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