Leon Ames

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Peggy Sue Got Married1986
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970
Meet Me in St. Louis1944
The Postman Always Rings Twice1946

About Leon Ames

Known for: Acting
Born: January 20, 1902
Died: October 12, 1993 (age 91)
Birthplace: Portland, Indiana, USA

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…

Also credited as

Leon Waycoff, Harry Leon Wycoff, Harry L. Wycoff

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Filmography

Peggy Sue Got Married1986as Barney Alvorg

Jake Speed1986as Pop Winston
Testament1983as Henry Abhart
Just You and Me, Kid1979as Manduke the Magnificent
The Best Place to Be1979as William Callahan
Claws1977as Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner
Sherlock Holmes in New York1976as Daniel Furman
Timber Tramps1975as Deacon
The Meal1975as Kroger
That's Entertainment!1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli1973as Self (archive footage)
Brother of the Wind1972
Hammersmith Is Out1972as General Sam Pembroke
Toklat1971as Old Man
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever1970as Burt Clews
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970as Frank Knox
The Monkey's Uncle1965as Judge Holmsby
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones1964as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas
Son of Flubber1963as Rufus Daggett
The Absent-Minded Professor1961as Rufus Daggett
From the Terrace1960as Samuel Eaton
Peyton Place1957as Leslie Harrington
Engagement Party1956as Elliott Winston
Sabre Jet1953as Lt. Col. Eckert
Let's Do It Again1953as Chet Stuart
By the Light of the Silvery Moon1953as George Winfield
Angel Face1953as Fred Barrett
It's a Big Country1951as Secret Service Man
Cattle Drive1951as Chester Graham, Sr.
On Moonlight Bay1951as George Winfield
Watch the Birdie1950as Grantland D. Farns
Dial 11191950as Earl
Crisis1950as Sam Proctor
The Happy Years1950as Sr. Samuel H. Stover
The Skipper Surprised His Wife1950as Dr. Philip Abbott
The Big Hangover1950as Carl Bellcap
Ambush1950as Maj. C.E. Breverly
Battleground1949as The Chaplain
Scene of the Crime1949as Capt. A.C. Forster
Any Number Can Play1949as Dr. Palmer
Little Women1949as Father March
A Date with Judy1948as Lucien T. Pringle
The Velvet Touch1948as Gordon Dunning
On an Island with You1948as Commander Harrisen
Alias a Gentleman1948as Matt Enley
Merton of the Movies1947as Lawrence Rupert
The Amazing Mr. Nordill1947as Everett Nordill aka Everton
Song of the Thin Man1947as Mitchell Talbin
Undercover Maisie1947as Amor/Willis Farnes
Lady in the Lake1946as Derace Kingsby
The Show-Off1946as Frank Harlin
The Cockeyed Miracle1946as Ralph Humphrey
The Postman Always Rings Twice1946as Kyle Sackett
No Leave, No Love1946as Colonel Elliott
They Were Expendable1945as Major James Morton
Yolanda and the Thief1945as Mr. Candle
Week-End at the Waldorf1945as Henry Burton
Anchors Aweigh1945as Admiral's Aide
Son of Lassie1945as Anton
Fall Guy1945as Floyd Parkson
Between Two Women1945as Masters
The Great Morgan1945as K. F.
The Thin Man Goes Home1944as Edgar Draque
Meet Me in St. Louis1944as Alonzo Smith
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo1944as Lieut. Jurika
The Iron Major1943as Robert 'Bob' Stewart
Crime Doctor1943as William Wheeler
George Washington Slept Here1942as Leon Ames (uncredited)
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring1941as John Stack
No Greater Sin1941as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
East Side Kids1940as Pat O'Day
Fugitive at Large1939as Carter
The Marshal Of Mesa City1939as Sheriff Jud Cronin
Legion of Lost Flyers1939as Smythe
Pack Up Your Troubles1939as Adjutant
Calling All Marines1939as Murdock
Thunder Afloat1939as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Help Wanted1939as J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner
Code of the Streets1939as 'Chick' Foster
Mr. Moto in Danger Island1939as Commissioner Madero
Panama Patrol1939as Maj. Phillip Waring
I Was a Convict1939as Jackson
Risky Business1939as Hinge Jackson
Blackwell's Island1939as Ballinger (uncredited)
Secrets of a Nurse1938as Joe Largo
Strange Faces1938as Joe Gurney
Suez1938as Napoleon III - Emperor of France
Cipher Bureau1938as Maj. Philip Waring
Mysterious Mr. Moto1938as Paul Brissac
Come On, Leathernecks!1938as Otto Wagner / Baroni
Island in the Sky1938as Marty Butler
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife1938as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
Walking Down Broadway1938as Frank Gatty
International Settlement1938as Monte Silver
The Spy Ring1938as Frank Denton
45 Fathers1937as Vincent
Murder in Greenwich Village1937as Rodney Hunter
Charlie Chan on Broadway1937as Buzz Moran
Dangerously Yours1937as Phil
Soak the Poor1937as Special Investigator Stanton
Song of Revolt1937as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Pilot X1936as Carl Goering
Get That Man1935as Don Clayton / McDonald
Rescue Squad1935as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)
Reckless1935as Ralph Watson
Strangers All1935as Frank Walker
Mutiny Ahead1935as McMurtrie
Now I'll Tell1934as Max (as Leon Waycoff)
I'll Tell the World1934as Spud Marshall
Only Yesterday1933as Lee (Uncredited)
Ship of Wanted Men1933as John Holden
The Man Who Dared1933as Yosef Novak
Alimony Madness1933as John Thurman
Forgotten1933as Louie Strauss
Parachute Jumper1933as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)
Uptown New York1932as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)
That's My Boy1932as Al Williams
A Successful Calamity1932as Barney Davis
The Famous Ferguson Case1932as Judd Brooks
Stowaway1932as Tommy
Cannonball Express1932as Jack Logan
Murders in the Rue Morgue1932as Pierre Dupin
Quick Millions1931as Hood

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