Leon Ames

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Known Credits 138

Gender Male

Birthday 1902-01-20

Day of Death 1993-10-12 (91 years old)

Place of Birth Portland, Indiana, USA

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Leon Waycoff
Harry Leon Wycoff
Harry L. Wycoff

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Leon Ames

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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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Acting

1986		Peggy Sue Got Married as Barney Alvorg
1986		Jake Speed as Pop Winston

1983

as Henry Abhart

1979		Just You and Me, Kid as Manduke the Magnificent
1979		The Best Place to Be as William Callahan

1977		The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1 episode) as Messenger
1977		Claws as Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner

1976

as Daniel Furman

1975		Timber Tramps as Deacon
1975		The Meal as Kroger
1975		The Jeffersons (1 episode)

1974

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973		Brother of the Wind
1973		The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)

1972		Hammersmith Is Out as General Sam Pembroke
1972		Emergency! (1 episode)

1971

as Old Man

1970		On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Burt Clews
1970		Tora! Tora! Tora! as Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox

1968

(1 episode)

1966

(1 episode) as Gray

1965

as Judge Holmsby

1964		Bewitched (1 episode)
1964		The Misadventures of Merlin Jones as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas

1963

as Rufus Daggett

1962		The Lucy Show (1 episode) as Colonel Anderson
1962		The Beverly Hillbillies (2 episodes) as Colonel Foxhall

1961		Father of the Bride (34 episodes) as Stanley Banks
1961		The Absent-Minded Professor as Rufus Daggett
1961		Mister Ed (78 episodes) as Gordon Kirkwood

1960		The Andy Griffith Show (1 episode) as Mr. Hampton
1960		My Three Sons (4 episodes)
1960		The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1 episode) as Damon Carlisle
1960		From the Terrace as Samuel Eaton

1957		Peyton Place as Leslie Harrington
1957		Panic! (1 episode)

1956

as Elliott Winston

1953		Life With Father (27 episodes)
1953		Sabre Jet as Lt. Col. Eckert
1953		Let's Do It Again as Chet Stuart
1953		By the Light of the Silvery Moon as George Winfield
1953		General Electric Theater (1 episode) as Malcolm Fownes (1 episode) as Dr. Butolph
1953		Angel Face as Fred Barrett

1951		It's a Big Country as Secret Service Man
1951		Cattle Drive as Chester Graham, Sr.
1951		On Moonlight Bay as George Winfield

1950		Watch the Birdie as Grantland D. Farns
1950		Dial 1119 as Earl
1950		Lux Video Theatre (1 episode) as Adam (1 episode) as Michael J. O'Connor
1950		Crisis as Sam Proctor
1950		The Happy Years as Sr. Samuel H. Stover
1950		The Skipper Surprised His Wife as Dr. Philip Abbott
1950		The Big Hangover as Carl Bellcap
1950		Ambush as Maj. C.E. Breverly

1949		Battleground as The Chaplain
1949		Scene of the Crime as Capt. A.C. Forster
1949		Any Number Can Play as Dr. Palmer
1949		Little Women as Father March

1948		Studio One (1 episode) as Cyrus Walker
1948		A Date with Judy as Lucien T. Pringle
1948		The Velvet Touch as Gordon Dunning
1948		On an Island with You as Commander Harrison
1948		Alias a Gentleman as Matt Enley

1947		Merton of the Movies as Lawrence Rupert
1947		The Amazing Mr. Nordill as Everett Nordill aka Everton
1947		Song of the Thin Man as Mitchell Talbin
1947		Undercover Maisie as Amor/Willis Farnes

1946		Lady in the Lake as Derace Kingsby
1946		The Show-Off as Frank Harlin
1946		The Cockeyed Miracle as Ralph Humphrey
1946		The Postman Always Rings Twice as Kyle Sackett
1946		No Leave, No Love as Colonel Elliott

1945		They Were Expendable as Major James Morton
1945		Yolanda and the Thief as Mr. Candle
1945		Week-End at the Waldorf as Henry Burton
1945		Anchors Aweigh as Admiral's Aide
1945		Son of Lassie as Anton
1945		Fall Guy as Floyd Parkson
1945		Between Two Women as Masters
1945		The Great Morgan as K. F.

1944		The Thin Man Goes Home as Edgar Draque
1944		Meet Me in St. Louis as Mr. Alonzo Smith
1944		Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Lieut. Jurika

1943		The Iron Major as Robert 'Bob' Stewart
1943		Crime Doctor as William Wheeler

1942

as Leon Ames (uncredited)

1941		Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring as John Stack
1941		No Greater Sin as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh

1940

as Pat O'Day

1939		Fugitive at Large as Carter
1939		The Marshal Of Mesa City as Sheriff Jud Cronin
1939		Legion of Lost Flyers as Smythe
1939		Pack Up Your Troubles as Adjutant
1939		Calling All Marines as Murdock
1939		Thunder Afloat as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
1939		Code of the Streets as 'Chick' Foster
1939		Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Commissioner Madero
1939		Panama Patrol as Maj. Phillip Waring
1939		I Was a Convict as Jackson
1939		Risky Business as Hinge Jackson
1939		Blackwell's Island as Ballinger (uncredited)

1938		Secrets of a Nurse as Joe Largo
1938		Suez as Napoleon III - Emperor of France
1938		Cipher Bureau as Maj. Philip Waring
1938		Mysterious Mr. Moto as Paul Brissac
1938		Come On, Leathernecks! as Otto Wagner / Baroni
1938		Island in the Sky as Marty Butler
1938		Bluebeard's Eighth Wife as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
1938		Walking Down Broadway as Frank Gatty
1938		International Settlement as Monte Silver
1938		The Spy Ring as Frank Denton

1937		45 Fathers as Vincent
1937		Murder in Greenwich Village as Rodney Hunter
1937		Charlie Chan on Broadway as Buzz Moran
1937		Dangerously Yours as Phil
1937		Soak the Poor as Special Investigator Stanton
1937		Song of Revolt as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

1936

as Carl Goering

1935		Get That Man as Don Clayton / McDonald
1935		Rescue Squad as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)
1935		Reckless as Ralph Watson
1935		Strangers All as Frank Walker
1935		Mutiny Ahead as McMurtrie

1934		Now I'll Tell as Max
1934		I'll Tell the World as Spud Marshall

1933		Only Yesterday as Lee (Uncredited)
1933		Ship of Wanted Men as John Holden
1933		The Man Who Dared as Yosef Novak
1933		Alimony Madness as John Thurman
1933		Forgotten as Louie Strauss
1933		Parachute Jumper as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)

1932		Uptown New York as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)
1932		That's My Boy as Al Williams
1932		A Successful Calamity as Barney Davis
1932		The Famous Ferguson Case as Judd Brooks
1932		Stowaway as Tommy
1932		Murders in the Rue Morgue as Pierre Dupin

1931

as Hood

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