Leon Ames

Acting

20-01-1902

20-01-1902

He/Him

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.

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Movies (Acting)

Peggy Sue Got Married

Manduke the Magnificent

Just You and Me, Kid

William Callahan

The Best Place to Be

Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner

Sherlock Holmes in New York

(archive footage) (uncredited)

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Brother of the Wind

Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

General Sam Pembroke

Hammersmith Is Out

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Monkey's Uncle

Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

The Absent-Minded Professor

From the Terrace

Leslie Harrington

Elliott Winston

Engagement Party

Lt. Col. Eckert

Let's Do It Again

George Winfield

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Secret Service Man

It's a Big Country

Chester Graham, Sr.

George Winfield

On Moonlight Bay

Grantland D. Farns

Watch the Birdie

Sr. Samuel H. Stover

The Happy Years

Dr. Philip Abbott

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

The Big Hangover

Maj. C.E. Breverly

Capt. A.C. Forster

Scene of the Crime

Any Number Can Play

Lucien T. Pringle

A Date with Judy

The Velvet Touch

Commander Harrison

On an Island with You

Alias a Gentleman

Lawrence Rupert

Merton of the Movies

Everett Nordill aka Everton

The Amazing Mr. Nordill

Mitchell Talbin

Song of the Thin Man

Amor/Willis Farnes

Undercover Maisie

Lady in the Lake

The Cockeyed Miracle

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Colonel Elliott

No Leave, No Love

Major James Morton

They Were Expendable

Yolanda and the Thief

Week-End at the Waldorf

Between Two Women

The Great Morgan

The Thin Man Goes Home

Meet Me in St. Louis

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Robert 'Bob' Stewart

William Wheeler

Leon Ames (uncredited)

George Washington Slept Here

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

Dr. Edward Cavanaugh

Fugitive at Large

Sheriff Jud Cronin

The Marshal Of Mesa City

Legion of Lost Flyers

Pack Up Your Troubles

Calling All Marines

Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner

Code of the Streets

Commissioner Madero

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Maj. Phillip Waring

I Was a Convict

Ballinger (uncredited)

Blackwell's Island

Secrets of a Nurse

Napoleon III - Emperor of France

Maj. Philip Waring

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Otto Wagner / Baroni

Come On, Leathernecks!

Island in the Sky

Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Walking Down Broadway

International Settlement

Murder in Greenwich Village

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Dangerously Yours

Special Investigator Stanton

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Don Clayton / McDonald

Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)

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I'll Tell the World

Lee (Uncredited)

Ship of Wanted Men

The Man Who Dared

Alimony Madness

Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)

Parachute Jumper

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Uptown New York

A Successful Calamity

The Famous Ferguson Case

Murders in the Rue Morgue

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