Leon Ames

Leon Ames
Born
Harry Leon Wycoff

(1902-01-20)January 20, 1902
DiedOctober 12, 1993(1993-10-12) (aged 91)
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
Other namesLeon Waycoff
OccupationActor
Years active1931–1986
Spouse
Christine Gossett
(m. 1938)
Children3
President of the Screen Actors Guild
In office
1957–1958
Preceded byWalter Pidgeon
Succeeded byHoward Keel

Leon Ames (born Harry Leon Wycoff;[1][2][3] January 20, 1902 – October 12, 1993) 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).

  1. ^ U.S. Federal Census for 1910 for Fowler, Center Township, Benton County, State of Indiana, access via Ancestry.com
  2. ^ "Costume Designers Guild Local IA 892 - CAREER ACHIEVEMENT". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  3. ^ Cameron-Wilson, James; Speed, F. Maurice (1994), Film Review 1994-5, Great Britain: Virgin Books, p. 162, ISBN 0-86369-842-5