Light of the Silvery Moon

    George Winfield

  • Poster for Let's Do It Again

    Chet Stuart

  • Poster for Sabre Jet

    Lt. Col. Eckert

1951Aged 49

  • Poster for On Moonlight Bay

    George Winfield

  • Poster for Cattle Drive

    Chester Graham, Sr.

  • Poster for It's a Big Country

    Secret Service Man

1950Aged 48

  • Poster for Ambush

    Maj. C.E. Breverly

  • Poster for The Big Hangover

    Carl Bellcap

  • Poster for The Skipper Surprised His Wife

    Dr. Philip Abbott

  • Poster for Crisis

    Sam Proctor

  • Poster for The Happy Years

    Sr. Samuel H. Stover

  • Poster for Dial 1119

    Earl

  • Poster for Watch the Birdie

    Grantland D. Farns

1949Aged 47

  • Poster for Little Women

    Father March

  • Poster for Any Number Can Play

    Dr. Palmer

  • Poster for Scene of the Crime

    Capt. A.C. Forster

  • Poster for Battleground

    The Chaplain

1948Aged 46

  • Poster for Alias a Gentleman

    Matt Enley

  • Poster for On an Island with You

    Commander Harrisen

  • Poster for The Velvet Touch

    Gordon Dunning

  • Poster for A Date with Judy

    Lucien T. Pringle

1947Aged 45

1946Aged 44

  • Poster for No Leave, No Love

    Colonel Elliott

  • Poster for The Postman Always Rings Twice

    Kyle Sackett

  • Poster for The Cockeyed Miracle

    Ralph Humphrey

  • Poster for The Show-Off

    Frank Harlin

  • Poster for Lady in the Lake

    Derace Kingsby

1945Aged 43

  • Poster for The Great Morgan

    K. F.

  • Poster for Between Two Women

    Masters

  • Poster for Fall Guy

    Floyd Parkson

  • Poster for Son of Lassie

    Anton

  • Poster for Anchors Aweigh

    Admiral's Aide

  • Poster for Week-End at the Waldorf

    Henry Burton

  • Poster for Yolanda and the Thief

    Mr. Candle

  • Poster for They Were Expendable

    Major James Morton

1944Aged 42

  • Poster for Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    Lieut. Jurika

  • Poster for Meet Me in St. Louis

    Alonzo Smith

  • Poster for The Thin Man Goes Home

    Edgar Draque

1943Aged 41

  • Poster for Crime Doctor

    William Wheeler

  • Poster for The Iron Major

    Robert 'Bob' Stewart

1942Aged 40

  • Poster for George Washington Slept Here

    Leon Ames (uncredited)

1941Aged 39

  • Poster for No Greater Sin

    Dr. Edward Cavanaugh

  • Poster for Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

    John Stack

1940Aged 38

  • Poster for East Side Kids

    Pat O'Day

1939Aged 37

  • Poster for Blackwell's Island

    Ballinger (uncredited)

  • Poster for Risky Business

    Hinge Jackson

  • I Was a Convict

    Jackson

  • Poster for Panama Patrol

    Maj. Phillip Waring

  • Poster for Mr. Moto in Danger Island

    Commissioner Madero

  • Poster for Code of the Streets

    'Chick' Foster

  • Poster for Help Wanted

    J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner

  • Poster for Thunder Afloat

    Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

  • Poster for Calling All Marines

    Murdock

  • Poster for Pack Up Your Troubles

    Adjutant

  • Poster for Legion of Lost Flyers

    Smythe

  • Poster for The Marshal Of Mesa City

    Sheriff Jud Cronin

  • Poster for Fugitive at Large

    Carter

1938Aged 36

  • Poster for The Spy Ring

    Frank Denton

  • Poster for International Settlement

    Monte Silver

  • Poster for Walking Down Broadway

    Frank Gatty

  • Poster for Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)

  • Poster for Island in the Sky

    Marty Butler

  • Poster for Come On, Leathernecks!

    Otto Wagner / Baroni

  • Poster for Mysterious Mr. Moto

    Paul Brissac

  • Poster for Cipher Bureau

    Maj. Philip Waring

  • Poster for Suez

    Napoleon III - Emperor of France

  • Poster for Strange Faces

    Joe Gurney

  • Poster for Secrets of a Nurse

    Joe Largo

1937Aged 35

  • Poster for Song of Revolt

    Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

  • Poster for Soak the Poor

    Special Investigator Stanton

  • Poster for Dangerously Yours

    Phil

  • Poster for Charlie Chan on Broadway

    Buzz Moran

  • Poster for Murder in Greenwich Village

    Rodney Hunter

  • Poster for 45 Fathers

    Vincent

1936Aged 34

  • Poster for Pilot X

    Carl Goering

1935Aged 33

  • Poster for Mutiny Ahead

    McMurtrie

  • Poster for Strangers All

    Frank Walker

  • Poster for Reckless

    Ralph Watson

  • Poster for Rescue Squad

    Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)

  • Poster for Get That Man

    Don Clayton / McDonald

1934Aged 32

  • Poster for I'll Tell the World

    Spud Marshall

  • Poster for Now I'll Tell

    Max (as Leon Waycoff)

1933Aged 31

  • Poster for Parachute Jumper

    Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)

  • Poster for Forgotten

    Louie Strauss

  • Poster for Alimony Madness

    John Thurman

  • Poster for The Man Who Dared

    Yosef Novak

  • Poster for Ship of Wanted Men

    John Holden

  • Poster for Only Yesterday

    Lee (Uncredited)

1932Aged 30

  • Poster for Murders in the Rue Morgue

    Pierre Dupin

  • Cannonball Express

    Jack Logan

  • Poster for Stowaway

    Tommy

  • Poster for The Famous Ferguson Case

    Judd Brooks

  • Poster for A Successful Calamity

    Barney Davis

  • Poster for That's My Boy

    Al Williams

  • Poster for Uptown New York

    Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)

1931Aged 29

  • Poster for Quick Millions

    Hood

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