Leon Alton
from New York - USA
from New York - USA
Leon Alton enjoyed a career on stage, screen, and television starting in the 1920s and lasting until the late 1970s.
In the 1930s he started out on the Broadway stage appearing in various musicals which lasted until the early 1940s. Then like many Broadway actors and dancers, he seemingly drifted his way to Hollywood where he was able to use his talents as a dancer to appear in many party scenes in a suit dancing in some of the most well known films.
Like many dancers though, that was only part of their work as they could not survive on musicals alone and by the mid 1950s musicals started to lose their popularity so he had to find work elsewhere He was never unemployed long.
Alton's appearance was ideal for bankers, or distinguished townsman, or whatever was needed. By the late 1950s, he was able to secure some roles in which he received screen credit in shows like Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, and Lock-Up all while still appearing at the usual party scenes or the social gatherings.
By the 1960s his career was still going strong as he still found work in the usual places and managed to appear in several well known movies like True Grit, The Cheyenne Social Club, and Airport and appearing in most of the well known television shows of the time.
His career wound down by the 1970s and while his name won't garner the attention or recognition to film audiences of today, most casting directors could tell you it was a name that should be respected and could be depended on.
Executive (uncredited)
Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)
Official (uncredited)
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Barfly (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Collingsgood Associate (uncredited)
Bartender (uncredited)
Auction Guest
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Exhibit Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Official (uncredited)
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Bank Officer (uncredited)
Club Member (uncredited)
Military Officer at Meeting (uncredited)
Official (uncredited)
Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)
Spectator (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Delegate (uncredited)
Officer at Fleet Admiral's Meeting (uncredited)
Russell Supporter (uncredited)
Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)
Man With Newspapers (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Man at Airport (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Senator (uncredited)
Visitor at Station (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Villager (uncredited)
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)
Party guest
Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Police Officer (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Peter Kalish (uncredited)
Bank Robber (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Cliff Otis (uncredited)
Ball Attendee
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Casino Patron
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Court Clerk (uncredited)
Bellhop (uncredited)
Man at Ladder (uncredited)
Bartender (uncredited)
Usher (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lodge Guest (uncredited)
Fencing Student (uncredited)
Townsman
Bus Driver (uncredited)
Spectator at Photoshoot (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Riverboat Passenger
Bartender (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Officer (uncredited)
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Supporter
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Salesman
Salesman (uncredited)
Dancer