Place of Birth:
New York, USA
Date of Birth:
8/23/1907
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.
Critic's Choice
Do Not Disturb
Sweet Charity
Cimarron
Take Her, She's Mine
Kisses for My President
The Cincinnati Kid
Marnie
Looking for Love
The Iroquois Trail
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Yours, Mine and Ours
Babes in Toyland
Les Miserables
Hellfighters
Ship of Fools
The Killer Is Loose
Holiday for Lovers
Funny Girl
Warning Shot
Desperate
Illegal
Watermelon Man
Who Was That Lady?
The Young Stranger
Phffft
The Wheeler Dealers
Period of Adjustment
Party Girl
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Twilight of Honor
Star!
The Notorious Landlady
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
True Grit
What a Way to Go!
Cry Danger
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
College Holiday
Three for the Show
A Star Is Born
Sirocco
The Best Man
Brainstorm
Caught
The Last Hurrah
Inherit the Wind
Hollywood or Bust
Days of Wine and Roses
Knock on Wood
Advise & Consent
Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Tingler
Dangerous When Wet
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
The Love God?
Bell, Book and Candle
Batman
Alias Nick Beal
Destination Murder
The Iron Mistress
Blackbeard's Ghost
The Juggler
Small Town Girl
The Swan
Tender Is the Night
So You Want to Be a Salesman
Divorce American Style
Our Man Flint
New York Confidential
Go Naked in the World
Murder by the Book