Leon Alton
Acting
🎂 1907-08-23
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.
Cast credits(82)
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1971
Court Stenographer (uncredited)
1957
Juror (uncredited)
1957
Bartender (uncredited)
1959
1950
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1968
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
1969
Official (uncredited)
1966
Club Patron (uncredited)
1958
Official (uncredited)
1970
Party Guest (uncredited)
1964
Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)
1971
Party Guest (uncredited)
1963
Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)
1960
Auction Guest
1968
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
1965
Man With Newspapers (uncredited)
1964
Townsman (uncredited)
1960
Audience Member (uncredited)
1968
Party Guest (uncredited)
1954
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1955
Fencing Student (uncredited)
1953
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1954
Party Guest (uncredited)
1962
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1952
Bit Role (uncredited)
1955
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1968
Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
1964
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1962
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1965
Spectator (uncredited)
1965
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
1958
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1956
Usher (uncredited)
1954
Dancer (uncredited)
1969
Club Member (uncredited)
1967
Pedestrian (uncredited)
1970
Club Patron (uncredited)
1969
Party Guest (uncredited)
1965
1967
Soldier (uncredited)
1951
Ball Attendee
1956
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
1949
Senator (uncredited)
1962
Collingsgood Associate (uncredited)
1969
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1947
Officer at Fleet Admiral's Meeting (uncredited)
1964
Bellhop
1954
Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)
1969
1955
1951
Bartender (uncredited)
1968
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1963
Visitor at Station (uncredited)
1962
Supporter
1949
Bank Officer
1967
Townsman
1953
Party Guest (uncredited)
1968
Peter Kalish (uncredited)
1957
Spectator at Photoshoot (uncredited)
1953
Party guest
1959
Casino Patron
1956
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1963
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1962
Russell Supporter (uncredited)
1964
Bank Robber (uncredited)
1956
Riverboat Passenger
1952
Dancer
1936
Military Officer at Meeting (uncredited)
1966
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1960
Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
1959
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1964
Police Officer (uncredited)
1958
Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)
1964
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
1950
Villager (uncredited)
1961
Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)
1965
Audience Member (uncredited)
1963
Man at Airport (uncredited)
1963
Bus Driver (uncredited)
1953
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1961
Salesman (uncredited)
1947