Acting
Born August 23, 1907 · New York, USA
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.

Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971

Watermelon Man
1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969

The Love God?
1969

True Grit
1969

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969

Sweet Charity
1969

The Love Bug
1968

Hellfighters
1968

Funny Girl
1968

Star!
1968

Never a Dull Moment
1968

Yours, Mine and Ours
1968

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968

Banning
1967

Divorce American Style
1967

Warning Shot
1967

Batman
1966

Our Man Flint
1966

Do Not Disturb
1965

The Cincinnati Kid
1965

Ship of Fools
1965

The Great Race
1965

Brainstorm
1965

Two on a Guillotine
1965

Youngblood Hawke
1964

Kisses for My President
1964

Looking for Love
1964

Marnie
1964

What a Way to Go!
1964

The Best Man
1964

The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964

A Global Affair
1964

The Wheeler Dealers
1963

Take Her, She's Mine
1963

Twilight of Honor
1963

The Thrill of It All
1963

Critic's Choice
1963

Days of Wine and Roses
1963

Period of Adjustment
1962

Advise & Consent
1962

The Notorious Landlady
1962

Sergeants 3
1962

Tender Is the Night
1962

Babes in Toyland
1961

Go Naked in the World
1961

Cimarron
1960

Inherit the Wind
1960

Who Was That Lady?
1960

The Tingler
1959

Holiday for Lovers
1959

The Last Hurrah
1958

Bell, Book and Candle
1958

Party Girl
1958

The Young Stranger
1957

Hollywood or Bust
1956

Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956

The Swan
1956

Forever, Darling
1956

The Killer Is Loose
1956

Illegal
1955

Three for the Show
1955

New York Confidential
1955

Désirée
1954

Phffft
1954

A Star Is Born
1954

Executive Suite
1954

Lucky Me
1954

Knock on Wood
1954

Dangerous When Wet
1953

The Juggler
1953

Small Town Girl
1953

The Mississippi Gambler
1953

The Iron Mistress
1952

Les Miserables
1952

Sirocco
1951

Cry Danger
1951

The Iroquois Trail
1950

Destination Murder
1950

Alias Nick Beal
1949

Caught
1949
So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947

Desperate
1947

College Holiday
1936