Leon AmesLeon Ames (January 20, 1902 - October 12, 1993), born Leon Waycoff, was an American film actor born in Portland, Indiana. He is most widely remembered for playing a number of fatherly figures in such titles as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949), and the 1950s sitcom Life with Father, but also appeared in notable roles in Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) and Peyton Place (1957). His last role was as Kathleen Turner's grandfather in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). He served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, of which he was one of the founding members, from 1957 to 1958. Ames died in Laguna Beach, California of a stroke. This page about Leon Ames includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Leon Ames News stories about Leon Ames External links for Leon Ames Videos for Leon Ames Wikis about Leon Ames Discussion Groups about Leon Ames Blogs about Leon Ames Images of Leon Ames |
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Ames died in Laguna Beach, California of a stroke. He died in Santa Monica, California and was interred there in the Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery. He served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, of which he was one of the founding members, from 1957 to 1958. In 1942 he left Hollywood to be a rancher. His last role was as Kathleen Turner's grandfather in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). Deeds Goes to Town, Angels With Dirty Faces and Stagecoach. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949), and the 1950s sitcom Life with Father, but also appeared in notable roles in Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) and Peyton Place (1957). By 1934 he had slipped to being a supporting actor, although as in such classics as Mr. He is most widely remembered for playing a number of fatherly figures in such titles as Meet Me in St. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for Thunderbolt. Leon Ames (January 20, 1902 - October 12, 1993), born Leon Waycoff, was an American film actor born in Portland, Indiana. Bancroft's first starring role was in Pony Express (1925), and the next year in Old Ironsides, but he went from historical pictures to the gritty world of the underground in such films as Underworld (1927) and Docks of New York (1928). Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy, but left the Navy to become one of the top Hollywood stars of the 1920s. George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 - October 2, 1956) was an American actor. |