Leon Alton
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.
101 acting credits
Acting · 101
Columbo
1971
Perry Mason
1957
Bonanza
1959
Batman
1966
Get Smart
1965
The Twilight Zone
1959
Cheyenne
1955
The Untouchables
1959
Burke's Law
1963
The Partridge Family
1970
Arrest and Trial
1963
Alcoa Theatre
1957
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Cimarron Strip
1967
True Grit
1969
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Batman
1966
The Great Race
1965
The Love Bug
1968
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Marnie
1964
A Star Is Born
1954
Sweet Charity
1969
Cimarron
1960
Inherit the Wind
1960
Funny Girl
1968
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
Ship of Fools
1965
What a Way to Go!
1964
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
Days of Wine and Roses
1963
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Our Man Flint
1966
Phffft
1954
The Notorious Landlady
1962
Party Girl
1958
Executive Suite
1954
Hellfighters
1968
The Swan
1956
Desperate
1947
Divorce American Style
1967
Warning Shot
1967
Sergeants 3
1962
Sirocco
1951
The Best Man
1964
Advise & Consent
1962
Dangerous When Wet
1953
The Last Hurrah
1958
The Tingler
1959
The Iroquois Trail
1950
Who Was That Lady?
1960
Babes in Toyland
1961
Watermelon Man
1970
Three for the Show
1955
Brainstorm
1965
The Thrill of It All
1963
Désirée
1954
The Love God?
1969
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964
The Iron Mistress
1952
Alias Nick Beal
1949
Illegal
1955
Star!
1968
Banning
1967
Hollywood or Bust
1956
Caught
1949
Kisses for My President
1964
Critic's Choice
1963
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
Forever, Darling
1956
Period of Adjustment
1962
Tender Is the Night
1962
The Killer Is Loose
1956
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
Take Her, She's Mine
1963
Do Not Disturb
1965
The Mississippi Gambler
1953
Lucky Me
1954
Never a Dull Moment
1968
College Holiday
1936
Youngblood Hawke
1964
Small Town Girl
1953
Twilight of Honor
1963
Go Naked in the World
1961
Cry Danger
1951
Holiday for Lovers
1959
Les Miserables
1952
Destination Murder
1950
Looking for Love
1964
The Juggler
1953
Two on a Guillotine
1965
New York Confidential
1955
Knock on Wood
1954
A Global Affair
1964
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969
The Young Stranger
1957
So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947