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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. Soundtrack. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 3:13. From the Terrace (1960) 18 Videos. 67 Photos. Leon Ames was born Harry Wycoff in Portland, Indiana, to Cora Alice (DeMoss) and Charles Elmer Wycoff.
- 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 Tuesday...
Leon Ames, a veteran actor and founding member and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, has died at the age of 91, it was reported Thursday.
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 was a Screen Actors Guild institution and treasure, named "President emeritus" from 1979 until his 1993 death. He served but a single year as President (1957-58) but his total tenure as an elected officer and Board member stretched unbroken from 1945 to 1979.
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Oct 19, 1993 · DESPITE having played a wide variety of roles in over a hundred films, Leon Ames is best remembered as the permanently harried father in the classic movie musical Meet Me in St Louis (1944)....
