Leon Alton
Acting
1907-08-23 · 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.
Filmography
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · Movie
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Movie
Columbo
1971 · Series
The Partridge Family
1970 · Series
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · Movie
Watermelon Man
1970 · Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Movie
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969 · Movie
The Love God?
1969 · Movie
True Grit
1969 · Movie
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969 · Movie
Sweet Charity
1969 · Movie
The Love Bug
1968 · Movie
Hellfighters
1968 · Movie
Funny Girl
1968 · Movie
Star!
1968 · Movie
Never a Dull Moment
1968 · Movie
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968 · Movie
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Movie
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968 · Movie
Banning
1967 · Movie
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Series
Divorce American Style
1967 · Movie
Warning Shot
1967 · Movie
Batman
1966 · Movie
Our Man Flint
1966 · Movie
Batman
1966 · Series
Do Not Disturb
1965 · Movie
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · Movie
Get Smart
1965 · Series
Ship of Fools
1965 · Movie
The Great Race
1965 · Movie
Brainstorm
1965 · Movie
Two on a Guillotine
1965 · Movie
Youngblood Hawke
1964 · Movie
Kisses for My President
1964 · Movie
Looking for Love
1964 · Movie
Marnie
1964 · Movie
What a Way to Go!
1964 · Movie
The Best Man
1964 · Movie
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964 · Movie
A Global Affair
1964 · Movie
The Wheeler Dealers
1963 · Movie
Take Her, She's Mine
1963 · Movie
Twilight of Honor
1963 · Movie
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
The Thrill of It All
1963 · Movie
Critic's Choice
1963 · Movie
Days of Wine and Roses
1963 · Movie
Period of Adjustment
1962 · Movie
Advise & Consent
1962 · Movie
The Notorious Landlady
1962 · Movie
Sergeants 3
1962 · Movie
Tender Is the Night
1962 · Movie
Babes in Toyland
1961 · Movie
Go Naked in the World
1961 · Movie
Cimarron
1960 · Movie
Inherit the Wind
1960 · Movie
Who Was That Lady?
1960 · Movie
The Untouchables
1959 · Series
Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
The Tingler
1959 · Movie
Holiday for Lovers
1959 · Movie
The Last Hurrah
1958 · Movie
Bell, Book and Candle
1958 · Movie
Party Girl
1958 · Movie
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
The Young Stranger
1957 · Movie
Hollywood or Bust
1956 · Movie
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956 · Movie
The Swan
1956 · Movie
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 · Movie
Forever, Darling
1956 · Movie
The Killer Is Loose
1956 · Movie
Illegal
1955 · Movie
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Three for the Show
1955 · Movie
New York Confidential
1955 · Movie
Désirée
1954 · Movie
Phffft
1954 · Movie
A Star Is Born
1954 · Movie
Executive Suite
1954 · Movie
Lucky Me
1954 · Movie
Knock on Wood
1954 · Movie
Dangerous When Wet
1953 · Movie
The Juggler
1953 · Movie
Small Town Girl
1953 · Movie
Niagara
1953 · Movie
The Mississippi Gambler
1953 · Movie
The Iron Mistress
1952 · Movie
Les Miserables
1952 · Movie
Sirocco
1951 · Movie
Cry Danger
1951 · Movie
The Iroquois Trail
1950 · Movie
Destination Murder
1950 · Movie
Alias Nick Beal
1949 · Movie
Caught
1949 · Movie
So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947 · Movie
Desperate
1947 · Movie
College Holiday
1936 · Movie