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Leon Ames
Known for: ActingFrom 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 54
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Frank Knox 
Battleground
as The Chaplain 
Little Women
as Father March 
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Barney Alvorg 
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Alonzo Smith 
Peyton Place
as Leslie Harrington 
Angel Face
as Fred Barrett 
Anchors Aweigh
as Admiral's Aide 
The Absent-Minded Professor
as Rufus Daggett 
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Kyle Sackett 
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Lieut. Jurika 
Let's Do It Again
as Chet Stuart 
Song of the Thin Man
as Mitchell Talbin 
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited) 
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Burt Clews 
They Were Expendable
as Major James Morton 
Son of Flubber
as Rufus Daggett 
Dial 1119
as Earl 
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Pierre Dupin 
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Edgar Draque 
On an Island with You
as Commander Harrisen 
Lady in the Lake
as Derace Kingsby 
Testament
as Henry Abhart 
Jake Speed
as Pop Winston 
Yolanda and the Thief
as Mr. Candle 
Scene of the Crime
as Capt. A.C. Forster 
A Date with Judy
as Lucien T. Pringle 
Cattle Drive
as Chester Graham, Sr. 
The Monkey's Uncle
as Judge Holmsby 
Son of Lassie
as Anton 
From the Terrace
as Samuel Eaton 
On Moonlight Bay
as George Winfield 
George Washington Slept Here
as Leon Ames (uncredited) 
The Velvet Touch
as Gordon Dunning 
Just You and Me, Kid
as Manduke the Magnificent 
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
as Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas 
Crisis
as Sam Proctor 
Suez
as Napoleon III - Emperor of France 
Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Buzz Moran 
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
as George Winfield 
Cipher Bureau
as Maj. Philip Waring 
Undercover Maisie
as Amor/Willis Farnes 
Reckless
as Ralph Watson 
Any Number Can Play
as Dr. Palmer 
Forgotten
as Louie Strauss 
Pilot X
as Carl Goering 
Parachute Jumper
as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited) 
Between Two Women
as Masters 
Watch the Birdie
as Grantland D. Farns 
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as John Stack 
The Big Hangover
as Carl Bellcap 
That's My Boy
as Al Williams 
Crime Doctor
as William Wheeler 
East Side Kids
as Pat O'Day