Leon Ames
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 20, 1902, Portland, Indiana, USA
- Died
- October 12, 1993
- Movies
- 123
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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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Barney Alvorg |
| 1986 | Jake Speed | Pop Winston |
| 1983 | Testament | Henry Abhart |
| 1979 | Just You and Me, Kid | Manduke the Magnificent |
| 1979 | The Best Place to Be | William Callahan |
| 1977 | Claws | Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner |
| 1976 | Sherlock Holmes in New York | Daniel Furman |
| 1975 | Timber Tramps | Deacon |
| 1975 | The Meal | Kroger |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Brother of the Wind | |
| 1972 | Hammersmith Is Out | General Sam Pembroke |
| 1971 | Toklat | Old Man |
| 1970 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Burt Clews |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Frank Knox |
| 1965 | The Monkey's Uncle | Judge Holmsby |
| 1964 | The Misadventures of Merlin Jones | Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas |
| 1963 | Son of Flubber | Rufus Daggett |
| 1961 | The Absent-Minded Professor | Rufus Daggett |
| 1960 | From the Terrace | Samuel Eaton |
| 1957 | Peyton Place | Leslie Harrington |
| 1956 | Engagement Party | Elliott Winston |
| 1953 | Sabre Jet | Lt. Col. Eckert |
| 1953 | Let's Do It Again | Chet Stuart |
| 1953 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | George Winfield |
| 1953 | Angel Face | Fred Barrett |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Secret Service Man |
| 1951 | Cattle Drive | Chester Graham, Sr. |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay | George Winfield |
| 1950 | Watch the Birdie | Grantland D. Farns |
| 1950 | Dial 1119 | Earl |
| 1950 | Crisis | Sam Proctor |
| 1950 | The Happy Years | Sr. Samuel H. Stover |
| 1950 | The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Dr. Philip Abbott |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover | Carl Bellcap |
| 1950 | Ambush | Maj. C.E. Breverly |
| 1949 | Battleground | The Chaplain |
| 1949 | Scene of the Crime | Capt. A.C. Forster |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play | Dr. Palmer |
| 1949 | Little Women | Father March |
| 1948 | A Date with Judy | Lucien T. Pringle |
| 1948 | The Velvet Touch | Gordon Dunning |
| 1948 | On an Island with You | Commander Harrisen |
| 1948 | Alias a Gentleman | Matt Enley |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies | Lawrence Rupert |
| 1947 | The Amazing Mr. Nordill | Everett Nordill aka Everton |
| 1947 | Song of the Thin Man | Mitchell Talbin |
| 1947 | Undercover Maisie | Amor/Willis Farnes |
| 1946 | Lady in the Lake | Derace Kingsby |
| 1946 | The Show-Off | Frank Harlin |
| 1946 | The Cockeyed Miracle | Ralph Humphrey |
| 1946 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Kyle Sackett |
| 1946 | No Leave, No Love | Colonel Elliott |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable | Major James Morton |
| 1945 | Yolanda and the Thief | Mr. Candle |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Henry Burton |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh | Admiral's Aide |
| 1945 | Son of Lassie | Anton |
| 1945 | Fall Guy | Floyd Parkson |
| 1945 | Between Two Women | Masters |
| 1945 | The Great Morgan | K. F. |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home | Edgar Draque |
| 1944 | Meet Me in St. Louis | Alonzo Smith |
| 1944 | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | Lieut. Jurika |
| 1943 | The Iron Major | Robert 'Bob' Stewart |
| 1943 | Crime Doctor | William Wheeler |
| 1942 | George Washington Slept Here | Leon Ames (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | John Stack |
| 1941 | No Greater Sin | Dr. Edward Cavanaugh |
| 1940 | East Side Kids | Pat O'Day |
| 1939 | Fugitive at Large | Carter |
| 1939 | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Sheriff Jud Cronin |
| 1939 | Legion of Lost Flyers | Smythe |
| 1939 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Adjutant |
| 1939 | Calling All Marines | Murdock |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Recruiting Officer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Help Wanted | J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner |
| 1939 | Code of the Streets | 'Chick' Foster |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Commissioner Madero |
| 1939 | Panama Patrol | Maj. Phillip Waring |
| 1939 | I Was a Convict | Jackson |
| 1939 | Risky Business | Hinge Jackson |
| 1939 | Blackwell's Island | Ballinger (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Secrets of a Nurse | Joe Largo |
| 1938 | Strange Faces | Joe Gurney |
| 1938 | Suez | Napoleon III - Emperor of France |
| 1938 | Cipher Bureau | Maj. Philip Waring |
| 1938 | Mysterious Mr. Moto | Paul Brissac |
| 1938 | Come On, Leathernecks! | Otto Wagner / Baroni |
| 1938 | Island in the Sky | Marty Butler |
| 1938 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Walking Down Broadway | Frank Gatty |
| 1938 | International Settlement | Monte Silver |
| 1938 | The Spy Ring | Frank Denton |
| 1937 | 45 Fathers | Vincent |
| 1937 | Murder in Greenwich Village | Rodney Hunter |
| 1937 | Charlie Chan on Broadway | Buzz Moran |
| 1937 | Dangerously Yours | Phil |
| 1937 | Soak the Poor | Special Investigator Stanton |
| 1937 | Song of Revolt | Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
| 1936 | Pilot X | Carl Goering |
| 1935 | Get That Man | Don Clayton / McDonald |
| 1935 | Rescue Squad | Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff) |
| 1935 | Reckless | Ralph Watson |
| 1935 | Strangers All | Frank Walker |
| 1935 | Mutiny Ahead | McMurtrie |
| 1934 | Now I'll Tell | Max (as Leon Waycoff) |
| 1934 | I'll Tell the World | Spud Marshall |
| 1933 | Only Yesterday | Lee (Uncredited) |
| 1933 | Ship of Wanted Men | John Holden |
| 1933 | The Man Who Dared | Yosef Novak |
| 1933 | Alimony Madness | John Thurman |
| 1933 | Forgotten | Louie Strauss |
| 1933 | Parachute Jumper | Pilot with Alabama (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Uptown New York | Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff) |
| 1932 | That's My Boy | Al Williams |
| 1932 | A Successful Calamity | Barney Davis |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case | Judd Brooks |
| 1932 | Stowaway | Tommy |
| 1932 | Cannonball Express | Jack Logan |
| 1932 | Murders in the Rue Morgue | Pierre Dupin |
| 1931 | Quick Millions | Hood |
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