Leon Alton

Acting · 0.6 popularity

Age

118

Movies

Born: August 23, 1907 – August 25, 1995
From: New York, USA

Biography

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.

Works

90 films

True Grit

19697.3

Tora! Tora! Tora!

19707.2

The Love Bug

19686.6

Batman

19666.4

Marnie

19647.1

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

19717.0

Funny Girl

19687.2

Inherit the Wind

19607.7

Niagara

19536.8

The Great Race

19657.1

Yours, Mine and Ours

19686.9

Babes in Toyland

19615.9

A Star Is Born

19547.1

The Cincinnati Kid

19657.0

Somebody Up There Likes Me

19567.2

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

19696.0

Ship of Fools

19656.6

Party Girl

19586.8

Sweet Charity

19696.9

Blackbeard's Ghost

19686.7

Sirocco

19516.0

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

19566.7

Our Man Flint

19666.4

Cimarron

19606.2

Hellfighters

19686.3

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

19726.3

Bell, Book and Candle

19586.6

Caught

19496.6

Désirée

19546.6

Days of Wine and Roses

19637.5

What a Way to Go!

19647.1

The Best Man

19647.3

The Thrill of It All

19637.1

The Cheyenne Social Club

19706.4

Advise & Consent

19627.2

Executive Suite

19547.1

Do Not Disturb

19655.5

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

19646.2

Take Her, She's Mine

19635.6

The Notorious Landlady

19626.8

The Last Hurrah

19587.2

Knock on Wood

19546.7

Warning Shot

19676.4

The Tingler

19596.4

Hollywood or Bust

19566.2

The Juggler

19536.8

Brainstorm

19656.1

The Love God?

19696.0

Tender Is the Night

19625.7

The Wheeler Dealers

19636.3

The Mississippi Gambler

19537.2

The Swan

19566.9

Divorce American Style

19675.9

Who Was That Lady?

19606.4

Les Miserables

19525.5

Star!

19686.9

Banning

19675.8

The Iron Mistress

19525.3

Phffft

19546.2

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

19685.7

Illegal

19556.5

Three for the Show

19555.9

New York Confidential

19556.0

Watermelon Man

19706.3

Cry Danger

19516.7

Small Town Girl

19535.6

The Killer Is Loose

19566.7

Sergeants 3

19625.8

Period of Adjustment

19626.0

Forever, Darling

19566.9

Never a Dull Moment

19686.2

Alias Nick Beal

19496.8

Dangerous When Wet

19536.0

Looking for Love

19645.8

Go Naked in the World

19615.1

Lucky Me

19546.8

Destination Murder

19505.2

Youngblood Hawke

19646.3

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

19695.7

Two on a Guillotine

19656.1

Critic's Choice

19635.6

A Global Affair

19645.3

College Holiday

19365.7

The Iroquois Trail

19506.6

Desperate

19476.5

Twilight of Honor

19636.5

Holiday for Lovers

19596.3

So You Want to Be a Salesman

19476.3

The Young Stranger

19575.9

Kisses for My President

19647.6