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.
90 movies · 14 shows
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972·6.3
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971·7.0
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970·6.4
Watermelon Man
1970·6.3
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970·7.2
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969·6.0
The Love God?
1969·6.0
True Grit
1969·7.3
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969·5.7
Sweet Charity
1969·6.9
The Love Bug
1968·6.6
Hellfighters
1968·6.3
Funny Girl
1968·7.2
Star!
1968·6.9
Never a Dull Moment
1968·6.2
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968·6.9
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968·6.7
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968·5.7
Banning
1967·5.8
Divorce American Style
1967·5.9
Warning Shot
1967·6.4
Batman
1966·6.4
Our Man Flint
1966·6.4
Do Not Disturb
1965·5.5
The Cincinnati Kid
1965·7.0
Ship of Fools
1965·6.6
The Great Race
1965·7.1
Brainstorm
1965·6.1
Two on a Guillotine
1965·6.1
Youngblood Hawke
1964·6.3
Kisses for My President
1964·7.6
Looking for Love
1964·5.8
Marnie
1964·7.1
What a Way to Go!
1964·7.1
The Best Man
1964·7.3
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964·6.2
A Global Affair
1964·5.3
The Wheeler Dealers
1963·6.3
Take Her, She's Mine
1963·5.6
Twilight of Honor
1963·6.5
The Thrill of It All
1963·7.1
Critic's Choice
1963·5.6
Days of Wine and Roses
1963·7.5
Period of Adjustment
1962·6.0
Advise & Consent
1962·7.2
The Notorious Landlady
1962·6.8
Sergeants 3
1962·5.8
Tender Is the Night
1962·5.7
Babes in Toyland
1961·5.9
Go Naked in the World
1961·5.1
Cimarron
1960·6.2
Inherit the Wind
1960·7.7
Who Was That Lady?
1960·6.4
The Tingler
1959·6.4
Holiday for Lovers
1959·6.3
The Last Hurrah
1958·7.2
Bell, Book and Candle
1958·6.6
Party Girl
1958·6.8
The Young Stranger
1957·5.9
Hollywood or Bust
1956·6.2
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956·7.2
The Swan
1956·6.9
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956·6.7
Forever, Darling
1956·6.9
The Killer Is Loose
1956·6.7
Illegal
1955·6.5
Three for the Show
1955·5.9
New York Confidential
1955·6.0
Désirée
1954·6.6
Phffft
1954·6.2
A Star Is Born
1954·7.1
Executive Suite
1954·7.1
Lucky Me
1954·6.8
Knock on Wood
1954·6.7
Dangerous When Wet
1953·6.0
The Juggler
1953·6.8
Small Town Girl
1953·5.6
The Mississippi Gambler
1953·7.2
Niagara
1953·6.8
The Iron Mistress
1952·5.3
Les Miserables
1952·5.5
Sirocco
1951·6.0
Cry Danger
1951·6.7
The Iroquois Trail
1950·6.6
Destination Murder
1950·5.2
Alias Nick Beal
1949·6.8
Caught
1949·6.6
So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947·6.3
Desperate
1947·6.5
College Holiday
1936·5.7