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Leon Ames (born Harry Leon Wycoff; January 20, 1902 – October 12, 1993) was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing father figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949), On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).
Leon Ames. Actor: Peggy Sue Got Married. Leon Ames was born Harry Wycoff in Portland, Indiana, to Cora Alice (DeMoss) and Charles Elmer Wycoff. He had always wanted to be an actor and he did it the hard way, serving a long apprenticeship in touring amateur theatre companies -- even selling shoes for a while on 42nd Street in the 1920s.
- January 20, 1902
- October 12, 1993
Leon Ames was born Harry Wycoff in Portland, Indiana, to Cora Alice (DeMoss) and Charles Elmer Wycoff. He had always wanted to be an actor and he did it the hard way, serving a long apprenticeship in touring amateur theatre companies -- even selling shoes for a while on 42nd Street in the 1920s.
- January 1, 1
- Portland, Indiana, USA
- January 1, 1
- Laguna Beach, California, USA
Oct 14, 1993 · Leon Ames, a dapper character actor best known as a kindly father in film and television roles and the last surviving founder of the Screen Actors Guild, has died. He was 91. Ames died...
Oct 12, 1993 · 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 an American television and film actor known for his charming and dapper appearance, often sporting a luxurious mustache. He frequently portrayed father figures and is best remembered for his roles as Mr. Alonzo Smith, the father of Judy Garland's character in the colorful romantic musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), and as Mr ...
Oct 15, 1993 · Leon Ames, a character actor known for his fatherly roles and a founder of the Screen Actors Guild, died on Tuesday in a nursing home in Laguna Beach, Calif.
