Leon Ames

Also known as Harry Wycoff, Leon Waycoff

American actor (1902-1993)

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Portland, Indiana, USA

From 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…

Known for

Jake Speed — Pop Winston1986
Peggy Sue Got Married — Barney Alvorg1986
Testament — Henry Abhart1983
American Playhouse — Henry Abhart1982
Just You and Me, Kid — Manduke the Magnificent1979
The Best Place to Be — William Callahan1979
Claws — Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries — Messenger1977
Sherlock Holmes in New York — Daniel Furman1976
The Meal — Kroger1975

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Type: Group
Origin: United States
Active from: 1948
Active to: 1963

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Discography

The Amazing Ames Brothers
Sing a Song of Christmas1950
Sentimental Me / Rag Mop1950
No Moon At All / Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me1952
The Ames Brothers1956
There'll Always Be A Christmas1957
Destination Moon1958
Destination Moon1958
Hello Amigos1960
Sing the Best of the Bands1960

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Total plays: 7

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Harry
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Portland
Place of death: Laguna Beach
Occupation: film actor
Political party: Republican Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
Field of work: acting
Image: Leon Ames (1902-1993) portrait in 1950.jpg
Number of children: 3

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start of work period: 1931-00-00
end of work period: 1986-00-00
birth name: Harry Wycoff
pseudonym: Leon Ames
place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Commons category: Leon Ames
date of birth: 1902-01-20
date of death: 1993-10-12
cause of death: stroke
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Leon Ames
writing language: English language

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