Cast
Leon Alton
Acting
Cast
Leon Alton
Known for
Acting
Born
1907-08-23
From
New York, USA
Died
1995-08-25
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.
★7.3
MOVIE1969
True Grit
as Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1968
Funny Girl
as Audience Member (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1966
Batman
as Official (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1965
The Great Race
as Townsman (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1968
The Love Bug
as Official (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1968
Star!
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1967
Banning
as Club Member (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Official (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1964
Marnie
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1962
Advise & Consent
as Senator (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1949
Caught
as Cafe Customer (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1968
Yours, Mine and Ours
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1958
Bell, Book and Candle
as Club Patron (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1960
Cimarron
as Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1965
The Cincinnati Kid
as Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1965
Ship of Fools
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1958
Party Girl
as Police Officer (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1960
Inherit the Wind
as Townsman (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1954
Executive Suite
as Bartender (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1954
A Star Is Born
as Usher (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Executive (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1951
Sirocco
as Soldier (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1969
Sweet Charity
as Dancer (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1950
Destination Murder
as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1964
What a Way to Go!
as Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1955
Illegal
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1969
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Collingsgood Associate (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1963
Days of Wine and Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1961
Babes in Toyland
as Villager (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1968
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Auction Guest
★6.8
MOVIE1962
The Notorious Landlady
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1954
Phffft
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1952
Les Miserables
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1966
Our Man Flint
as Military Officer at Meeting (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1959
The Tingler
as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1962
Sergeants 3
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1968
Hellfighters
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1964
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
as Officer at Fleet Admiral's Meeting (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1967
Warning Shot
★6.6
MOVIE1954
Désirée
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1956
The Swan
as Ball Attendee
★6.3
MOVIE1970
Watermelon Man
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1965
Do Not Disturb
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1963
The Wheeler Dealers
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1954
Lucky Me
as Man at Ladder (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Desperate
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1960
Who Was That Lady?
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1963
The Thrill of It All
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1964
Youngblood Hawke
as Man With Newspapers (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1963
Take Her, She's Mine
as Man at Airport (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1962
Tender Is the Night
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1964
The Best Man
as Russell Supporter (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1956
Hollywood or Bust
as Casino Patron
★5.8
MOVIE1967
Divorce American Style
as Bank Officer (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1953
Dangerous When Wet
as Spectator at Photoshoot (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1968
Never a Dull Moment
as Exhibit Guest (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1963
Critic's Choice
as Audience Member (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
as Bartender (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1957
The Young Stranger
as Peter Kalish (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1956
The Killer Is Loose
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1965
Brainstorm
as Spectator (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1963
Twilight of Honor
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1955
New York Confidential
★6.3
MOVIE1959
Holiday for Lovers
as Party guest
★6.7
MOVIE1954
Knock on Wood
as Bellhop
★6.8
MOVIE1949
Alias Nick Beal
as Supporter
★5.8
MOVIE1964
Looking for Love
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1958
The Last Hurrah
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1951
Cry Danger
as Bartender (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1969
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1956
Forever, Darling
as Waiter (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1953
The Juggler
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
★7.6
MOVIE1964
Kisses for My President
as Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1953
The Mississippi Gambler
as Fencing Student (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1969
The Love God?
as Club Patron (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1955
Three for the Show
as Bit Role (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1952
The Iron Mistress
as Riverboat Passenger
★6.0
MOVIE1962
Period of Adjustment
as Visitor at Station (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1964
A Global Affair
as Delegate (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1950
The Iroquois Trail
★5.6
MOVIE1953
Small Town Girl
as Townsman
★6.2
MOVIE1965
Two on a Guillotine
as Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1936
College Holiday
as Dancer
★5.1
MOVIE1961
Go Naked in the World
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1947
So You Want to Be a Salesman
as Salesman (uncredited)