Leon Alton
Acting • Born 1907-08-23 – 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.
Filmography
103 credits
Critic's Choice
Movie • 1963
Audience Member (uncredited)
Do Not Disturb
Movie • 1965
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sweet Charity
Movie • 1969
Dancer (uncredited)
Cimarron
Movie • 1960
Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)
Take Her, She's Mine
Movie • 1963
Man at Airport (uncredited)
Kisses for My President
Movie • 1964
Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)
The Cincinnati Kid
Movie • 1965
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Marnie
Movie • 1964
Party Guest (uncredited)
Looking for Love
Movie • 1964
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
Movie • 1950
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie • 1970
Official (uncredited)
Yours, Mine and Ours
Movie • 1968
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
Movie • 1961
Villager (uncredited)
Les Miserables
Movie • 1952
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Hellfighters
Movie • 1968
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Ship of Fools
Movie • 1965
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
The Killer Is Loose
Movie • 1956
Bank Robber (uncredited)
Holiday for Lovers
Movie • 1959
Party guest
Funny Girl
Movie • 1968
Audience Member (uncredited)
Warning Shot
Movie • 1967
Desperate
Movie • 1947
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Illegal
Movie • 1955
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Watermelon Man
Movie • 1970
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady?
Movie • 1960
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Young Stranger
Movie • 1957
Peter Kalish (uncredited)
Phffft
Movie • 1954
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers
Movie • 1963
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Period of Adjustment
Movie • 1962
Visitor at Station (uncredited)
Party Girl
Movie • 1958
Police Officer (uncredited)
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Movie • 1968
Bartender (uncredited)
Twilight of Honor
Movie • 1963
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Star!
Movie • 1968
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Notorious Landlady
Movie • 1962
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie • 1971
Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)
True Grit
Movie • 1969
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
What a Way to Go!
Movie • 1964
Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
Cry Danger
Movie • 1951
Bartender (uncredited)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Movie • 1964
Officer at Fleet Admiral's Meeting (uncredited)
College Holiday
Movie • 1936
Dancer
Three for the Show
Movie • 1955
Bit Role (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Movie • 1954
Usher (uncredited)
Sirocco
Movie • 1951
Soldier (uncredited)
The Best Man
Movie • 1964
Russell Supporter (uncredited)
Brainstorm
Movie • 1965
Spectator (uncredited)
Caught
Movie • 1949
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
Movie • 1958
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
Movie • 1960
Townsman (uncredited)
Hollywood or Bust
Movie • 1956
Casino Patron
Days of Wine and Roses
Movie • 1963
Party Guest (uncredited)
Knock on Wood
Movie • 1954
Bellhop
Advise & Consent
Movie • 1962
Senator (uncredited)
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Movie • 1956
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
The Tingler
Movie • 1959
Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Dangerous When Wet
Movie • 1953
Spectator at Photoshoot (uncredited)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Movie • 1969
Collingsgood Associate (uncredited)
The Love God?
Movie • 1969
Club Patron (uncredited)
Bell, Book and Candle
Movie • 1958
Club Patron (uncredited)
Batman
Movie • 1966
Official (uncredited)
Alias Nick Beal
Movie • 1949
Supporter
Destination Murder
Movie • 1950
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
The Iron Mistress
Movie • 1952
Riverboat Passenger
Blackbeard's Ghost
Movie • 1968
Auction Guest
The Juggler
Movie • 1953
Bus Driver (uncredited)
Small Town Girl
Movie • 1953
Townsman
The Swan
Movie • 1956
Ball Attendee
Tender Is the Night
Movie • 1962
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Salesman
Movie • 1947
Salesman (uncredited)
Divorce American Style
Movie • 1967
Bank Officer
Our Man Flint
Movie • 1966
Military Officer at Meeting (uncredited)
New York Confidential
Movie • 1955
Go Naked in the World
Movie • 1961
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Two on a Guillotine
Movie • 1965
Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)
Banning
Movie • 1967
Club Member (uncredited)
Youngblood Hawke
Movie • 1964
Man With Newspapers (uncredited)
Désirée
Movie • 1954
Party Guest (uncredited)
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Movie • 1969
Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)
The Mississippi Gambler
Movie • 1953
Fencing Student (uncredited)
Sergeants 3
Movie • 1962
Party Guest (uncredited)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Movie • 1972
Executive (uncredited)
Never a Dull Moment
Movie • 1968
Exhibit Guest (uncredited)
Executive Suite
Movie • 1954
Bartender (uncredited)
The Thrill of It All
Movie • 1963
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Great Race
Movie • 1965
Townsman (uncredited)
Forever, Darling
Movie • 1956
Waiter (uncredited)
Lucky Me
Movie • 1954
Man at Ladder (uncredited)
A Global Affair
Movie • 1964
Delegate (uncredited)
The Love Bug
Movie • 1968
Official (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Bartender (uncredited)
Columbo
TV • 1971
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Court Stenographer (uncredited)
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Juror (uncredited)
The Partridge Family
TV • 1970
Audience Member (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Party Guest (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Policeman (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Waiter (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Police Officer (uncredited)
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Judge (uncredited)
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Delegate (uncredited)
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Race Spectator (uncredited)
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Reporter (uncredited)
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959
Passerby (uncredited)