Leon Ames

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Leon Ames

Acting January 20, 1902

Portland, Indiana, USA

​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 fi…

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Bewitched

Bewitched

7.8 1964 TV Show
The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons

7.3 1975 TV Show
Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue Got Married

6.1 1986 Movie
The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

7.6 1960 TV Show
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

7.2 1970 Movie
The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

6.9 1962 TV Show
Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

7.0 1944 Movie
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
Emergency!

Emergency!

8.0 1972 TV Show
The Virginian

The Virginian

6.5 1962 TV Show
The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

7.0 1968 TV Show
The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

7.1 1946 Movie

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​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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1986
    Peggy Sue Got Married

    Movie Barney Alvorg

  2. 1986
    Jake Speed

    Movie Pop Winston

  3. 1983
    Testament

    Movie Henry Abhart

  4. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Henry Abhart

  5. 1979
    Just You and Me, Kid

    Movie Manduke the Magnificent

  6. 1979
    The Best Place to Be

    Movie William Callahan

  7. 1977
    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

    TV show Messenger

  8. 1977
    Claws

    Movie Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner

  9. 1976
    Sherlock Holmes in New York

    Movie Daniel Furman

  10. 1975
    Timber Tramps

    Movie Deacon

  11. 1975
    The Meal

    Movie Kroger

  12. 1975
    The Jeffersons

    TV show

  13. 1974
    That's Entertainment!

    Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)

  14. 1973
    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  15. 1972
    Brother of the Wind

    Movie

  16. 1972
    Hammersmith Is Out

    Movie General Sam Pembroke

More credits
  1. 1972
    Emergency!

    TV show

  2. 1971
    Toklat

    Movie Old Man

  3. 1970
    On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

    Movie Burt Clews

  4. 1970
    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Movie Frank Knox

  5. 1968
    The Name of the Game

    TV show

  6. 1966
    ABC Stage 67

    TV show Gray

  7. 1965
    The Monkey's Uncle

    Movie Judge Holmsby

  8. 1964
    Bewitched

    TV show

  9. 1964
    The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

    Movie Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas

  10. 1963
    Son of Flubber

    Movie Rufus Daggett

  11. 1962
    The Lucy Show

    TV show Colonel Anderson

  12. 1962
    The Beverly Hillbillies

    TV show Colonel Foxhall

  13. 1962
    The Virginian

    TV show Judge Fitzroy

  14. 1961
    Father of the Bride

    TV show Stanley Banks

  15. 1961
    The Absent-Minded Professor

    Movie Rufus Daggett

  16. 1961
    Mister Ed

    TV show Gordon Kirkwood

  17. 1960
    The Andy Griffith Show

    TV show Mr. Hampton

  18. 1960
    My Three Sons

    TV show

  19. 1960
    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    TV show Damon Carlisle

  20. 1960
    From the Terrace

    Movie Samuel Eaton

  21. 1957
    Peyton Place

    Movie Leslie Harrington

  22. 1957
    Panic!

    TV show

  23. 1956
    Engagement Party

    Movie Elliott Winston

  24. 1955
    Screen Director's Playhouse

    TV show Col. T. Jennings Parker - Pop