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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: 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.
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.
Happy birthday Leon, born this day in Portland, Indiana. Leon's first movie was in 1932, he appeared in 119 films and 100+ TV episodes. His favorite genres were: drama, comedies and family-oriented films. He won a Lifetime Achievement award from SAG in 1981. His top rated films averaged 7.8 within the IMDb.
Jan 19, 2023 · Here are 10 things you should know about Leon Ames, born on January 20, 1902. Best remembered for MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944), he played a range of roles in many different genres on Broadway,...
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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).
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.
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...
Interview Leon Ames. Roger Ebert January 19, 1972. Tweet. 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.
