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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刑事コロンボ

アンタッチャブル

風の遺産

Perry Mason

Arrest and Trial

ボナンザ

酒とバラの日々

勇気ある追跡

バットマン

Kisses for My President

Somebody Up There Likes Me

The Best Man

The Last Hurrah

The Mississippi Gambler

ファニー・ガール

Advise & Consent

トラ・トラ・トラ!

マーニー

What a Way to Go!

スタア誕生

The Thrill of It All

グレートレース

Executive Suite

ベッドかざりとほうき

Forever, Darling

シンシナティ・キッド

Sweet Charity

Yours, Mine and Ours

Star!

The Partridge Family

Party Girl

The Swan

Blackbeard's Ghost

The Notorious Landlady

Lucky Me

Alias Nick Beal

Knock on Wood

Cry Danger

The Killer Is Loose

Caught

Ship of Fools

ラブ・バッグ

Désirée

Bell, Book and Candle

The Juggler

Alcoa Theatre

Desperate

Hellfighters

The Tingler

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Our Man Flint

Watermelon Man

Warning Shot

Illegal

Who Was That Lady?

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Holiday for Lovers

The Wheeler Dealers

秘密兵器リンペット

Hollywood or Bust

Twilight of Honor

Phffft

Youngblood Hawke

Never a Dull Moment

Two on a Guillotine

Brainstorm

Cheyenne

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

Cimarron

Three for the Show

Dangerous When Wet

Burke's Law

Sirocco

New York Confidential

The Love God?

The Iroquois Trail

Babes in Toyland

The Young Stranger

Period of Adjustment

Divorce American Style

Banning

Critic's Choice

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Small Town Girl

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

Tender Is the Night

Sergeants 3

Les Miserables

Take Her, She's Mine

College Holiday

Destination Murder

Looking for Love

The Iron Mistress

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Bourbon Street Beat

Go Naked in the World

A Global Affair