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Leon Ames

Highest Rated:: 100% On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Lowest Rated:: 33% Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

Birthday:: Jan 20, 1902
Birthplace:: Not Available
Bio:: Hollywood's favorite "dear old dad," Leon Ames began his stage career as a sleek, dreamy-eyed matinee idol in 1925. He was still billing himself under his real name, Leon Waycoff, when he entered films in 1931. His best early leading role was as the poet-hero of the stylish terror piece Murders in…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 33% - 100%

Number of Movies: 70

Box Office Since 2001: --

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
1987		Deadly Encounter	Actor	--
1986		Jake Speed	Pop	--
1986	88%	Peggy Sue Got Married	Barney Alvorg	--
1983	83%	Testament	Henry Abhart	--
1979		Just You and Me, Kid	Manduke the Magnificent	--
1977		Claws (Devil Bear)	Commissioner	--
1976		Sherlock Holmes in New York	Actor	--
1975		The Timber Tramps	Actor	--
1973		Timber Tramps	Actor	--
1972	40%	Hammersmith is Out	Gen Sam Pembroke	--
1970	65%	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Frank Knox	--
1970	100%	On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	Clews	--
1965		The Monkey's Uncle	Judge Holmsby	--
1964		The Misadventures of Merlin Jones	Judge Holmby	--
1963	86%	Son of Flubber	President Rufus Daggett	--
1961	81%	The Absent-Minded Professor	Rufus Daggett	--
1960	38%	From the Terrace	Samuel Eaton	--
1957	60%	Peyton Place	Harrington	--
1953	80%	Angel Face	Fred Barrett	--
1953		By the Light of the Silvery Moon	George Winfield	--
1953		Sabre Jet	Lt. Col. Eckert	--
1953		Let's Do It Again	Chet Stuart	--
1951	100%	On Moonlight Bay	George Winfield	--
1951		Cattle Drive	Mr. Graham	--
1950		Dial 1119 (The Violent Hour)	Actor	--
1950		Watch The Birdie	Grantland D. Farns	--
1950	60%	Big Hangover	Carl Bellcap	--
1950		Ambush	Maj. Beverly	--
1950		It's a Big Country	Secret Service Operative	--
1949		Scene of the Crime	Capt. A.C. Forster	--
1949		Any Number Can Play	Dr. Palmer	--
1949	83%	Little Women	Mr. March	--
1949	100%	Battleground	The Chaplain	--
1948		The Velvet Touch	Gordon Dunning	--
1948	50%	A Date With Judy	Lucien T. Pringle	--
1948		On an Island with You	Commander Harrisen	--
1947	80%	Song of the Thin Man	Mitchell Talbin	--
1947		Merton of the Movies	Lawrence Rupert	--
1946		Show Off	Actor	--
1946	60%	Lady in the Lake	Derace Kingsby	--
1946	95%	The Postman Always Rings Twice	Kyle Sackett	--
1945	88%	They Were Expendable	Maj. James Morton	--
1945		Week-End at the Waldorf (Weekend at the Waldorf)	Henry Burton	--
1945	80%	Yolanda and the Thief	Mr. Candle	--
1945		Son of Lassie	Anton	--
1945	67%	Anchors Aweigh	Commander	--
1944	100%	Meet Me In St. Louis	Mr. Alonzo Smith	--
1944	60%	The Thin Man Goes Home	Edgar Draque	--
1944	100%	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	Lt. Cmdr. Jurika	--
1943		Crime Doctor	Capt. Wheeler	--
1943		The Iron Major	Robert Stewart	--
1941		No Greater Sin (Social Enemy No. 1)	Dr. Cavanagh	--
1940		East Side Kids	Pat O'Day	--
1939		Mr. Moto in Danger Island	Commissioner Madero	--
1939		Panama Patrol	Actor	--
1939		Panama Patrol	Lt. Phillip Waring	--
1939		Man of Conquest	John Hoskins	--
1938		Mysterious Mr. Moto	Paul Brissac	--
1938		Suez	Louis Napoleon	--
1938	33%	Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	Ex-Chauffeur	--
1937		Charlie Chan on Broadway	Buzz Moran	--
1936		Pilot X: Murder in the Sky	Actor	--
1935		Mutiny Head	Actor	--
1935		Mutiny Ahead	Actor	--
1935		Get That Man!	Actor	--
1934		Now I'll Tell	Mac	--
1934		The Count of Monte Cristo	Actor	--
1932		That's My Boy	Al Williams	--
1932		Thirteen Women	Actor	--
1931		Quick Millions	Hood	--