Cast & creator
Leon Alton
Best known for Perry Mason, Perry Mason, Columbo
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
film credits
18
television credits
108
1936–1972 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (108)
Showing 108 of 108 credits
Perry Mason
Court Stenographer (uncredited)
1957Perry Mason
Juror (uncredited)
1957
Columbo
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1971
Bonanza
Delegate (uncredited)
1959
Get Smart
Chief (uncredited)
1965
Batman
Party Guest (uncredited)
1966Batman
Policeman (uncredited)
1966Batman
Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
1966Batman
Police Officer (uncredited)
1966
The Twilight Zone
Bartender (uncredited)
1959
The Untouchables
Race Spectator (uncredited)
1959
Cheyenne
Senate Gallery Spectator (uncredited)
1955
Burke's Law
Waiter (uncredited)
1963
The Partridge Family
Audience Member (uncredited)
1970
Arrest and Trial
Judge (uncredited)
1963
Alcoa Theatre
Reporter (uncredited)
1957
Cimarron Strip
Barfly (uncredited)
1967
Bourbon Street Beat
Passerby (uncredited)
1959
True Grit
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
1969
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Official (uncredited)
1970
Batman
Official (uncredited)
1966
The Love Bug
Official (uncredited)
1968
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Soldier at Portobello Road (uncredited)
1971
Funny Girl
Audience Member (uncredited)
1968
The Great Race
Townsman (uncredited)
1965
A Star Is Born
Usher (uncredited)
1954
Blackbeard's Ghost
Auction Guest
1968
Marnie
Party Guest (uncredited)
1964
Inherit the Wind
Townsman (uncredited)
1960
Yours, Mine and Ours
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1968
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Collingsgood Associate (uncredited)
1969
What a Way to Go!
Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
1964
Bell, Book and Candle
Club Patron (uncredited)
1958
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1956
Ship of Fools
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1965
The Cincinnati Kid
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
1965
Party Girl
Police Officer (uncredited)
1958
Niagara
Lodge Guest (uncredited)
1953
The Cheyenne Social Club
Barfly (uncredited)
1970
The Thrill of It All
Party Guest (uncredited)
1963
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Executive (uncredited)
1972
Sirocco
Soldier (uncredited)
1951
The Tingler
Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
1959
Sweet Charity
Dancer (uncredited)
1969
Hellfighters
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1968
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Cliff Otis (uncredited)
1956
Who Was That Lady?
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1960
Days of Wine and Roses
Party Guest (uncredited)
1963
Our Man Flint
Military Officer at Meeting (uncredited)
1966
The Best Man
Russell Supporter (uncredited)
1964
The Killer Is Loose
Bank Robber (uncredited)
1956
Cimarron
Townsman at Celebration (uncredited)
1960
Never a Dull Moment
Exhibit Guest (uncredited)
1968
The Wheeler Dealers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1963
Executive Suite
Bartender (uncredited)
1954
Take Her, She's Mine
Man at Airport (uncredited)
1963
Advise & Consent
Senator (uncredited)
1962
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Officer at Fleet Admiral's Meeting (uncredited)
1964
Caught
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
1949
Two on a Guillotine
Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)
1965
Do Not Disturb
Party Guest (uncredited)
1965
Hollywood or Bust
Casino Patron
1956
Babes in Toyland
Villager (uncredited)
1961
Warning Shot
1967
Désirée
Party Guest (uncredited)
1954
The Swan
Ball Attendee
1956
The Iron Mistress
Riverboat Passenger
1952
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Bartender (uncredited)
1968
The Last Hurrah
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
1958
Go Naked in the World
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1961
Phffft
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1954
Dangerous When Wet
Spectator at Photoshoot (uncredited)
1953
Kisses for My President
Burlesque Show Spectator (uncredited)
1964
Tender Is the Night
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1962
Divorce American Style
Bank Officer (uncredited)
1967
Period of Adjustment
Visitor at Station (uncredited)
1962
The Notorious Landlady
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1962
Star!
Party Guest (uncredited)
1968
The Young Stranger
Peter Kalish (uncredited)
1957
Banning
Club Member (uncredited)
1967
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)
1969
Les Miserables
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1952
The Mississippi Gambler
Fencing Student (uncredited)
1953
Knock on Wood
Bellhop (uncredited)
1954
Lucky Me
Man at Ladder (uncredited)
1954
Cry Danger
Bartender (uncredited)
1951
The Love God?
Club Patron (uncredited)
1969
Alias Nick Beal
Supporter
1949
A Global Affair
Delegate (uncredited)
1964
Three for the Show
(uncredited)
1955
Sergeants 3
Party Guest (uncredited)
1962
Small Town Girl
Townsman
1953
Watermelon Man
Pedestrian (uncredited)
1970
The Juggler
Bus Driver (uncredited)
1953
Critic's Choice
Audience Member (uncredited)
1963
Youngblood Hawke
Man With Newspapers (uncredited)
1964
Desperate
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1947
Holiday for Lovers
Party guest
1959
New York Confidential
1955
The Iroquois Trail
Officer (uncredited)
1950
Brainstorm
Spectator (uncredited)
1965So You Want to Be a Salesman
Salesman (uncredited)
1947
Twilight of Honor
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1963
Illegal
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1955
Looking for Love
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1964
Forever, Darling
Waiter (uncredited)
1956
Destination Murder
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
1950
College Holiday
Dancer
1936