Leon Alton

Acting · 0.4 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

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

19717.0

Funny Girl

19687.2

Marnie

19647.1

Somebody Up There Likes Me

19567.2

The Great Race

19657.1

Yours, Mine and Ours

19686.9

Niagara

19536.8

The Cincinnati Kid

19657.0

A Star Is Born

19547.1

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

19696.0

Inherit the Wind

19607.7

Sirocco

19516.0

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

19566.7

Sweet Charity

19696.9

Babes in Toyland

19615.9

Party Girl

19586.8

Our Man Flint

19666.4

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

19726.3

Ship of Fools

19656.6

Caught

19496.6

Hellfighters

19686.3

Days of Wine and Roses

19637.5

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

19646.2

Bell, Book and Candle

19586.6

What a Way to Go!

19647.1

Désirée

19546.6

The Cheyenne Social Club

19706.4

Blackbeard's Ghost

19686.7

Cimarron

19606.2

The Last Hurrah

19587.2

Advise & Consent

19627.2

Brainstorm

19656.1

Take Her, She's Mine

19635.6

The Best Man

19647.3

The Thrill of It All

19637.1

The Notorious Landlady

19626.8

The Wheeler Dealers

19636.3

Executive Suite

19547.1

Knock on Wood

19546.7

Do Not Disturb

19655.5

Banning

19675.8

Star!

19686.9

Warning Shot

19676.4

Hollywood or Bust

19566.2

The Love God?

19696.0

The Mississippi Gambler

19537.2

Watermelon Man

19706.3

Alias Nick Beal

19496.8

The Swan

19566.9

Divorce American Style

19675.9

Les Miserables

19525.5

Lucky Me

19546.8

Who Was That Lady?

19606.4

Small Town Girl

19535.6

Dangerous When Wet

19536.0

The Iron Mistress

19525.3

The Tingler

19596.4

Tender Is the Night

19625.7

Phffft

19546.2

Illegal

19556.5

Youngblood Hawke

19646.3

Cry Danger

19516.7

Sergeants 3

19625.8

Three for the Show

19555.9

The Juggler

19536.8

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

19695.7

Forever, Darling

19566.9

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

19685.7

Desperate

19476.5

Go Naked in the World

19615.1

Looking for Love

19645.8

College Holiday

19365.7

Two on a Guillotine

19656.1

New York Confidential

19556.0

Critic's Choice

19635.6

Period of Adjustment

19626.0

Never a Dull Moment

19686.2

Holiday for Lovers

19596.3

The Young Stranger

19575.9

The Killer Is Loose

19566.7

Twilight of Honor

19636.5

Kisses for My President

19647.6

Destination Murder

19505.2

The Iroquois Trail

19506.6

A Global Affair

19645.3

So You Want to Be a Salesman

19476.3