Leon Ames

Born

1/20/1902

Portland, Indiana, USA

Leon Ames

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 For118 Movies

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
★7.2
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
★6.1
Little Women
1949
★7.4
Testament
1983
★6.4
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
★6.7
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
★7.0
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
★6.6
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
★7.1
Battleground
1949
★6.7
That's Entertainment!
1974
★7.4
They Were Expendable
1945
★6.5
Angel Face
1953
★7.1
Song of the Thin Man
1947
★6.7
Jake Speed
1986
★4.6
Anchors Aweigh
1945
★6.8
Undercover Maisie
1947
★8.0
Peyton Place
1957
★6.8
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
★6.7
Strange Faces
1938
★10.0
Murders in the Rue Morgue
1932
★6.1
Son of Flubber
1963
★6.1
Lady in the Lake
1946
★6.1
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
★7.1
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
★7.1
A Date with Judy
1948
★6.1
From the Terrace
1960
★6.6
Stowaway
1932
★6.5
On Moonlight Bay
1951
★6.5
The Monkey's Uncle
1965
★5.9
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
★7.0
Cattle Drive
1951
★6.5
Pilot X
1936
★6.3
Forgotten
1933
★7.0
The Cockeyed Miracle
1946
★7.5
Only Yesterday
1933
★7.1
On an Island with You
1948
★5.9
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938
★6.2
The Big Hangover
1950
★6.4
Yolanda and the Thief
1945
★6.0
The Velvet Touch
1948
★6.2
I'll Tell the World
1934
★7.0
Crisis
1950
★6.6
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976
★6.0
The Iron Major
1943
★5.7
Suez
1938
★5.5
George Washington Slept Here
1942
★6.4
Just You and Me, Kid
1979
★5.4
Claws
1977
★5.0
Any Number Can Play
1949
★6.9
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964
★6.5
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953
★6.1
Ambush
1950
★5.4
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
★5.3
Reckless
1935
★5.1
Scene of the Crime
1949
★6.1
Son of Lassie
1945
★6.2
Watch the Birdie
1950
★5.5
The Great Morgan
1945
★6.0
Thunder Afloat
1939
★6.1
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
★6.4
That's My Boy
1932
★8.0
It's a Big Country
1951
★5.9
Fall Guy
1945
★8.0
Come On, Leathernecks!
1938
★7.5
Dangerously Yours
1937
★5.8
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
★6.7
Crime Doctor
1943
★6.4
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
★7.1
Uptown New York
1932
★6.5
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
★5.9
International Settlement
1938
★6.0
East Side Kids
1940
★6.4
Quick Millions
1931
★7.3
The Spy Ring
1938
★5.6
Between Two Women
1945
★6.1
Let's Do It Again
1953
★4.2
The Show-Off
1946
★7.0
Murder in Greenwich Village
1937
★5.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
★6.8
The Best Place to Be
1979
★7.5
No Leave, No Love
1946
★6.5
Calling All Marines
1939
★10.0
Merton of the Movies
1947
★6.3
A Successful Calamity
1932
★5.6
Parachute Jumper
1933
★5.9
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
★6.6
Blackwell's Island
1939
★5.5
Dial 1119
1950
★5.5
The Happy Years
1950
★7.5
Cipher Bureau
1938
★5.3
Timber Tramps
1975
★9.0
Sabre Jet
1953
★7.0
Panama Patrol
1939
★7.5
Strangers All
1935
★6.8
Walking Down Broadway
1938
★6.8
The Man Who Dared
1933
★7.5
Legion of Lost Flyers
1939
★5.0
45 Fathers
1937
★4.5
Code of the Streets
1939
★7.7
Fugitive at Large
1939
★7.0
Risky Business
1939
★6.5
Secrets of a Nurse
1938
★5.5
Now I'll Tell
1934
★5.1
Island in the Sky
1938
★7.0
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
★5.6
Ship of Wanted Men
1933
★3.8
Help Wanted
1939
★7.0
Alimony Madness
1933
★9.0
Alias a Gentleman
1948
★6.8
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
★7.5
Mutiny Ahead
1935
★6.5
Song of Revolt
1937
★6.3
No Greater Sin
1941
★4.8
Brother of the Wind
1972
★6.7
Rescue Squad
1935
★4.5
Soak the Poor
1937
★7.4
Toklat
1971
★7.0
Get That Man
1935
★4.3