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.
Películas (90)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · Executive (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · Barfly (uncredited)
Watermelon Man
1970 · Pedestrian (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Official (uncredited)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969 · Collingsgood Associate (uncredited)
The Love God?
1969 · Club Patron (uncredited)
True Grit
1969 · Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969 · Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)
Sweet Charity
1969 · Dancer (uncredited)
The Love Bug
1968 · Official (uncredited)
Hellfighters
1968 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Funny Girl
1968 · Audience Member (uncredited)
Star!
1968 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Never a Dull Moment
1968 · Exhibit Guest (uncredited)
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Auction Guest
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968 · Bartender (uncredited)
Banning
1967 · Club Member (uncredited)
Divorce American Style
1967 · Bank Officer (uncredited)
Warning Shot
1967
Batman
1966 · Official (uncredited)
Our Man Flint
1966 · Military Officer at Meeting (uncredited)
Do Not Disturb
1965 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Ship of Fools
1965 · Ship Passenger (uncredited)
The Great Race
1965 · Townsman (uncredited)
Brainstorm
1965 · Spectator (uncredited)
Two on a Guillotine
1965 · Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)
Youngblood Hawke
1964 · Man With Newspapers (uncredited)
Kisses for My President
1964 · Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)
Looking for Love
1964 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Marnie
1964 · Party Guest (uncredited)
What a Way to Go!
1964 · Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
The Best Man
1964 · Russell Supporter (uncredited)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964 · Officer at Fleet Admiral's Meeting (uncredited)
A Global Affair
1964 · Delegate (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers
1963 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Take Her, She's Mine
1963 · Man at Airport (uncredited)
Twilight of Honor
1963 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Thrill of It All
1963 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
1963 · Audience Member (uncredited)
Days of Wine and Roses
1963 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Period of Adjustment
1962 · Visitor at Station (uncredited)
Advise & Consent
1962 · Senator (uncredited)
The Notorious Landlady
1962 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Sergeants 3
1962 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Tender Is the Night
1962 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
1961 · Villager (uncredited)
Go Naked in the World
1961 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Cimarron
1960 · Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
1960 · Townsman (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady?
1960 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Tingler
1959 · Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Holiday for Lovers
1959 · Party guest
The Last Hurrah
1958 · Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Bell, Book and Candle
1958 · Club Patron (uncredited)
Party Girl
1958 · Police Officer (uncredited)
The Young Stranger
1957 · Peter Kalish (uncredited)
Hollywood or Bust
1956 · Casino Patron
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956 · Fight Spectator (uncredited)
The Swan
1956 · Ball Attendee
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 · Cliff Otis (uncredited)
Forever, Darling
1956 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Killer Is Loose
1956 · Bank Robber (uncredited)
Illegal
1955 · Court Clerk (uncredited)
Three for the Show
1955 · (uncredited)
New York Confidential
1955
Désirée
1954 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Phffft
1954 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1954 · Usher (uncredited)
Executive Suite
1954 · Bartender (uncredited)
Lucky Me
1954 · Man at Ladder (uncredited)
Knock on Wood
1954 · Bellhop (uncredited)
Dangerous When Wet
1953 · Spectator at Photoshoot (uncredited)
The Juggler
1953 · Bus Driver (uncredited)
Small Town Girl
1953 · Townsman
Niagara
1953 · Lodge Guest (uncredited)
The Mississippi Gambler
1953 · Fencing Student (uncredited)
The Iron Mistress
1952 · Riverboat Passenger
Les Miserables
1952 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Sirocco
1951 · Soldier (uncredited)
Cry Danger
1951 · Bartender (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
1950 · Officer (uncredited)
Destination Murder
1950 · Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Alias Nick Beal
1949 · Supporter
Caught
1949 · Cafe Customer (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947 · Salesman (uncredited)
Desperate
1947 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)
College Holiday
1936 · Dancer
Series (15)
Colombo
1971 · Theatre Patron (uncredited)
The Partridge Family
1970 · Audience Member (uncredited)
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Barfly (uncredited)
Batman
1966 · Party Guest (uncredited), Policeman (uncredited), Art Gallery Patron (uncredited), Police Officer (uncredited)
Get Smart
1965 · Chief (uncredited)
Burke's Law
1963 · Waiter (uncredited)
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Judge (uncredited)
The Untouchables
1959 · Race Spectator (uncredited)
Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · Passerby (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Bartender (uncredited)
Bonanza
1959 · Delegate (uncredited)
Tombstone Territory
1957 · Mine Owner
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · Reporter (uncredited)
Perry Mason
1957 · Court Stenographer (uncredited), Juror (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1955 · Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)