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Leon Ames (born Harry Leon Wycoff; [ 1][ 2][ 3] 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.
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.
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...
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.
Pleasant-looking, dapper, often mustachioed character actor best known for his paternal roles and a wide variety of professional types. Ames, who early in his career used the surname of "Waycoff," made his screen debut as the romantic hero in Robert Florey's striking horror film, "Murders in the...
Interview Leon Ames. One of my indelible memories from 1950s television is of Leon Ames, on Life with Father, standing in the midst of a family catastrophe and exclaiming, "Oh, no!" Now the trouble with that line is that it doesn't look like much in print.
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 (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).
Jun 6, 2023 · Leon Ames was an American actor known for his work in Hollywood during the Golden Age of cinema. He appeared in over 150 films, including classics such as