Leon Alton

Leon Alton

Known For:Acting
Gender:Male
Birthday:1907-08-23
Place of Birth:New York, USA
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Known For: Acting Gender: Male Birthday: 1907-08-23 More

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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.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Adventure Fantasy Comedy Family Music Animation
Columbo
Crime Drama
Tora! Tora! Tora!
War History Drama
Sweet Charity
Comedy Music Romance
Hellfighters
Action Adventure Romance
Funny Girl
Comedy Drama Romance
Star!
Drama Music Romance
Blackbeard's Ghost
Comedy Fantasy Family
Warning Shot
Crime Mystery Thriller
Batman
Action Comedy Crime
Our Man Flint
Action Comedy Adventure Science Fiction
Do Not Disturb
Comedy Romance
Looking for Love
Comedy Romance Music
Marnie
Thriller Mystery Romance Drama
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Animation Family Comedy War
Period of Adjustment
Comedy Drama Romance
Babes in Toyland
Comedy Fantasy Family Music
The Twilight Zone
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery Drama
The Tingler
Horror Science Fiction
Bell, Book and Candle
Comedy Fantasy Romance
Party Girl
Crime Drama Romance
Perry Mason
Mystery Drama Crime
The Swan
Romance Drama Comedy
Illegal
Crime Drama
Phffft
Comedy Romance
A Star Is Born
Drama Music Romance
Dangerous When Wet
Music Comedy Romance
The Iron Mistress
History Drama Action Western Romance
Les Miserables
Adventure Drama History Romance
Sirocco
Crime Drama Thriller
Cry Danger
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Caught
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Desperate
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  • name:Leon Alton
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Male
  • Birthday:1907-08-23
  • Place of Birth:New York, USA
  • Also Known As:
  • 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.
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