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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1907-08-23
- event Death Date 1995-08-25
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.5
- info Birth Place New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Leon Alton
5.5
Critic's Choice
1963-02-24
5.6
Do Not Disturb
1965-12-22
6.9
Sweet Charity
1969-02-25
6.1
Cimarron
1960-12-01
5
Take Her, She's Mine
1963-11-13
7
Kisses for My President
1964-08-21
7
The Cincinnati Kid
1965-10-15
7.2
Marnie
1964-07-17
5
Looking for Love
1964-08-05
5.8
The Iroquois Trail
1950-06-15
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970-01-26
6.8
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968-04-24
5.9
Babes in Toyland
1961-12-14
5.4
Les Miserables
1952-08-14
6.4
Hellfighters
1968-11-27
6.6
Ship of Fools
1965-07-29
6.6
The Killer Is Loose
1956-02-03
5
Holiday for Lovers
1959-07-21
7.2
Funny Girl
1968-09-19
6.6
Warning Shot
1967-01-18
6.5
Desperate
1947-06-20
6.5
Illegal
1955-10-09
6.4
Watermelon Man
1970-05-27
6.3
Who Was That Lady?
1960-04-08
5.8
The Young Stranger
1957-02-01
6.2
Phffft
1954-11-10
6.2
The Wheeler Dealers
1963-11-14
5.8
Period of Adjustment
1962-10-31
6.8
Party Girl
1958-10-28
5.8
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968-01-17
6.7
Twilight of Honor
1963-11-13
6.9
Star!
1968-07-18
6.7
The Notorious Landlady
1962-04-13
7.1
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971-10-07
7.4
True Grit
1969-06-11
6.9
What a Way to Go!
1964-07-31
6.8
Cry Danger
1951-02-23
6.1
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964-03-28
5.2
College Holiday
1936-12-19
6
Three for the Show
1955-02-24
7.1
A Star Is Born
1954-10-01
6
Sirocco
1951-06-13
7.3
The Best Man
1964-04-05
6.2
Brainstorm
1965-05-05
6.5
Caught
1949-02-17
7.1
The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
7.8
Inherit the Wind
1960-07-07
6.1
Hollywood or Bust
1956-12-06
7.5
Days of Wine and Roses
1963-02-04
6.6
Knock on Wood
1954-04-06
7.2
Advise & Consent
1962-06-06
7.2
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956-07-04
6.4
The Tingler
1959-07-29
6
Dangerous When Wet
1953-06-18
6
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969-12-29
6
The Love God?
1969-08-01
6.5
Bell, Book and Candle
1958-12-25
6.5
Batman
1966-07-30
6.8
Alias Nick Beal
1949-03-04
5.1
Destination Murder
1950-06-09
4.5
The Iron Mistress
1952-11-19
6.7
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968-02-08
6.6
The Juggler
1953-05-11
5.7
Small Town Girl
1953-04-10
6.9
The Swan
1956-04-26
5.1
Tender Is the Night
1962-01-19
5
So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947-09-13
5.8
Divorce American Style
1967-06-21
6.4
Our Man Flint
1966-01-16
5.8
New York Confidential
1955-02-15
8.4
The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02
8.1
Columbo
1971-09-15
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21