Person Details

Birthday: 1902-01-20 05:53:17

Death: 1993-10-12 05:53:17

Aliases: Leon Waycoff , Harry Leon Wycoff

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Portland, Indiana, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 78

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Studio One
Average
4

Studio One

(1948) Cyrus Walker
ABC Stage 67
Average
5

ABC Stage 67

(1966) Gray
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Average
7
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Average
6

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

(1960) Damon Carlisle
Little Women
Average
7

Little Women

(1949) Father March
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Average
7

Tora! Tora! Tora!

(1970) Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Average
7

The Postman Always Rings Twice

(1946) Kyle Sackett
They Were Expendable
Average
7

They Were Expendable

(1945) Major James Morton

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1986 Barney Alvorg
Pop Winston
1983 Henry Abhart
1979 Manduke the Magnificent
William Callahan
1977 Messenger
Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner
1976 Daniel Furman
1975 Deacon
Kroger
N/A
1974 (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973 N/A
Self (archive footage)
1972 General Sam Pembroke
N/A
1971 Old Man
1970 Burt Clews
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
1968 N/A
1966 Gray
1965 Judge Holmsby
1964 N/A
Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas
1963 Rufus Daggett
1962 Colonel Anderson
Colonel Foxhall
Judge Fitzroy
1961 Stanley Banks
Rufus Daggett
Gordon Kirkwood
1960 Mr. Hampton
N/A
Damon Carlisle
Samuel Eaton
1957 Leslie Harrington
N/A
1956 Elliott Winston
1954 President Rufus Daggett (archive footage)
1953 N/A
Lt. Col. Eckert
Chet Stuart
George Winfield
Dr. Butolph
Malcolm Fownes
Fred Barrett
1951 Secret Service Man
Chester Graham, Sr.
George Winfield
1950 Grantland D. Farns
Earl
Michael J. O'Connor
Adam
Sam Proctor
Sr. Samuel H. Stover
Dr. Philip Abbott
Carl Bellcap
Maj. C.E. Breverly
1949 The Chaplain
Capt. A.C. Forster
Dr. Palmer
Father March
1948 Cyrus Walker
Lucien T. Pringle
Gordon Dunning
Commander Harrison
Matt Enley
1947 Lawrence Rupert
Everett Nordill aka Everton
Mitchell Talbin
Amor/Willis Farnes
1946 Derace Kingsby
Frank Harlin
Ralph Humphrey
Kyle Sackett
Colonel Elliott
1945 Major James Morton
Mr. Candle
Henry Burton
Admiral's Aide
Anton
Floyd Parkson
Masters
K. F.
1944 Edgar Draque
Alonzo Smith
Lieut. Jurika
1943 Robert 'Bob' Stewart
William Wheeler
1942 Leon Ames (uncredited)
1941 John Stack
Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
1940 Pat O'Day
1939 Carter
Sheriff Jud Cronin
Smythe
Adjutant
Murdock
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner
'Chick' Foster
Commissioner Madero
Maj. Phillip Waring
Jackson
Hinge Jackson
Ballinger (uncredited)
1938 Joe Largo
Napoleon III - Emperor of France
Maj. Philip Waring
Paul Brissac
Otto Wagner / Baroni
Marty Butler
Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
Frank Gatty
Monte Silver
Frank Denton
1937 Vincent
Rodney Hunter
Buzz Moran
Phil
Special Investigator Stanton
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
1936 Carl Goering
1935 Don Clayton / McDonald
Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)
Ralph Watson
Frank Walker
McMurtrie
1934 Max (as Leon Waycoff)
Spud Marshall
1933 Lee (Uncredited)
John Holden
Yosef Novak
John Thurman
Louie Strauss
Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)
1932 Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)
Al Williams
Barney Davis
Judd Brooks
Tommy
Pierre Dupin
1931 Hood
Year Character Movie/Tv

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