Leon Ames
Birthday: 1902-01-20
Place of Birth: Portland, Indiana, USA
Biography: 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 Wikipedia.
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Meet Me in St. Louis
A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 19...
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Lady in the Lake
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But whe...
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Angel Face
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayn...
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos ...
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East Side Kids
After living all his childhood in the street, a young boy rapidly notices that crime doesn't pay, le...
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Battleground
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged ...
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Secrets of a Nurse
This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. Th...
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke ...
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Just You and Me, Kid
George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Bro...
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband....
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Sherlock Holmes in New York
An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing ...
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Fugitive at Large
George Storm is a reputable construction engineer but his life changes the moment a bandit trio hold...
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Murders in the Rue Morgue
In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to...
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The Velvet Touch
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt....
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On Moonlight Bay
The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begi...
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Dial 1119
A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution. Intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testi...
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Mysterious Mr. Moto
The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard....
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Song of the Thin Man
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club....
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The Thin Man Goes Home
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation....
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From the Terrace
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his m...
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The Iron Major
William 'Frank' Cavanaugh is a top football coach who gave up his career to enter WWI where he becam...
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On an Island with You
A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made ...
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Peyton Place
In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tr...
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Yolanda and the Thief
Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, h...
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Scene of the Crime
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activ...
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Charlie Chan on Broadway
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former...
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a ...
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The Absent-Minded Professor
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible mate...
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Pilot X
Aircraft are being shot down by a large black plane with a big "X" painted on the wing. The chief su...
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They Were Expendable
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat...
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Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
The benefactor of the Stack Memorial Hospital dies after an operation. Ellery Queen investigates whe...
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Crisis
An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South ...
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War...
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Rescue Squad
An independently wealthy collector of objets d'art tries to influence an artist's model away from m...
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Crime Doctor
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to bec...
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It's a Big Country
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American prop...
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel mark...
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Week-End at the Waldorf
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a w...
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A Date with Judy
Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance...
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Thunder Afloat
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I....
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Sabre Jet
The story of jet pilots flying over Korea by day, from their Itazuke Air Base in Japan, and of their...
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Any Number Can Play
When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend mo...
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Merton of the Movies
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studio...
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The Happy Years
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at...
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Toklat
A poor old mountain man returns to the wild Oregon countryside to find a grizzly bear he named Tokla...
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The Meal
A rich Florida woman (Dina Merrill) invites big shots to a banquet, then watches with a friend (Carl...
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Cattle Drive
The spoilt young son of a wealthy railroad owner manages to get himself lost in the middle of nowher...
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The Cockeyed Miracle
A 60-ish Maine shipbuilder (Frank Morgan) and his 30-ish father (Keenan Wynn) provide for their fami...
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Soak the Poor
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and...
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Island in the Sky
A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attor...
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Now I'll Tell
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love ...
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Uptown New York
Jack Oakie plays Eddie Doyle, a gumball machine salesman who marries Pat Smith (Shirley Grey) knowin...
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The Great Morgan
Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by...
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Strangers All
Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children....
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Brother of the Wind
A man raises four wolf pups, hoping to release them back into the wild....
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Let's Do It Again
Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alle...
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Undercover Maisie
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on th...
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Engagement Party
Fresh from "business college" a young man learns a little about relationships and a lot about "S &am...
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Claws
A grizzly bear who is wounded by three hunters in one year goes on a killing spree in the woods, tak...
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International Settlement
In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers...
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Get That Man
Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the mur...
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Pack Up Your Troubles
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines....
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The Big Hangover
A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is all...
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The Amazing Mr. Nordill
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the gentlemanly life and masterful counterf...
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Panama Patrol
A U.S. agent attempts to track down a spy ring working to destroy the Panama Canal....
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Reckless
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire....
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No Greater Sin
The dangers of the dread venereal disease syphilis are depicted in this earnest drama from the 1940s...
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The Monkey's Uncle
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, t...
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Anchors Aweigh
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affai...
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Suez
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and...
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Forgotten
Papa Strauss, a widower, is being shifted around from one married-son's home to the other, and is un...
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Risky Business
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been...
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Alias a Gentleman
Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters....
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Parachute Jumper
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depr...
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Jake Speed
Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. ...
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I'll Tell the World
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. Mo...
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Help Wanted
A temporary laborer who helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket...
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That's Entertainment!
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year hi...
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The Famous Ferguson Case
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following e...
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Testament
It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, new...
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The Marshal Of Mesa City
A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption....
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Ship of Wanted Men
A shipful of fugitives from justice pulls up on a Pacific Island where there are no extradition laws...
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Calling All Marines
Gang members Blackie Cross and Snooker try to pick up Judy Fox and her friend Pat as they welcome ho...
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The Man Who Dared
An "imaginative biography" of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire duri...
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Dangerously Yours
A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York...
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No Leave, No Love
A soldier returns with his pal from fighting in the Pacific during World War II only to discover his...
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Cipher Bureau
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gan...
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The Show-Off
Chaos is brought to a family when daughter marries a brash young man met on a blind date....
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Come On, Leathernecks!
The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and joi...
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I Was a Convict
In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he become...
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Code of the Streets
Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and Yap....
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Legion of Lost Flyers
A group of pilots, because of unsavory or unearned reputations, establish an outpost squadron of the...
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Peggy Sue Got Married
At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, befor...
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Quick Millions
A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally ...
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Son of Lassie
Laddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mother...
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Hammersmith Is Out
The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a...
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A Successful Calamity
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wil...
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Son of Flubber
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of ...
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The Spy Ring
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when ...
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George Washington Slept Here
New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Conn...
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Stowaway
On her first night as a dockside dancer, Mary Foster loses her job when she tries to fend of the adv...
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Walking Down Broadway
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway prod...
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Murder in Greenwich Village
A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pu...
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Song of Revolt
This MGM Tabloid Musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem, "La Marseillaise", c...
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Mutiny Ahead
A wealthy playboy winds up getting himself involved with mobsters and a search for buried treasure....
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The Best Place to Be
A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill...
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That's My Boy
Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern Califo...
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Only Yesterday
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a...
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers,...
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Timber Tramps
A tough, hard-drinking Alaska logging foreman likes fighting only slightly less than working....
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret ...
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45 Fathers
An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them. She s...
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