Leon Ames

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character actor film actor human stage actor television actor

Leon Ames was an American character actor best known for his prolific film and television career from the 1930s through the 1970s, often portraying dignified fathers, professionals, and authority figures.

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Label Occurrences
Leon Ames canonical 13

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf character actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
birthName Harry Leon Wycoff ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
characterTypePortrayed authority figures ⓘ
dignified fathers ⓘ
professionals ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-01-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-10-12 ⓘ
employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
gender male ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Screen Actors Guild ⓘ
name Leon Ames self-link ⓘ
notableWork By the Light of the Silvery Moon ⓘ
Father of the Bride ⓘ
surface form: Father of the Bride (1950 film)

Life with Father (TV series) ⓘ
Little Women (1949 film) ⓘ
Meet Me in St. Louis ⓘ
On Moonlight Bay ⓘ
Peyton Place ⓘ
surface form: Peyton Place (TV series)

Son of Flubber ⓘ
The Absent-Minded Professor ⓘ
The Postman Always Rings Twice ⓘ
surface form: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)
numberOfChildren 1 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Portland, Indiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Laguna Beach ⓘ
surface form: Laguna Beach, California, United States
positionHeld president of the Screen Actors Guild ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedIn United States Army ⓘ
spouse Christine Gossett ⓘ
workedWith Elizabeth Taylor ⓘ
Judy Garland ⓘ
Margaret O'Brien ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ

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Meet Me in St. Louis → castMember → Leon Ames ⓘ
Yolanda and the Thief → starring → Leon Ames ⓘ
film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" → stars → Leon Ames ⓘ
subject surface form: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
The Postman Always Rings Twice → starring → Leon Ames ⓘ
subject surface form: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)
Leon Ames → name → Leon Ames self-link ⓘ
Mr. Alonzo Smith → portrayedBy → Leon Ames ⓘ
By the Light of the Silvery Moon → starring → Leon Ames ⓘ
On Moonlight Bay → starring → Leon Ames ⓘ
Peyton Place → starredActor → Leon Ames ⓘ
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → Leon Ames ⓘ
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones → starring → Leon Ames ⓘ
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones → featuresActor → Leon Ames ⓘ
The Monkey’s Uncle → starring → Leon Ames ⓘ