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).

Leon Ames. Actor: Peggy Sue Got Married. Leon Ames was born Harry Wycoff in Portland, Indiana, to Cora Alice (DeMoss) and Charles Elmer Wycoff. He had always wanted to be an actor and he did it the hard way, serving a long apprenticeship in touring amateur theatre companies -- even selling shoes for a while on 42nd Street in the 1920s.

Jul 30, 2020 · Getting into the entertainment and film industry was not easy for Leon Ames. The actor, who died in October 1993, was best remembered for his role in “Mister Ed.” Born Harry Wycoff in Portland, Indiana, Ames had always desired to become an actor.

Leon Ames (born Harry L. Wycoff; [1] [2] [3] January 20, 1902 – October 12, 1993) was an American movie and television actor. He was known for his roles in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), Little Women (1949), On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).

Leon Ames was an American television and film actor known for his charming and dapper appearance, often sporting a luxurious mustache. He frequently portrayed father figures and is best remembered for his roles as Mr. Alonzo Smith, the father of Judy Garland's character in the colorful romantic musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), and as Mr ...

Oct 14, 1993 · Leon Ames, a dapper character actor best known as a kindly father in film and television roles and the last surviving founder of the Screen Actors Guild, has died. He...

Oct 19, 1993 · DESPITE having played a wide variety of roles in over a hundred films, Leon Ames is best remembered as the permanently harried father in the classic movie musical Meet Me in St...

Leon Ames (born Harry Leon Wycoff; 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).

Leon was a Screen Actors Guild institution and treasure, named "President emeritus" from 1979 until his 1993 death. He served but a single year as President (1957-58) but his total tenure as an elected officer and Board member stretched unbroken from 1945 to 1979.

Oct 15, 1993 · Leon Ames, a character actor known for his fatherly roles and a founder of the Screen Actors Guild, died on Tuesday in a nursing home in Laguna Beach, Calif.