Leon Ames

Personal Info

Birthday

January 20, 1902

Day of Death

1993-10-12

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Portland, Indiana, USA

Also Known As

Leon Waycoff

Harry Leon Wycoff

Harry L. Wycoff

Leon Ames

Biography

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

The Andy Griffith Show

The Virginian

The Lucy Show

The Beverly Hillbillies

Studio One

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Mister Ed

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Filmography

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