Leon Ames
Gender: Male
Born: 20th January 1902
Died: 12th October 1993
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Father of the Bride, Life With Father, Mister Ed
Movies: The Absent-Minded Professor, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Week-End at the Waldorf, Panama Patrol, Quick Millions, Angel Face, Testament, Jake Speed, East Side Kids, Lady in the Lake, The Monkey's Uncle, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, Crisis, From the Terrace, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Thin Man Goes Home, Song of the Thin Man, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, On an Island with You, Son of Flubber, Mysterious Mr. Moto, Little Women, On Moonlight Bay, A Date With Judy, Son of Lassie, The Timber Tramps, They Were Expendable, Anchors Aweigh, Death in the Air, Peyton Place, Battleground, Cattle Drive, Mutiny Ahead, Mr. Moto in Danger Island, Sabre Jet, The Velvet Touch, Uptown New York, The Iron Major, No Leave, No Love, The Show Off, The Skipper Surprised His Wife, Watch the Birdie, Merton of the Movies, Murder in Greenwich Village, Any Number Can Play, The Marshal of Mesa City
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).
Leon Ames was born Harry Wycoff on January 20, 1902 in Portland, Indiana, the son of Cora A. (née De Moss) and Charles Elmer Wycoff.
He made his film debut in Quick Millions (1931). During the 1940s he was under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
He appeared in a featured role in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) as district attorney Kyle Sackett. Leon Ames also appeared in the Doris Day-Gordon MacRae film On Moonlight Bay (1951); its sequel, By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953); and Peyton Place (1957). He played the role of Samuel Eaton, Alfred Eaton (Paul Newman)'s father, in From the Terrace (1960). In 1970, he played Secretary of Navy Frank Knox in the action war film Tora! Tora! Tora!. His last film role was in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), as Kathleen Turner's character's grandfather Barney Alvorg.
His television roles included leads in the adaptations of Life With Father (1953–55) and Father of the Bride (1961–62). He was Mr. Ed's
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