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Oct 14, 1993 · Leon Ames, a dapper character actor best known as a kindly father in film and television roles and the last surviving founder of the Screen Actors Guild, has died. He was 91.
Oct 19, 1993 · Leon Waycoff (Leon Ames), actor, businessman; born Portland, Indiana 20 January 1902; married 1938 Christine Gossett (one son, one daughter); died Laguna Beach, California 12 October 1993.
Leon Ames was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing father figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949), On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).
Oct 11, 2021 · Ames was one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild in 1933 and became president of SAG in 1957. In 1980, Ames was the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In addition to his acting duties, in the sixties, Ames opened several Ford dealerships in California. Leon died in October of 1993 after having a stroke.
Leon Ames. Highest Rated: 100% Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Lowest Rated: 14% Any Number Can Play (1949) Birthday: Jan 20, 1902. Birthplace: Portland, Indiana, USA. Pleasant-looking, dapper, often ...
Jul 30, 2020 · Jul 30, 2020 08:00 A.M. Getting into the entertainment and film industry was not easy for Leon Ames. The actor, who died in October 1993, was best remembered for his role in “Mister Ed.”. Advertisement. Born Harry Wycoff in Portland, Indiana, Ames had always desired to become an actor.
Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. One of my indelible memories from 1950s television is of Leon Ames, on Life with Father, standing in the midst of a family catastrophe and exclaiming, "Oh, no!"
