Leon Ames

(1902-1993)

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Leon Ames (born Harry Wycoff; January 20, 1902 – October 12, 1993) 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) with Judy Garland as one of his daughters, Little Women (1949), On Moonlight Bay (1951), and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). The fathers whom Ames portrayed were often somewhat stuffy and exasperated by the younger generation, but ultimately kind and understanding. Probably his best-known purely dramatic role was as DA Kyle Sackett in the crime film The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946).

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Born	Leon Waycoff 20 January 1902 Portland, Indiana, USA
Died	12 October 1993 (aged 91) Laguna Beach, California, USA
Zodiac	Capricorn
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Christine Gossett 1912-2005 · · m. 1938 info edit

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Shelley info 1st child with Christine Gossett Female · - · Celebrity Baby

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