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Leon Alton

Actor · 1907 – 1995 · New York, USA

Leon Alton enjoyed a career on stage, screen, and television starting in the 1920s and lasting until the late 1970s. In the 1930s he started out on the Broadway stage appearing in various musicals which lasted until the early 1940s. Then like many Broadway actors and dancers, he seemingly drifted his way to Hollywood where he was able to use his talents as a dancer to appear in many party scenes in a suit dancing in some of the most well known films. Like many dancers though, that was only part of their work as they could not survive on musicals alone and by the mid 1950s musicals started to lose their popularity so he had to find work elsewhere He was never unemployed long. Alton's appearance was ideal for bankers, or distinguished townsman, or whatever was needed. By the late 1950s, he was able to secure some roles in which he received screen credit in shows like Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, and Lock-Up all while still appearing at the usual party scenes or the social gatherings. By the 1960s his career was still going strong as he still found work in the usual places and managed to appear in several well known movies like True Grit, The Cheyenne Social Club, and Airport and appearing in most of the well known television shows of the time. His career wound down by the 1970s and while his name won't garner the attention or recognition to film audiences of today, most casting directors could tell you it was a name that should be respected and could be depended on.

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  • Movie7.2

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    1970 · 628 votes

  • Movie7.3

    True Grit

    1969 · 890 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Love Bug

    1968 · 665 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Batman

    1966 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Great Race

    1965 · 393 votes

  • Movie7.1

    A Star Is Born

    1954 · 340 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    1971 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie7.1

    Funny Girl

    1968 · 445 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Blackbeard's Ghost

    1968 · 165 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Marnie

    1964 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie6.9

    Yours, Mine and Ours

    1968 · 168 votes

  • Movie7.7

    Inherit the Wind

    1960 · 492 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Bell, Book and Candle

    1958 · 263 votes

  • Movie6.0
  • Movie6.3

    The Cheyenne Social Club

    1970 · 80 votes

  • Movie7.1

    What a Way to Go!

    1964 · 111 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Ship of Fools

    1965 · 102 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Cincinnati Kid

    1965 · 318 votes

  • Movie6.3
  • Movie7.3

    The Best Man

    1964 · 45 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Sweet Charity

    1969 · 97 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Cimarron

    1960 · 81 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Niagara

    1953 · 460 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Days of Wine and Roses

    1963 · 217 votes

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 140 votes

  • TV8.1

    Columbo

    1971 · 860 votes

  • TV7.5

    Bonanza

    1959 · 500 votes

  • TV8.0

    Get Smart

    1965 · 448 votes

  • TV7.3

    Batman

    1966 · 620 votes

  • TV8.5

    The Twilight Zone

    1959 · 1.1K votes

  • TV8.0

    The Untouchables

    1959 · 140 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV6.2

    Burke's Law

    1963 · 12 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Partridge Family

    1970 · 35 votes

  • TV8.2

    Arrest and Trial

    1963 · 4 votes

  • TV7.0

    Alcoa Theatre

    1957 · 7 votes

  • TV5.8

    Cimarron Strip

    1967 · 14 votes

  • TV6.0

    Bourbon Street Beat

    1959 · 2 votes