Leon Ames (January 20, 1903 – October 12, 1993) was an American film and television actor.
Ames was born Leon Wycoff in Portland, Indiana to Russian immigrants. He is most widely remembered for playing a number of fatherly figures in such titles as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and Little Women (1949).
He also appeared in notable roles in Quick Millions (1931), Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), The Velvet Touc...
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Leon Ames (January 20, 1903 – October 12, 1993) was an American film and television actor.
Ames was born Leon Wycoff in Portland, Indiana to Russian immigrants. He is most widely remembered for playing a number of fatherly figures in such titles as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and Little Women (1949).
He also appeared in notable roles in Quick Millions (1931), Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), The Velvet Touch (1947), A Date with Judy (1948), the Doris Day-Gordon MacRae film On Moonlight Bay (1951) and its sequel, By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and Peyton Place (1957). Other television roles included lead roles in the television adaptations of Life With Father (1953-55) and Father of the Bride (1961-62), and as Mr. Ed's neighbor, Gordon "The Colonel" Kirkwood (1961-66). He also appeared in the NBC anthology series, The Barbara Stanwyck Show.
He is also notable as one of the performers who founded the Screen Actors Guild in 1933.
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