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Leon Alton
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Leon Alton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1907-08-23,New York, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Critic's Choice

5.6

Critic's Choice
1963-02-24

5.435

Do Not Disturb
1965-12-22

6.957

Sweet Charity
1969-02-25

6.184

Cimarron
1960-12-01

Take Her, She's Mine

5.6

Take Her, She's Mine
1963-11-13

Kisses for My President

7.625

Kisses for My President
1964-08-21

The Cincinnati Kid

6.981

The Cincinnati Kid
1965-10-15

7.106

Marnie
1964-07-17

Looking for Love

5.75

Looking for Love
1964-08-05

The Iroquois Trail

6.6

The Iroquois Trail
1950-06-15

Tora! Tora! Tora!

7.176

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970-01-26

Yours, Mine and Ours

6.867

Yours, Mine and Ours
1968-04-24

Babes in Toyland

5.9

Babes in Toyland
1961-12-14

5.528

Les Miserables
1952-08-14

6.289

Hellfighters
1968-11-27

6.604

Ship of Fools
1965-07-29

The Killer Is Loose

6.7

The Killer Is Loose
1956-02-03

Holiday for Lovers

6.3

Holiday for Lovers
1959-07-21

7.17

Funny Girl
1968-09-19

6.4

Warning Shot
1967-01-18

6.5

Desperate
1947-06-20

6.48

Illegal
1955-10-09

6.3

Watermelon Man
1970-05-27

Who Was That Lady?

6.4

Who Was That Lady?
1960-04-08

The Young Stranger

5.9

The Young Stranger
1957-02-01

6.183

Phffft
1954-11-10

The Wheeler Dealers

6.3

The Wheeler Dealers
1963-11-14

Period of Adjustment

6

Period of Adjustment
1962-10-31

6.8

Party Girl
1958-10-28

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

5.667

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968-01-17

Twilight of Honor

6.5

Twilight of Honor
1963-11-13

6.926

Star!
1968-07-18

The Notorious Landlady

6.8

The Notorious Landlady
1962-04-13

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

7.04

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971-10-07

7.333

True Grit
1969-06-11

What a Way to Go!

7.1

What a Way to Go!
1964-07-02

6.667

Cry Danger
1951-02-23

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

6.2

The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964-03-28

College Holiday

5.7

College Holiday
1936-12-19

Three for the Show

5.875

Three for the Show
1955-02-24

7.1

A Star Is Born
1954-10-01

6.02

Sirocco
1951-06-13

7.298

The Best Man
1964-04-05

6.128

Brainstorm
1965-05-05

6.576

Caught
1949-02-17

The Last Hurrah

7.175

The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31

Inherit the Wind

7.7

Inherit the Wind
1960-07-07

Hollywood or Bust

6.2

Hollywood or Bust
1956-12-06

Days of Wine and Roses

7.5

Days of Wine and Roses
1963-02-04

6.7

Knock on Wood
1954-04-06

Advise & Consent

7.174

Advise & Consent
1962-06-06

Somebody Up There Likes Me

7.2

Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956-07-04

6.357

The Tingler
1959-07-29

Dangerous When Wet

6

Dangerous When Wet
1953-06-18

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

6.006

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969-12-29

5.952

The Love God?
1969-08-01

Bell, Book and Candle

6.562

Bell, Book and Candle
1958-12-25

6.365

Batman
1966-07-30

Alias Nick Beal

6.779

Alias Nick Beal
1949-03-04

Destination Murder

5.2

Destination Murder
1950-06-09

The Iron Mistress

5.269

The Iron Mistress
1952-11-19

Blackbeard's Ghost

6.731

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968-02-08

6.8

The Juggler
1953-05-11

Small Town Girl

5.577

Small Town Girl
1953-04-10

6.949

The Swan
1956-04-26

Tender Is the Night

5.667

Tender Is the Night
1962-01-19

So You Want to Be a Salesman

6.25

So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947-09-13

Divorce American Style

5.865

Divorce American Style
1967-06-21

6.4

Our Man Flint
1966-01-16

New York Confidential

6

New York Confidential
1955-02-15

Go Naked in the World

5.1

Go Naked in the World
1961-03-10

Two on a Guillotine

6.1

Two on a Guillotine
1965-01-13

5.75

Banning
1967-12-13

Youngblood Hawke

6.3

Youngblood Hawke
1964-11-04

6.6

Désirée
1954-11-16

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

5.714

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969-05-13

The Mississippi Gambler

7.2

The Mississippi Gambler
1953-01-29

5.8

Sergeants 3
1962-02-10

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

6.254

Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972-07-12

Never a Dull Moment

6.237

Never a Dull Moment
1968-06-26

Executive Suite

7.071

Executive Suite
1954-04-30

The Thrill of It All

7.069

The Thrill of It All
1963-07-17

7.09

The Great Race
1965-07-01

Forever, Darling

6.9

Forever, Darling
1956-02-09

6.764

Lucky Me
1954-04-09

A Global Affair

5.286

A Global Affair
1964-01-30

6.563

The Love Bug
1968-12-23

6.81

Niagara
1953-01-29

The Cheyenne Social Club

6.333

The Cheyenne Social Club
1970-06-12

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

6.7

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956-04-12

The Twilight Zone

8.501

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

8.07

Columbo
1971-09-15

7.71

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.71

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

The Partridge Family

6.779

The Partridge Family
1970-09-25

7.315

Batman
1966-01-12

7.315

Batman
1966-01-12

7.315

Batman
1966-01-12

6.25

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

7.315

Batman
1966-01-12

Arrest and Trial

8.25

Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15

7.546

Bonanza
1959-09-12

The Untouchables

7.974

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

7

Alcoa Theatre
1957-09-30

6.212

Cheyenne
1955-09-20

Bourbon Street Beat

6

Bourbon Street Beat
1959-10-05

7.923

Get Smart
1965-09-18

5.654

Cimarron Strip
1967-09-07