For the Major League Baseball pitcher, see Red Ames.
Leon Ames
Ames in the trailer for The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Born
Harry Leon Wycoff
(1902-01-20)January 20, 1902
Portland, Indiana, U.S.
Died
October 12, 1993(1993-10-12) (aged 91)
Laguna Beach, California, U.S.
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
Other names
Leon Waycoff
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1931–1986
Spouse
Christine Gossett
(m. 1938)
Children
3
11th President of the Screen Actors Guild
In office 1957–1958
Preceded by
Walter Pidgeon
Succeeded by
Howard Keel
Leon Ames (born Harry Leon Wycoff;[1][2][3] 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 Lucille Bremer, Margaret O'Brien and Judy Garland as his daughters, Little Women (1949), On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). His best-known dramatic role may have been as District Attorney Kyle Sackett in the crime film The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946).
^U.S. Federal Census for 1910 for Fowler, Center Township, Benton County, State of Indiana, access via Ancestry.com
^"Costume Designers Guild Local IA 892 - CAREER ACHIEVEMENT". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
^Cameron-Wilson, James; Speed, F. Maurice (1994), Film Review 1994-5, Great Britain: Virgin Books, p. 162, ISBN 0-86369-842-5
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