Leon Tyler
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Leon Tyler.
Born: June 16, 1932
Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Known For
The Jack Benny Program
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
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 Ford Television Theatre
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Ransom!
A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.
People Will Talk
A successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy by her ex, a military reservist killed in action.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.
Juvenile Jungle
Planned kidnapping goes awry when gang leader falls for the victim.
Mr. Soft Touch
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
The Seventh Cross
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to freedom in Holland.
The Moon Is Down
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
Filmography
as Leon
as Humphrey Hacker (uncredited)
as Orderly (uncredited)
as Jimmie Branscomb
as Bonzo the Clown
as Ballpark Usher
as Teenager in Car (uncredited)
as Aloysius Pentigrouch
as TV Assistant Director (uncredited)
as Horace Speckleton
as Freddie Beacham (uncredited)
as John Davis
as Soldier
as Boy Actor (uncredited)
as Tommy Wayne
as Jack
as David McKenzie
as Student (uncredited)
as Student (uncredited)
as Bookish Student (uncredited)
as The Western Union Boy
as Edward "Puffy" Ellis
as Percentage (Uncredited)
as Robbie Matthews
as Ross
as Arne
as Lefty
as Tattletale
as Junior
as Boy (Uncredited)
as Fritz / Hitler Youth (uncredited)
as Karl
as Boy (uncredited)
as Flip
as Tailor's Little Boy
as Gerald (uncredited)
as Dick
as Clarence Mitchell (uncredited)
as Kid