Florenz Ames
Birthday
1883/09/06
Day of death
1958/02/11 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Also know as
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Biography
A relative newcomer to television at a time when most people would be looking toward retirement, Florenz Ames started out as a song and dance man in vaudeville, often performing on smaller stages with his wife Alice "Adelaide" Winthrop; as "Ames and Winthrop" they appeared in a revue called "Alice in Blunderland" with Winthrop in the title role and Ames playing the other roles. He moved onto the Broadway stage and appeared in a number of shows from before World War I until the Korean War, includ...Read more
Acting
(1956) The Fastest Gun Alive
as Joe Fenwick
(1958) Teacher's Pet
as J. L. Ballentine
(1954) The Human Jungle
as Leonard Ustick
(1957) The Deadly Mantis
as Prof. Anton Gunther
(1957) The Big Caper
as Dutch Paulmeyer
(1955) Man with the Gun
as Doc Hughes (uncredited)
(1956) He Laughed Last
as George Eagle
(1956) That Certain Feeling
as Senator Winston
(1957) The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
as Silas Applegate
(1956) The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
as Silas Applegate
(1956) The Girl He Left Behind
as Mr. Hillaby
(1955) Texas Lady
as Wilson
(1952) Viva Zapata!
as Senor Espejo
(1956) The King and Four Queens
as Josiah Sweet, Undertaker
(1956) Broken Arrow
as Emperor Joshua Norton
(1956) The Hardy Boys
as Silas Applegate
(1956) Hey, Jeannie!
as Mr. Hesby
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Pa
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Hapewell
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Scratch
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Pop
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Uetick
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as J.B. Vandemeer
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as ---