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Leon Ames
1902–1993 · Actor
Biography
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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).
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Notable Noir Roles
The Postman Always Rings Twice
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — sh…
A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution. Intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, he holds the patrons of a bar hostage.
An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South American dictator.
