​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

• 1986Jake Speed — Pop Winston
• 1986Peggy Sue Got Married — Barney Alvorg
• 1983Testament — Henry Abhart
• American Playhouse — Henry Abhart
• 1979Just You and Me, Kid — Manduke the Magnificent
• 1979The Best Place to Be — William Callahan
• 1977Claws — Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries — Messenger
• 1976Sherlock Holmes in New York — Daniel Furman
• The Jeffersons
• 1975The Meal — Kroger
• 1975Timber Tramps — Deacon
• 1974That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1972Brother of the Wind
• Emergency!
• 1972Hammersmith Is Out — General Sam Pembroke
• 1971Toklat — Old Man
• 1970On a Clear Day You Can See Forever — Burt Clews
• 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! — Frank Knox
• The Name of the Game
• ABC Stage 67 — Gray
• 1965The Monkey's Uncle — Judge Holmsby
• Bewitched
• 1964The Misadventures of Merlin Jones — Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas
• 1963Son of Flubber — Rufus Daggett
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Colonel Foxhall
• The Lucy Show — Colonel Anderson
• The Virginian — Judge Fitzroy
• Father of the Bride — Stanley Banks
• Mister Ed — Gordon Kirkwood
• 1961The Absent-Minded Professor — Rufus Daggett
• 1960From the Terrace — Samuel Eaton
• My Three Sons
• The Andy Griffith Show — Mr. Hampton
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — Damon Carlisle
• Panic!
• 1957Peyton Place — Leslie Harrington
• 1956Engagement Party — Elliott Winston
• MGM Parade
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Col. T. Jennings Parker - Pop
• The Wonderful World of Disney — President Rufus Daggett (archive footage)
• 1953Angel Face — Fred Barrett
• 1953By the Light of the Silvery Moon — George Winfield
• General Electric Theater — Dr. Butolph, Malcolm Fownes
• 1953Let's Do It Again — Chet Stuart
• Life With Father
• 1953Sabre Jet — Lt. Col. Eckert
• 1951Cattle Drive — Chester Graham, Sr.
• 1951It's a Big Country — Secret Service Man
• 1951On Moonlight Bay — George Winfield
• 1950Ambush — Maj. C.E. Breverly
• 1950Crisis — Sam Proctor
• 1950Dial 1119 — Earl
• Lux Video Theatre — Michael J. O'Connor, Adam
• 1950The Big Hangover — Carl Bellcap
• 1950The Happy Years — Sr. Samuel H. Stover
• 1950The Skipper Surprised His Wife — Dr. Philip Abbott
• 1950Watch the Birdie — Grantland D. Farns
• 1949Any Number Can Play — Dr. Palmer
• 1949Battleground — The Chaplain
• 1949Little Women — Father March
• 1949Scene of the Crime — Capt. A.C. Forster
• 1948A Date with Judy — Lucien T. Pringle
• 1948Alias a Gentleman — Matt Enley
• 1948On an Island with You — Commander Harrisen
• Studio One — Cyrus Walker
• 1948The Velvet Touch — Gordon Dunning
• 1947Merton of the Movies — Lawrence Rupert
• 1947Song of the Thin Man — Mitchell Talbin
• 1947The Amazing Mr. Nordill — Everett Nordill aka Everton
• 1947Undercover Maisie — Amor/Willis Farnes
• 1946Lady in the Lake — Derace Kingsby
• 1946No Leave, No Love — Colonel Elliott
• 1946The Cockeyed Miracle — Ralph Humphrey
• 1946The Postman Always Rings Twice — Kyle Sackett
• 1946The Show-Off — Frank Harlin
• 1945Anchors Aweigh — Admiral's Aide
• 1945Between Two Women — Masters
• 1945Fall Guy — Floyd Parkson
• 1945Son of Lassie — Anton
• 1945The Great Morgan — K. F.
• 1945They Were Expendable — Major James Morton
• 1945Week-End at the Waldorf — Henry Burton
• 1945Yolanda and the Thief — Mr. Candle
• 1944Meet Me in St. Louis — Alonzo Smith
• 1944The Thin Man Goes Home — Edgar Draque
• 1944Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo — Lieut. Jurika
• 1943Crime Doctor — William Wheeler
• 1943The Iron Major — Robert 'Bob' Stewart
• 1942George Washington Slept Here — Leon Ames (uncredited)
• 1941Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring — John Stack
• 1941No Greater Sin — Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
• 1940East Side Kids — Pat O'Day
• 1939Blackwell's Island — Ballinger (uncredited)
• 1939Calling All Marines — Murdock
• 1939Code of the Streets — 'Chick' Foster
• 1939Fugitive at Large — Carter
• 1939Help Wanted — J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner
• 1939I Was a Convict — Jackson
• 1939Legion of Lost Flyers — Smythe
• 1939Mr. Moto in Danger Island — Commissioner Madero
• 1939Pack Up Your Troubles — Adjutant
• 1939Panama Patrol — Maj. Phillip Waring
• 1939Risky Business — Hinge Jackson
• 1939The Marshal Of Mesa City — Sheriff Jud Cronin
• 1939Thunder Afloat — Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
• 1938Bluebeard's 8th Wife — Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
• 1938Cipher Bureau — Maj. Philip Waring
• 1938Come On, Leathernecks! — Otto Wagner / Baroni
• 1938International Settlement — Monte Silver
• 1938Island in the Sky — Marty Butler
• 1938Mysterious Mr. Moto — Paul Brissac
• 1938Secrets of a Nurse — Joe Largo
• 1938Strange Faces — Joe Gurney
• 1938Suez — Napoleon III - Emperor of France
• 1938The Spy Ring — Frank Denton
• 1938Walking Down Broadway — Frank Gatty
• 193745 Fathers — Vincent
• 1937Charlie Chan on Broadway — Buzz Moran
• 1937Dangerously Yours — Phil
• 1937Murder in Greenwich Village — Rodney Hunter
• 1937Soak the Poor — Special Investigator Stanton
• 1937Song of Revolt — Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
• 1936Pilot X — Carl Goering
• 1935Get That Man — Don Clayton / McDonald
• 1935Mutiny Ahead — McMurtrie
• 1935Reckless — Ralph Watson
• 1935Rescue Squad — Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)
• 1935Strangers All — Frank Walker
• 1934I'll Tell the World — Spud Marshall
• 1934Now I'll Tell — Max (as Leon Waycoff)
• 1933Alimony Madness — John Thurman
• 1933Forgotten — Louie Strauss
• 1933Only Yesterday — Lee (Uncredited)
• 1933Parachute Jumper — Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)
• 1933Ship of Wanted Men — John Holden
• 1933The Man Who Dared — Yosef Novak
• 1932A Successful Calamity — Barney Davis
• 1932Cannonball Express — Jack Logan
• 1932Murders in the Rue Morgue — Pierre Dupin
• 1932Stowaway — Tommy
• 1932That's My Boy — Al Williams
• 1932The Famous Ferguson Case — Judd Brooks
• 1932Uptown New York — Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)
• 1931Quick Millions — Hood

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli — Self (archive footage)