Leon Ames

American actor (1902-1993)

Leon Ames 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). His best-known dramatic role may have been in the crime film The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946).

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 25 films (1931–1960) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 12 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1931	Quick Millions	Fox Film Corporation	72 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1932	MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE.	Universal Pictures Corp.	6 reels		B&W
1932	THE FAMOUS FERGUSON CASE.	First National Pictures Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1933	ONLY YESTERDAY.	Universal Pictures Corp.	11 reels.		B&W
1937	DANGEROUSLY YOURS.	Fox Film Corp	62 min		B&W
1937	Death in the air.	Elmer Clifton		16mm	B&W	sound
1938	Bluebeard's eighth wife	Inc.: Publisher	12000	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	CIPHER BUREAU.	Fine Arts Pictures	7 reels		B&W
1938	Island in the Sky	Herbert I. Leeds			B&W
1938	SECRETS OF A NURSE.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1938	STRANGE FACES.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1939	LEGION OF LOST FLYERS.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1940	East Side Kids.	Robert F. Hill	7 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1943	The Iron Major.	Ray Enright	85 min.		B&W
1944	Meet me in St. Louis	Films inc.	113 mi	16mm	Color	sound
1945	Anchors aweigh	George Sidney	0:12:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1945	Yolanda And The Thief.	Vincente Minnelli	12 reels	35mm	Color	sound
1947	The Beginning Or The End.	Norman Taurog	112 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1948	A Date With Judy.	Richard Thorpe	113 min	35mm	Color	sound
1948	On An Island With You.	Richard Thorpe	107 min	35mm	Color	sound
1950	Screen Actors ▶	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	8:42	16mm	B&W	sound
1950	The Big Hangover.	Loew's Inc.	82 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1950	Watch the birdie	Jack Donohue	71 min		B&W
1957	Peyton Place.	Jerry Wald Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.	157 min	35mm	Color	sound
1960	From The Terrace.	Linebrook & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.	149 min	35mm	Color	sound