Leon Ames
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: January 20, 1902
Place of Birth: Portland, Indiana, USA
Known For
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1961-62 season. Produced by MGM Television, the series was based on the 1950 film of the same title. Cast members include Leon Ames as the father of the bride, Ruth Warrick as the mother, and Myrna Fahey as the bride.
Fall Guy
Part of the Crime Does Not Pay short series.
Undercover Maisie
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
The Marshal Of Mesa City
A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.
Bewitched
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
Emergency!
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
The Happy Years
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible student. He gets into one situation after another and incurs the dislike of his classmates, who think he is cowardly but he changes their opinion when he challenges several of them to a fight. When he returns home for the summer, he meets Miss Dolly Travers and increases his 'hatred of women' because she does not accept his schoolboy pranks. Back at school, in the fall, he is more difficult than ever until his philosophy is changed by a teacher.
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
That's Entertainment!
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
Filmography
as Barney Alvorg
as Pop Winston
as Henry Abhart
as Manduke the Magnificent
as William Callahan
as Messenger
as Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner
as Daniel Furman
as Deacon
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as General Sam Pembroke
as Old Man
as Burt Clews
as Frank Knox
as Gray
as Judge Holmsby
as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas
as Rufus Daggett
as Colonel Anderson
as Colonel Foxhall
as Judge Fitzroy
as Stanley Banks
as Rufus Daggett
as Gordon Kirkwood
as Mr. Hampton
as Damon Carlisle
as Samuel Eaton
as Leslie Harrington
as Col. T. Jennings Parker - Pop
as President Rufus Daggett (archive footage)
as Lt. Col. Eckert
as Chet Stuart
as George Winfield
as Dr. Butolph
as Malcolm Fownes
as Fred Barrett
as Secret Service Man
as Chester Graham, Sr.
as George Winfield
as Grantland D. Farns
as Earl
as Sr. Samuel H. Stover
as Sam Proctor
as Dr. Philip Abbott
as Carl Bellcap
as Maj. C.E. Breverly
as The Chaplain
as Capt. A.C. Forster
as Dr. Palmer
as Father March
as Cyrus Walker
as Lucien T. Pringle
as Gordon Dunning
as Commander Harrison
as Matt Enley
as Lawrence Rupert
as Mitchell Talbin
as Amor/Willis Farnes
as Derace Kingsby
as Frank Harlin
as Ralph Humphrey
as Kyle Sackett
as Colonel Elliott
as Major James Morton
as Mr. Candle
as Henry Burton
as Admiral's Aide
as Anton
as Floyd Parkson
as Masters
as K. F.
as Edgar Draque
as Alonzo Smith
as Lieut. Jurika
as Robert 'Bob' Stewart
as William Wheeler
as Leon Ames (uncredited)
as John Stack
as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
as Pat O'Day
as Carter
as Sheriff Jud Cronin
as Smythe
as Adjutant
as Murdock
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
as J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner
as 'Chick' Foster
as Commissioner Madero
as Maj. Phillip Waring
as Hinge Jackson
as Ballinger (uncredited)
as Joe Largo
as Napoleon III - Emperor of France
as Maj. Philip Waring
as Paul Brissac
as Otto Wagner / Baroni
as Marty Butler
as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited)
as Frank Gatty
as Monte Silver
as Frank Denton
as Vincent
as Rodney Hunter
as Buzz Moran
as Phil
as Special Investigator Stanton
as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
as Carl Goering
as Don Clayton / McDonald
as Lester Vaughn (as Leon Waycoff)
as Ralph Watson
as Frank Walker
as McMurtrie
as Max (as Leon Waycoff)
as Spud Marshall
as Lee (Uncredited)
as John Holden
as Yosef Novak
as John Thurman
as Louie Strauss
as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)
as Max Silver (as Leon Waycoff)
as Al Williams
as Barney Davis
as Judd Brooks
as Tommy
as Pierre Dupin
as Hood