
Birthday
1902/01/20
Day of death
1993/10/12 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Portland, Indiana, USA
Also know as
Leon Waycoff, Harry Leon Wycoff, Harry L. Wycoff
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.

(1944) Meet Me in St. Louis
as Alonzo Smith

(1946) Lady in the Lake
as Derace Kingsby

(1953) Angel Face
as Fred Barrett

(1970) Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Frank Knox

(1940) East Side Kids
as Pat O'Day

(1949) Battleground
as The Chaplain

(1938) Secrets of a Nurse
as Joe Largo

(1938) Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)

(1979) Just You and Me, Kid
as Manduke the Magnificent

(1946) The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Kyle Sackett

(1976) Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Daniel Furman

(1939) Fugitive at Large
as Carter

(1932) Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Pierre Dupin

(1948) The Velvet Touch
as Gordon Dunning

(1951) On Moonlight Bay
as George Winfield

(1950) Dial 1119
as Earl

(1938) Mysterious Mr. Moto
as Paul Brissac

(1947) Song of the Thin Man
as Mitchell Talbin

(1944) The Thin Man Goes Home
as Edgar Draque

(1960) From the Terrace
as Samuel Eaton

(1943) The Iron Major
as Robert 'Bob' Stewart

(1949) Little Women
as Father March

(1948) On an Island with You
as Commander Harrison

(1957) Peyton Place
as Leslie Harrington

(1945) Yolanda and the Thief
as Mr. Candle

(1949) Scene of the Crime
as Capt. A.C. Forster

(1937) Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Buzz Moran

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

(1961) The Absent-Minded Professor
as Rufus Daggett

(1936) Pilot X
as Carl Goering

(1945) They Were Expendable
as Major James Morton

(1941) Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as John Stack

(1950) Crisis
as Sam Proctor

(1953) By the Light of the Silvery Moon
as George Winfield

(1935) Rescue Squad
as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)

(1943) Crime Doctor
as William Wheeler

(1951) It's a Big Country
as Secret Service Man

(1939) Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Commissioner Madero

(1945) Week-End at the Waldorf
as Henry Burton

(1948) A Date with Judy
as Lucien T. Pringle

(1939) Thunder Afloat
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

(1953) Sabre Jet
as Lt. Col. Eckert

(1949) Any Number Can Play
as Dr. Palmer

(1947) Merton of the Movies
as Lawrence Rupert

(1950) The Happy Years
as Sr. Samuel H. Stover
(1971) Toklat
as Old Man
(1975) The Meal
as Kroger

(1951) Cattle Drive
as Chester Graham, Sr.

(1946) The Cockeyed Miracle
as Ralph Humphrey

(1945) Fall Guy
as Floyd Parkson

(1937) Soak the Poor
as Special Investigator Stanton

(1938) Island in the Sky
as Marty Butler

(1934) Now I'll Tell
as Max (as Leon Waycoff)

(1932) Uptown New York
as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)

(1945) The Great Morgan
as K. F.

(1935) Strangers All
as Frank Walker

(1972) Brother of the Wind
as ---

(1953) Let's Do It Again
as Chet Stuart

(1947) Undercover Maisie
as Amor/Willis Farnes
(1956) Engagement Party
as Elliott Winston

(1977) Claws
as Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner

(1938) International Settlement
as Monte Silver

(1935) Get That Man
as Don Clayton / McDonald

(1939) Pack Up Your Troubles
as Adjutant

(1950) The Big Hangover
as Carl Bellcap
(1947) The Amazing Mr. Nordill
as Everett Nordill aka Everton

(1945) Between Two Women
as Masters

(1950) Watch the Birdie
as Grantland D. Farns

(1939) Panama Patrol
as Maj. Phillip Waring

(1935) Reckless
as Ralph Watson

(1941) No Greater Sin
as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh

(1965) The Monkey's Uncle
as Judge Holmsby

(1945) Anchors Aweigh
as Admiral's Aide

(1938) Suez
as Napoleon III - Emperor of France

(1933) Forgotten
as Louie Strauss

(1939) Risky Business
as Hinge Jackson

(1948) Alias a Gentleman
as Matt Enley

(1933) Parachute Jumper
as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)

(1986) Jake Speed
as Pop Winston

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

(1934) I'll Tell the World
as Spud Marshall

(1939) Help Wanted
as J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner

(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

(1932) The Famous Ferguson Case
as Judd Brooks

(1983) Testament
as Henry Abhart

(1939) Blackwell's Island
as Ballinger (uncredited)

(1939) The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Sheriff Jud Cronin

(1950) Ambush
as Maj. C.E. Breverly

(1933) Ship of Wanted Men
as John Holden

(1950) The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Dr. Philip Abbott

(1939) Calling All Marines
as Murdock

(1933) The Man Who Dared
as Yosef Novak

(1937) Dangerously Yours
as Phil

(1946) No Leave, No Love
as Colonel Elliott

(1938) Cipher Bureau
as Maj. Philip Waring

(1946) The Show-Off
as Frank Harlin

(1938) Come On, Leathernecks!
as Otto Wagner / Baroni
(1939) I Was a Convict
as Jackson

(1939) Code of the Streets
as 'Chick' Foster

(1939) Legion of Lost Flyers
as Smythe

(1986) Peggy Sue Got Married
as Barney Alvorg

(1933) Alimony Madness
as John Thurman

(1931) Quick Millions
as Hood

(1945) Son of Lassie
as Anton

(1972) Hammersmith Is Out
as General Sam Pembroke

(1932) A Successful Calamity
as Barney Davis

(1963) Son of Flubber
as Rufus Daggett

(1938) The Spy Ring
as Frank Denton

(1942) George Washington Slept Here
as Leon Ames (uncredited)

(1932) Stowaway
as Tommy

(1938) Walking Down Broadway
as Frank Gatty

(1937) Murder in Greenwich Village
as Rodney Hunter

(1937) Song of Revolt
as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

(1935) Mutiny Ahead
as McMurtrie

(1979) The Best Place to Be
as William Callahan

(1932) That's My Boy
as Al Williams

(1933) Only Yesterday
as Lee (Uncredited)

(1970) On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Burt Clews

(1975) Timber Tramps
as Deacon

(1944) Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Lieut. Jurika

(1937) 45 Fathers
as Vincent

(1961) Mister Ed
as Gordon Kirkwood

(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Mr. Hampton

(1960) My Three Sons
as ---

(1962) The Lucy Show
as Colonel Anderson

(1975) The Jeffersons
as ---

(1977) The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Messenger

(1948) Studio One
as Cyrus Walker

(1964) Bewitched
as ---

(1953) General Electric Theater
as Dr. Butolph

(1972) Emergency!
as ---

(1968) The Name of the Game
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Michael J. O'Connor

(1961) Father of the Bride
as Stanley Banks

(1966) ABC Stage 67
as Gray
(1953) Life With Father
as ---

(1957) Panic!
as ---

(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Damon Carlisle
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Adam

(1953) General Electric Theater
as Malcolm Fownes

(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Colonel Foxhall

(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as President Rufus Daggett (archive footage)

(1962) The Virginian
as Judge Fitzroy

(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Col. T. Jennings Parker - Pop