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Leon Ames

Leon Ames

Born: 1902-01-20 • Portland, Indiana, USA

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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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Filmography
Peggy Sue Got Married poster
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 • Barney Alvorg
Jake Speed poster
Jake Speed
1986 • Pop Winston
Testament poster
Testament
1983 • Henry Abhart
Just You and Me, Kid poster
Just You and Me, Kid
1979 • Manduke the Magnificent
The Best Place to Be poster
The Best Place to Be
1979 • William Callahan
Claws poster
Claws
1977 • Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner
Sherlock Holmes in New York poster
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976 • Daniel Furman
Timber Tramps poster
Timber Tramps
1975 • Deacon
No Image
The Meal
1975 • Kroger
That's Entertainment! poster
That's Entertainment!
1974 • (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli poster
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973 • Self (archive footage)
Brother of the Wind poster
Brother of the Wind
1972
Hammersmith Is Out poster
Hammersmith Is Out
1972 • General Sam Pembroke
Toklat poster
Toklat
1971 • Old Man
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever poster
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 • Burt Clews
Tora! Tora! Tora! poster
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 • Frank Knox
The Monkey's Uncle poster
The Monkey's Uncle
1965 • Judge Holmsby
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones poster
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964 • Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas
Son of Flubber poster
Son of Flubber
1963 • Rufus Daggett
The Absent-Minded Professor poster
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961 • Rufus Daggett
From the Terrace poster
From the Terrace
1960 • Samuel Eaton
Peyton Place poster
Peyton Place
1957 • Leslie Harrington
No Image
Engagement Party
1956 • Elliott Winston
Sabre Jet poster
Sabre Jet
1953 • Lt. Col. Eckert
Let's Do It Again poster
Let's Do It Again
1953 • Chet Stuart
By the Light of the Silvery Moon poster
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953 • George Winfield
Angel Face poster
Angel Face
1953 • Fred Barrett
It's a Big Country poster
It's a Big Country
1951 • Secret Service Man
Cattle Drive poster
Cattle Drive
1951 • Chester Graham, Sr.
On Moonlight Bay poster
On Moonlight Bay
1951 • George Winfield
Watch the Birdie poster
Watch the Birdie
1950 • Grantland D. Farns
Dial 1119 poster
Dial 1119
1950 • Earl
Crisis poster
Crisis
1950 • Sam Proctor
The Happy Years poster
The Happy Years
1950 • Sr. Samuel H. Stover
The Skipper Surprised His Wife poster
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950 • Dr. Philip Abbott
The Big Hangover poster
The Big Hangover
1950 • Carl Bellcap
Ambush poster
Ambush
1950 • Maj. C.E. Breverly
Battleground poster
Battleground
1949 • The Chaplain
Scene of the Crime poster
Scene of the Crime
1949 • Capt. A.C. Forster
Any Number Can Play poster
Any Number Can Play
1949 • Dr. Palmer
Little Women poster
Little Women
1949 • Father March
A Date with Judy poster
A Date with Judy
1948 • Lucien T. Pringle
The Velvet Touch poster
The Velvet Touch
1948 • Gordon Dunning
On an Island with You poster
On an Island with You
1948 • Commander Harrison
Alias a Gentleman poster
Alias a Gentleman
1948 • Matt Enley
Merton of the Movies poster
Merton of the Movies
1947 • Lawrence Rupert
No Image
The Amazing Mr. Nordill
1947 • Everett Nordill aka Everton
Song of the Thin Man poster
Song of the Thin Man
1947 • Mitchell Talbin
Undercover Maisie poster
Undercover Maisie
1947 • Amor/Willis Farnes
Lady in the Lake poster
Lady in the Lake
1946 • Derace Kingsby
The Show-Off poster
The Show-Off
1946 • Frank Harlin
The Cockeyed Miracle poster
The Cockeyed Miracle
1946 • Ralph Humphrey
The Postman Always Rings Twice poster
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 • Kyle Sackett
No Leave, No Love poster
No Leave, No Love
1946 • Colonel Elliott
They Were Expendable poster
They Were Expendable
1945 • Major James Morton
Yolanda and the Thief poster
Yolanda and the Thief
1945 • Mr. Candle
Week-End at the Waldorf poster
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 • Henry Burton
Anchors Aweigh poster
Anchors Aweigh
1945 • Admiral's Aide
Son of Lassie poster
Son of Lassie
1945 • Anton
Fall Guy poster
Fall Guy
1945 • Floyd Parkson
Between Two Women poster
Between Two Women
1945 • Masters
The Great Morgan poster
The Great Morgan
1945 • K. F.
The Thin Man Goes Home poster
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 • Edgar Draque
Meet Me in St. Louis poster
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944 • Alonzo Smith
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo poster
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 • Lieut. Jurika
The Iron Major poster
The Iron Major
1943 • Robert 'Bob' Stewart
Crime Doctor poster
Crime Doctor
1943 • William Wheeler
George Washington Slept Here poster
George Washington Slept Here
1942 • Leon Ames (uncredited)
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring poster
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941 • John Stack
No Greater Sin poster
No Greater Sin
1941 • Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
East Side Kids poster
East Side Kids
1940 • Pat O'Day
Fugitive at Large poster
Fugitive at Large
1939 • Carter
The Marshal Of Mesa City poster
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939 • Sheriff Jud Cronin
Legion of Lost Flyers poster
Legion of Lost Flyers
1939 • Smythe
Pack Up Your Troubles poster
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939 • Adjutant
Calling All Marines poster
Calling All Marines
1939 • Murdock
Thunder Afloat poster
Thunder Afloat
1939 • Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Help Wanted poster
Help Wanted
1939 • J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner
Code of the Streets poster
Code of the Streets
1939 • 'Chick' Foster
Mr. Moto in Danger Island poster
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939 • Commissioner Madero
Panama Patrol poster
Panama Patrol
1939 • Maj. Phillip Waring
No Image
I Was a Convict
1939 • Jackson
Risky Business poster
Risky Business
1939 • Hinge Jackson
Blackwell's Island poster
Blackwell's Island
1939 • Ballinger (uncredited)
Secrets of a Nurse poster
Secrets of a Nurse
1938 • Joe Largo
Suez poster
Suez
1938 • Napoleon III - Emperor of France
Cipher Bureau poster
Cipher Bureau
1938 • Maj. Philip Waring
Mysterious Mr. Moto poster
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938 • Paul Brissac
Come On, Leathernecks! poster
Come On, Leathernecks!
1938 • Otto Wagner / Baroni
Island in the Sky poster
Island in the Sky
1938 • Marty Butler
Bluebeard's 8th Wife poster
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938 • Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
Walking Down Broadway poster
Walking Down Broadway
1938 • Frank Gatty
International Settlement poster
International Settlement
1938 • Monte Silver
The Spy Ring poster
The Spy Ring
1938 • Frank Denton
45 Fathers poster
45 Fathers
1937 • Vincent
Murder in Greenwich Village poster
Murder in Greenwich Village
1937 • Rodney Hunter
Charlie Chan on Broadway poster
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937 • Buzz Moran
Dangerously Yours poster
Dangerously Yours
1937 • Phil
Soak the Poor poster
Soak the Poor
1937 • Special Investigator Stanton
Song of Revolt poster
Song of Revolt
1937 • Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle