
Leon Ames
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Meet Me in St. Louis
1944

Lady in the Lake
1946

Angel Face
1953

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970

East Side Kids
1940

Battleground
1949

Secrets of a Nurse
1938

Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938

Just You and Me, Kid
1979

The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946

Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976

Fugitive at Large
1939

Murders in the Rue Morgue
1932

The Velvet Touch
1948

On Moonlight Bay
1951

Dial 1119
1950

Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938

Song of the Thin Man
1947

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944

From the Terrace
1960

The Iron Major
1943

Little Women
1949

On an Island with You
1948

Peyton Place
1957

Yolanda and the Thief
1945

Scene of the Crime
1949

Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964

The Absent-Minded Professor
1961

Pilot X
1936

They Were Expendable
1945

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941

Crisis
1950

By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953

Rescue Squad
1935

Crime Doctor
1943

It's a Big Country
1951

Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939

Week-End at the Waldorf
1945

A Date with Judy
1948

Thunder Afloat
1939

Sabre Jet
1953

Any Number Can Play
1949

Merton of the Movies
1947

The Happy Years
1950

Toklat
1971

The Meal
1975

Cattle Drive
1951

The Cockeyed Miracle
1946

Fall Guy
1945

Soak the Poor
1937

Island in the Sky
1938

Now I'll Tell
1934

Uptown New York
1932

The Great Morgan
1945

Strangers All
1935

Brother of the Wind
1972

Let's Do It Again
1953

Undercover Maisie
1947

Engagement Party
1956

Claws
1977

International Settlement
1938

Get That Man
1935

Pack Up Your Troubles
1939

The Big Hangover
1950

The Amazing Mr. Nordill
1947

Between Two Women
1945

Watch the Birdie
1950

Panama Patrol
1939

Reckless
1935

No Greater Sin
1941

The Monkey's Uncle
1965

Anchors Aweigh
1945

Suez
1938

Forgotten
1933

Risky Business
1939

Alias a Gentleman
1948

Parachute Jumper
1933

Jake Speed
1986

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973

I'll Tell the World
1934

Help Wanted
1939

That's Entertainment!
1974

The Famous Ferguson Case
1932

Testament
1983

Blackwell's Island
1939

The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939

Ambush
1950

Ship of Wanted Men
1933

The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950

Calling All Marines
1939

The Man Who Dared
1933

Dangerously Yours
1937

No Leave, No Love
1946

Cipher Bureau
1938

The Show-Off
1946

Come On, Leathernecks!
1938

I Was a Convict
1939

Code of the Streets
1939

Legion of Lost Flyers
1939

Peggy Sue Got Married
1986

Alimony Madness
1933

Quick Millions
1931

Son of Lassie
1945

Hammersmith Is Out
1972

A Successful Calamity
1932

Son of Flubber
1963

The Spy Ring
1938

George Washington Slept Here
1942

Stowaway
1932

Walking Down Broadway
1938

Murder in Greenwich Village
1937

Song of Revolt
1937

Mutiny Ahead
1935

The Best Place to Be
1979

That's My Boy
1932

Only Yesterday
1933

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970

Timber Tramps
1975

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944

45 Fathers
1937

Strange Faces
1938

Cannonball Express
1932

Mister Ed
1961

The Andy Griffith Show
1960

My Three Sons
1960

The Lucy Show
1962

The Jeffersons
1975

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

Studio One
1948

Bewitched
1964

General Electric Theater
1953

Emergency!
1972

The Name of the Game
1968

Lux Video Theatre
1950

Father of the Bride
1961

ABC Stage 67
1966

Life With Father
1953

Panic!
1957

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960

Lux Video Theatre
1950

General Electric Theater
1953

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

The Virginian
1962

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955

MGM Parade
1955