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