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Leon Alton
New York, USA
Leon Alton enjoyed a career on stage, screen, and television starting in the 1920s and lasting until the late 1970s. In the 1930s he started out on the Broadway stage appearing i…
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Leon Alton enjoyed a career on stage, screen, and television starting in the 1920s and lasting until the late 1970s. In the 1930s he started out on the Broadway stage appearing in various musicals which lasted until the early 1940s. Then like many Broadway actors and dancers, he seemingly drifted his way to Hollywood where he was able to use his talents as a dancer to appear in many party scenes in a suit dancing in some of the most well known films. Like many dancers though, that was only part of their work as they could not survive on musicals alone and by the mid 1950s musicals started to lose their popularity so he had to find work elsewhere He was never unemployed long. Alton's appearance was ideal for bankers, or distinguished townsman, or whatever was needed. By the late 1950s, he was able to secure some roles in which he received screen credit in shows like Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, and Lock-Up all while still appearing at the usual party scenes or the social gatherings. By the 1960s his career was still going strong as he still found work in the usual places and managed to appear in several well known movies like True Grit, The Cheyenne Social Club, and Airport and appearing in most of the well known television shows of the time. His career wound down by the 1970s and while his name won't garner the attention or recognition to film audiences of today, most casting directors could tell you it was a name that should be respected and could be depended on.
Filmography
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1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Movie Executive (uncredited)
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1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)
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1971
Columbo
TV show Theatre Patron (uncredited)
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1970
The Partridge Family
TV show Audience Member (uncredited)
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1970
The Cheyenne Social Club
Movie Barfly (uncredited)
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1970
Watermelon Man
Movie Pedestrian (uncredited)
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1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie Official (uncredited)
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1969
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Movie Collingsgood Associate (uncredited)
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1969
The Love God?
Movie Club Patron (uncredited)
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1969
True Grit
Movie Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
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1969
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Movie Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)
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1969
Sweet Charity
Movie Dancer (uncredited)
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1968
The Love Bug
Movie Official (uncredited)
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1968
Hellfighters
Movie Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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1968
Funny Girl
Movie Audience Member (uncredited)
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1968
Star!
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
More credits
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1968
Never a Dull Moment
Movie Exhibit Guest (uncredited)
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1968
Yours, Mine and Ours
Movie Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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1968
Blackbeard's Ghost
Movie Auction Guest
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1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Movie Bartender (uncredited)
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1967
Banning
Movie Club Member (uncredited)
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1967
Cimarron Strip
TV show Barfly (uncredited)
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1967
Divorce American Style
Movie Bank Officer (uncredited)
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1967
Warning Shot
Movie
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1966
Batman
Movie Official (uncredited)
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1966
Our Man Flint
Movie Military Officer at Meeting (uncredited)
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1966
Batman
TV show Party Guest (uncredited)
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1965
Do Not Disturb
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
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1965
The Cincinnati Kid
Movie Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
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1965
Get Smart
TV show Chief (uncredited)
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1965
Ship of Fools
Movie Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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1965
The Great Race
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
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1965
Brainstorm
Movie Spectator (uncredited)
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1965
Two on a Guillotine
Movie Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)
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1964
Youngblood Hawke
Movie Man With Newspapers (uncredited)
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1964
Kisses for My President
Movie Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)
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1964
Looking for Love
Movie Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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1964
Marnie
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
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1964
What a Way to Go!
Movie Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
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1964
The Best Man
Movie Russell Supporter (uncredited)
